8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From tap at Borefts 2022. Nicely fruity with a little funk. Red fruit, plum, lively carbonation. Tart and sour, bit puckering. Medium body. Great.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jan 2025
at 22:34
8.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From tap at Borefts 2022. Lots of bourbon in the aroma with caramel, toffee, chocolate, alcohol, some vanilla. Quite rich, boozy, bittersweet flavour with a long aftertaste. Full and lovely.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jan 2025
at 22:34
7.4/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap at Borefts 2022. Oaky and grainy aroma, puckering sour with some vanilla from the bourbon. Medium sour flavour, medium body. Certainly nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jan 2025
at 22:34
7/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
375ml can. Slightly hazy gold, small white head, decent retention. Aroma is pine, resin, malts and citrus. Taste is pine resin, grapefruit, citrus, biscuit malts and a strong bitterness but it doesn't hang around and isn't astringent. Average in body and carbonation which is fine. Its a good solid IPA but a little unmemorable. It has a relatively clean taste and only a hint of dank hops.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2025
at 02:01
8/10
LCI. solera style Flanders. Pleasant tartness. Some Brett. Maybe a bit light. Red fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2024
at 22:32
7.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Black. A tan coat doesn't last long. About 13C, a little cooler to start would have worked better. Mocha and fudge aroma with pepperberries, some ointment, youngish whisky. Better integrated upon a taste, with roast, smoke, some brioche, oaked whisky and peppery bitterness. Big flavours but only medium bodied. Good, maybe will improve by winter.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2024
at 14:13
7.4/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Clear amber, white head. Shyish aroma of under-ripe tropical fruit, pine needles, light bread. Much more vibrant taste with white peach, gooseberries, lime leaf and a very nice building resin towards the bitter end.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Dec 2024
at 11:56
9/10
This is what I like to call Australian strong. Almost 15% just smacks of all the flavor. It even broke my bottle opener.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:38
6.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Nose shows toasty malt, bready malt, sourdough.Flavours include more roast and toasty malt, a bit of grainy malt. Moreish.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2024
at 11:55
6.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Copper, a beige head is soon less than a coat. Aroma of bread, stewed fruit, singed toffee - guess it is different to Straight to VHS. Appropriately big for just 5.5% with malty flavours giving way to firm firm bitterness. As is sometimes the way, the finish won me over about the aroma.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Nov 2024
at 12:10