oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Restoration from Hopshackle 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled@PBF VIII. Amber colour with some small head. Aroma is good tart wood notes along with mild raisins. Flavour is very similar.
laiti (11645) reviewed Restoration from Hopshackle 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
27,5 cl bottle vintage 2009 @ PBF, bottle #673
Aroma is sourish and somewhat tart with yeasty notes, cone sugar and a Belgian feeling. Flavour is tart and sourish with woody notes, dark fruits and oak. Reminds me of Bush de Nuits. And feels a bit old too.
tiong (21350) reviewed Restoration from Hopshackle 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
275ml bottle @ PBF 2013
2009 vintage - Pours dark hazy brown with a small head. Aroma of yeast, caramely malts, syrup, hints of sweetness. Taste is sweet, malty, caramely and syrupy with notes of spices. Finish is sweet, malty and alcoholy with notes of yeast. A bit unbalanced.
omhper (44752) reviewed Restoration from Hopshackle 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled at PBF. Hazy copper colour, minimal head. Caramelly nose with sauteed figs. Sweet with medium-full body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Salted caramel and plum brandy. Mid bitter finish. Doesn’t lift.
yespr (55501) reviewed Special Bitter from Hopshackle 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From cask. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty. Bitter, toasted malty and light fruity. Roasted and mild fruity hoppy into the finish.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Imperial Stout from Hopshackle 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at the Croydonia Tasting - East Croydon. This one I picked up at the Kris Wines some time ago. Pours clear, brown-black with a fine, tan cream head. Nose of dried dark fruits, chocolate, well-roasted malts and ash. Medium to big sweet flavor with sugary, dry bread, raisins, chocolate cake, dark fruits. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish with deep and dark malts, chocolate, burnt marshmallows, prunes and other dark, dried and ripened fruits. Solid.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Imperial Stout from Hopshackle 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared by Leighton at Croydonia tasting. It pours darkest brown with a small beige head. The nose is roasty, liquorice, wood, sweet vanilla, coconut and booze. The taste is roasted malt, toast, cocoa, earth, liquorice, ash, caramel, toffee, vanilla and alcohol. Medium-full body and fine carbonation. Well-integrated and pretty tasty. Perhaps a touch boozy, but not too shabby at all.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Wallop from Hopshackle 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask (gravity) @ Cambridge Winter Ale Festival 2013, at the University Social Club, Mill Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England CB2 1RX.Clear medium to dark red brown color with a average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, moderate hoppy, tropical fruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, dark malt, tropical fruit, citrus, pineapple. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130119]
fonefan (84534) reviewed Fire Belly Export from Hopshackle 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ Cambridge Winter Ale Festival 2013, at the University Social Club, Mill Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England CB2 1RX.Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, fruity hops, orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet riped fruity, hoppy, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily and creamy, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130119]
Idiosynkrasie (17851) reviewed Vertigo "VC" from Hopshackle 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
275ml bottle [#1273 of 1300]. Cloudy reddish golden colour with small, frothy, diminishing, minimally lacing, white head, permanenly leaving a thin layer. Fruity, hoppy aroma with notes of orange liquor, tangerine, a touch of toasted caramel malt, toffee, peppermint, minimal hints of oak, signs of storage and oxidation. Taste is moderately sweet malty, fruity notes of tangerine, blood orange, hints of Aperol liquor, esin, a spicy peppery touch, some peppermint; lasting finish, slightly sticky palate. Interesting complex and extraordinary.