7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split with Sarah at the cock tavern. Copper/ reddy colour with small halo of off white head. Aroma is toasty nutty malts, dried fruits, cranberry and clean lager yeast profile. Flavour is more jam on brown toasted bread. Crisp and chalky in the finish. Palate is slightly sweet but drys out really nicely which begs another dip. Lingering dried fruit and toasted malts. Really solid and very drinkable alt. Bravo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2014
at 13:36
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle bought at BottleDog. Unclear coal dark coloured body. Lasting beige head. Fair lacing. Modest smell of brown malts. Also brown malty flavours added by a touch of dried fruits. Slightly roasted ending, rather sweet. On an average level, more or less (hotel room, London 27.09.2014)
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2014
at 12:45
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle from an off-license somewhere in Hackney. Pours dark brown with small off-white head. Nutty malt aroma. Taste is a little lacklustre, very mild nutty elements, some faint dried fruits but all a bit bland and verging into Mild territory.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2014
at 11:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home in London - sourced from Kris Wines. Pours a mostly clear, rich mahogany with a sturdy, frothy khaki head. Great aroma, lots of robust, lightly toasted bready malts, hints of toffee and brown sugar, some ripening fruits, plum, berries. Medium sweet flavor with nice caramel character, hints of cocoa, leathery fruits, wood, hazelnut, earth. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation and massaging texture. Nicely balanced on the finish with further brown sugar, toasted bread, toffee and creamy caramel, ripe berries, dates, mild leafy, earthy bitterness. Great stuff. I quite liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2014
at 09:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home in London - picked up from Kris Wines. Pours perfectly clear gold, lightly effervescent, with a frothy white head. The aroma has some lightly dried citrus fruits, hints of minerals, toasted grains. Light to medium sweet flavor, with further minerals, some grainy bread, orange rind, touches of earth, dry pine. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Fairly dry on the finish with further citrus rind, toasted grains, minerals, subtle floral notes, gravel, citrus pith. Not bad overall. Pretty drinkable. But nothing about it really sings.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2014
at 09:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in London - picked up at Kris Wines. Pours perfectly clear yellow-gold with a frothy, virginal white head that settles into a cream. Lightly effervescent. The aroma has delicate, biscuity pale malts, hints of cereal, ripening lemon, straw. Light-medium sweet flavor with straight-ahead pilsner malt, mild crispy cereal, faint bitterness of hay and grass. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Nicely balanced on the finish with further simplistic malt structure, cereal, biscuits, white bread, nipe of straw and grass, lemon. A good take the kolsch style. Light, delicate, highly drinkable - exactly as a kolsch should be.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2014
at 09:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from BottleDog London and drunk at home. Hazy golden brown with a thin white head. It’s an ok pale ale. Some citrus flavours. Fine apa. Had this after a Kernel apa so it’s always going to be difficult for this to cut through. OK bitterness. Touch of earthiness. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2014
at 11:29
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Bottledog drunk on a train. Cloudy dark brown lasting thick dark beige head. So I have bfeen to Dusseldorf twice and know my way around an Alt. And this is decent on first impressions. Fresh brown malt on the aroma. Spicy hop on the finish. It’s got chocolate biscuit and some hop. Pretty good recreation of the style. Tasty. No faults just good beer. I liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2014
at 14:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
7th September 2014
Clear gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry and mildly crisp. Light clean malts bring modest sweetness. Hops are tangy orange, lesser marmalade and a touch of lemon. Light dry finish. Nicely balanced and drinkable if a tad dry.
Clear gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry and mildly crisp. Light clean malts bring modest sweetness. Hops are tangy orange, lesser marmalade and a touch of lemon. Light dry finish. Nicely balanced and drinkable if a tad dry.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2014
at 04:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
3rd September 2014
Cock Tavern. Keg. Hazy gold beer, small white head. Palate starts smooth but it has a fine minerally crispness developing. Light clean malts, semi dry. Touches of floralness and and a whisper of pear ester. Touch of orange before bubblegum esters kick in. Light crispy finish. Not bad. But I am already wondering how these conservative German style beers are going to fit in to the ever growing and vibrant London craft scene.
Cock Tavern. Keg. Hazy gold beer, small white head. Palate starts smooth but it has a fine minerally crispness developing. Light clean malts, semi dry. Touches of floralness and and a whisper of pear ester. Touch of orange before bubblegum esters kick in. Light crispy finish. Not bad. But I am already wondering how these conservative German style beers are going to fit in to the ever growing and vibrant London craft scene.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2014
at 07:24