7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours black with ruby/copper highlights.Nose shows a lot of sweet crystal, they weren’t joking about the "generous" amounts of specialty malt. Also nice nutty notes and soft roasted hints.Flavours present more dominant roasted malt but includes some harsh notes. Not enough sweet malt (which is wierd considering the aroma).Good carbonation, not too high!
Tried
on 01 Aug 2010
at 22:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours pale gold with a lasting white head.Nose shows potent noble hops, with spicy, grassy and floral notes. Not much malt, but what is there is bready.Flavours are... different. Lots of lemony notes alongside sweet bready malt. Somewhat tangy.Fairly high carbantion does a disservice to the malt.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2010
at 22:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 10C - improved as it warmed. Dark brown with a large frothy beige head that settles, laces and returns with a swirl. Aroma of coffee, mild roasted malt and grass - smells pretty hoppy. Some prunes and rasins too. Quite carbonated mouthfeel. Taste has plain chocolate and coffee with bare hints of dark fruits and dark sugars. Mildly roasted bitter finish also has some ash. Solid but staid. [6 4 6 3 13=3.2] 500ml bottle, 12C. Fresher hops and much lower carbonation. Some licorice. Quite dry at the end. Fairly hoppy porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2010
at 06:20
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Not a bad beer, but too light on the hops for an IPA, in my opinion. There’s some likable caramel sweetness, but without a strong hoppy finish, it’s not very satisfying. Of course, this beer was shipped from New Zealand, so it could be better fresher. As is, I’m not a big fan. Nice look, though - bright copper liquid with a creamy off-white cap. Mouthfeel is smooth. Hops are grass, pine resin, a bit earthy. Malt tastes of rich caramel, but the aftertaste is a bit cloying. Nice label on the bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2010
at 18:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream colored head. malt and light earthy aroma with light citrus. Pine and earth flavor with light citrus and caramel. Medium bodied. Some bitterness. Earth and caramel lingers with citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2010
at 09:23
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Nice slightly hazy golden bronze coloured body with some orange highlights, a nice one-centimetre tall off-white head and some super small bubbles rising from the bottom - not many though. Aroma of fresh light hops (low a.a.), some good caramel, a touch of malt and some light apricots. Light-bodied; Sharp potent hop flavour at first, but that only lasts for a second or two, then the malt touches for a second, then fades with a mild sugary sweetness. Aftertaste is slightly bitter, but more malt and caramel comes through than anything else. Overall, a decent beer, but not enough hops to be potent, and more of an APA than an IPA. Still, great to try, and worth sampling if you are an American on this side of the world. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from Slowbeer in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 31-December-2009 for A$5.50 sampled back on this side of the world in Washington on 04-May-2010.
Tried
from Can
on 04 May 2010
at 20:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. A golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of grassy hops and yeast. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of yeast as well as medium notes of minerals, fruit, and malt, leading to a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Apr 2010
at 15:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A hazy light golden beer with a huge white head. The aroma has notes of citrus, malt, and straw. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of straw on a malty and citrusy background, leading to a quite bitter finish. Very thirst quinching.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2010
at 17:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and grapefruit. The flavor is sweet with notes of grapefruit, leading to a dry and bitter finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2010
at 14:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours very pale gold with a little haze. White head that leaves lacing. Bread and grass aroma. Punchy light malts with balancing hops. Some sourness at the finish. It was 39C here today and this hits the spot very nicely. Like other beers I’ve had from this lot, notably fresh tasting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2009
at 03:02