Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
I'm a fan of their ESB, but I feel like this one gets a bit overwhelmed by the booze. Nevertheless, it has a smooth mouthfeel, and I do like the sherry and bourbon notes that shine through. Maybe not a classic, but it's quite moreish.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Lager from Hargreaves Hill 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Tap. Hay and spice aroma. Thinnish with a peppery dry bitter finish. Snappy finish is OK but the malt lacks roundness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
From a 440ml can on 9/1/2022. Pours a hazy medium golden with a smallish head. Has a bright sweet citrus nose. The taste is quite sweet and very orange dominated, with hints of mango and passionfruit in the background. Has a moderate tangy at the back to counter. Has a slick mouthfeel with moderate to average carbonation. I'd all but given up on this series after a number of disappointments, but returned on a recommendation. This is very nice stuff, and super easy drinking for 10%.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours hazy amber orange with a small head.Nose shows orange, passion fruit, lychee, pine, mango and guava.Flavours include more orange and passion fruit, soft booze, gentle clean malt. Very easy drinking for 10%.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Phoenix from Hargreaves Hill 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
750ml bottle from somewhere I can’t remember in Melbourne but shared at Battle of Bull, Cheras, Malaysia. Bottle 203/500. Poured a hazy dark reddish amber colour with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is malt, toffee caramel, light alcohol. The flavour is moderate sweet, with a big, rich, smooth, sweet toffee, warm boozy alcohol bitter palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.
Davros (5279) reviewed Bethie's Tripel from Hargreaves Hill 4 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pots good with a quickly fading head.Nose shows pear and apple, spicy and peppery phenols, soft booze and light bready malt.Flavours include more bready notes, massive spicy phenols, a hint of banana. Finishes reasonable clean but with a bit of the booze showing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Pours very hazy thick orange, pretty much apricot coloured. Small head.Nose shows apricot mostly, little else. Some soft lemon zest too.Flavours include apricot and peach by the truckload, along with slight nectarine notes and a decent acidity.
DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Hill To Home from Hargreaves Hill 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
From a 375ml can on 16/4/2021. Pours a slightly hazy light goldent with a smallish head. The nose is a bit odd, kind of a melon melon and grape mix. Tastes similarly unusual - more melon and grape, a bit of orange, and some lemon with a mild tangy bitterness. Silky mouthfeel but slightly over-carbed. Pretty messy and lacking in cohesion for mine.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours gold with a large head.Nose shows passionfruit, lychee, soft cookie dough-like malt, floral and spicy hops.Flavours include more passion fruit and cookie dough-like malt. More spicy hops too. A very restrained bitterness in the finish.
DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Phoenix from Hargreaves Hill 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
From a 750ml bottle on 6/2/2021 (2019 edition, bottle 182 of 500, ABV 9.6%, shared with Butz). Pours a dark reddy amber with a biggish head. The nose is malty, nutty with a good dash of dark fruit. Flavours follow suit, with caramel, nuts, berries and dried fruit, with some wood and nuts. There’s a decent bitterness to counter the sweetness and it all comes together nicely. The mouthfeel is slick and a touch syrupy, the carbonation softish. Pretty easy drinking for the size. Quite rich, sumptuous and very tasty.