Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Bottle bought at Beautiful Beers, Bury St Edmunds. The head was premature and exploded out of the bottle, all over my hand but luckily not my face. A very dark and glossy brown. Thick foamy dark beige head. Aroma of sweet coffee and multiple spoonsfulls of Muscavado sugar. A sour berry edge. Underlying fluttering malts. Flavourwise it, to be honest, fails to live up to the heights of the aroma. Sad face. We have sour berries rushing the taste buds. Really quite tangy. Almost vinous. As it warms up other traits reveal themselves. The expected coffee and then chewy underlying mocha and nougat. Light. Suprisingly thin. Lively - vivacious - soft-fizzy carbonation saves the day. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. A kinda reverse Nirvana song of a beer - loud; quite; loud.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Barley Wine from Artefact Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle bought at Beautiful Beers, Bury St Edmunds. Opaque dark brown. No head... well, a thin beige ring. Aroma has dark fruits, molasses, treacle, wood and booze. Flavourwise it's more restrained than the aroma perhaps suggested it would be. Smooth dark fruits and wood. Chewy dark fruit cake malts. And a booze streak. But it's not overpowering. Medium bodied. Oily. Soft carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. A barley wine to chill with.
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) ticked Amplified Dark Mild from Artefact Brewing 5 months ago
Tried at the Peterborough Beer Festival 2025.
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) ticked Kveik Black IPA from Artefact Brewing 5 months ago
Roasted malty coffee and bitter. Full body
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Harlequin NEPA from Artefact Brewing 8 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle bought at Beautiful Beers, Bury St Edmunds. Hazy pale gold. Thick fluffy foamy white head. Aroma has grapefruit, lemon, malts, a hint of spice. Flavourwise we have a bitter streak. Tart edge. Grapefruit. Gooseberry. Woody. Earthy. Underlying sweetness is an afterthought. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Flat-soft carbonation..Long dry astringent finish. Relatively punchy but doesn't maintain my interest... one hop, one noted, perhaps.
ITFCfan (3577) ticked Harlequin NEPA from Artefact Brewing 9 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
ITFCDan (1921) ticked Harlequin NEPA from Artefact Brewing 9 months ago
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Harlequin NEPA from Artefact Brewing 9 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
18/4/2025. Draft at Briarbank’s Spring Beer Festival, Ipswich. Fruity. Husky. Decent.
ITFCDan (1921) ticked Winter Brown Ale from Artefact Brewing 10 months ago
ITFCfan (3577) ticked Winter Brown Ale from Artefact Brewing 10 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7