7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pink with a white head. Aroma is mildly funky with elderflower, cracker dough, spices (vanilla, white pepper) -- then the berries well up from underneath. Dry and slightly tart with funk, lots of spices and floral notes, again just a little berry. Starts dry, gets drier. Bitter at the end with that earthy/spiced/floral thing that elderflower does. The brewers really complement each other in this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2018
at 12:28
6/10
Tried
on 13 Feb 2018
at 01:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A nice new world ESB with lots of caramel and biscuit and a bit of chocolate combined with bitter new world citrus hops. Slight metallic taste is the only drawback. Leaves a nice, warm aftertaste of a caramel biscuit.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2018
at 04:19
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours amber with a quickly fading head.Nose shows apricot, juniper, lemongrass, slight cinnamon. Odd but enticing.Flavours include some more apricot, cardamon, lemon pith and a bit of refreshing acidity.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2017
at 03:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours hazy light brown with a small creamy head.Nose shows spicy hops, grassy hops, grapefruit, caramel and biscuity malt.Flavours include more caramel, pine, resinous hops.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2017
at 02:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours amber with a large fading head.Nose shows lemon, honey, herbal and spicy notes, sage and cinnamon.Flavours include more soft herbal and spicy notes before a big doughy/floury bready note rolls through. Could be really good otherwise.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2017
at 19:57
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at the Napier Hotel, Melbourne. Poured a murky medium brown with a frothy white head and some clingy lace. The aroma is malt, light woody metallic hop. The flavour is moderate to light bitter with a dry malt, light watery, light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation. An ESB? I really don't think so. Way too light, over carbonated and lacks body & defining flavours.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Sep 2017
at 08:50
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pours pale gold, small head.Nose shows hay/straw notes, light spicy hops. Slight vegetal notes.Flavours are restrained, but include spicy and herbal hops, biscuit malt,light cardboard notes.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2017
at 08:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap. Deep red brown, beige head. Aroma of of medicinal toffee - nutmeg, cinnamon, fresh bark. Deep toffee flavours but surprisingly light bodied and barely sweet. Dry finish with spices and a odd woody astringency that might be the wormwood. A bit vacant in the middle (which did make it drinkable and I liked the lightness, but it wanted for a bass note) but interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Aug 2017
at 08:26
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pint on tap at Basement Brewhouse, Bankstown. Pale yellow beer with thin creamy white head. Medium carbonation. Laces well. Nose is spice and caramel. Spritzy mouthfeel with light body. Hints of banana and spice with a lightly bitter finish. Drinkable but uninvolving.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jul 2017
at 05:24