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Dan and Chris had spent 4 months prior to our launch at Craft Beer Rising looking for a site in almost every corner of London but it became quite obvious, quite quickly, that with the money that we had we weren’t going to be able to do things the traditional way. We couldn’t set up with the right size kit and the right size facility. So with no brewer, no permanent facility and a launch at craft beer rising 2014 around the corner, whilst not initially the plan, we hung our hat on being ‘Hobo’ brewers. Some people call it cuckoo brewing, some people call it gypsy brewing, some people call it contract brewing, some people call it nomad brewing. We prefer the term hobo brewers but whatever you want to call it… its what we do.
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can at the Indian Brewery; clear yellow pour with a bubbly off white head, aroma has light citrus, taste has sweet malts, citrus, creamy malts.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jun 2018
at 16:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Keg at the Loaded Dog, Leicester. Dark gold and hazy with a tight creamy head. Scent of sulphur with a metallic edge alongside zesty citrus. Bittersweet taste with a massive astringent note. High carbonation with a sulphurous and slightly malty finish. Quite artificial but has enough character to be nowhere as bad as it should be.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2018
at 21:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can at the Tate Modern. Big foam on this one and brown copper body, mild carbonation. Aroma of sweet maltiness and soft hops. Flavour is sharp grain with some sweet fruitiness and a crisp finish. Not bad but felt a little rough around the edges, could use a little more finesse.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jun 2018
at 15:07
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from Pivný raj Pours almost reddish, no head. Aroma is citrus like but feels quite in a background. Taste is bitter and dry, surprisingly bitter, maybe too much.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Apr 2018
at 20:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Deptford Craft Beer Feast, 2018. Hazy amber pour with a white head. Aromas of pineapple, mango, grapefruit, apricot. Very similar action in the flavour. Like this one.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2018
at 14:16
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 4.5
Can at home in Hackney - picked up at Craft Beer Rising 2018. Pours clear copper with a frothy, white head. The nose has some faded pine, orange peel. Light sweet flavour, astringent, some chlorophenolic character, grass, more peel. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with more chlorophenols, ash, grass and peel. Lingering astringency. Pretty bad overall.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2018
at 19:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at CBR 2018. Pours unclear yellow with a creamy, white head. Subtle pithy citrus aroma, background dried pale malts. Light sweet flavour with rindy bitterness, lemon peel, pale grains, pithy grapefruit. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Pretty good balance in the finish, more lemon and grapefruit. Not bad, if a little basic.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2018
at 17:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at CBR 2018. Pours clear brown with a frothy, khaki head. Nice moderate roast aroma, toasted pine, cocoa. Light-medium sweet with ample citrus character, some earth, baking cocoa, soft roast. Medium bodied with fine tonaverage carbonation. Well balanced finish, more subtle toasted malts, light chocolate notes, grapefruit. Quite an approachable CDA.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2018
at 17:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Tried at the Ship & Mitre, Liverpool. Hay pale amber colour with a white head. Aroma has light citrus and tropical fruit with slight caramel malts. Taste light bitter. Light body.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Feb 2018
at 00:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Canned 330ml. -from Pivny Raj Bratislava. Dark golden coloured, medium sized off-white head, mild fruity and piney nose. Moderate malty, piney, citrusy fruity and light herbal hoppy with discreet touch of smoke. Slightly spicy bitter finish. Not bad at all.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Feb 2018
at 21:15