Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can at home, from Craft Central.ie, 23/02/2025.
Almost clear golden orange topped with a lasting white head.
Nose is bitter orange, grapefruit, pine needle, melon, mandarin.
Taste comprises bitter orange, pine nip, grapefruit, pineapple, grass, citric tinged straw.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close punctured with lightly aggressive juice laden hop bitterness.
A fairly basic and old skool DIPA in this day and age but ultimately nothing wrong with it and better than the scores suggest for me.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Nut Brown from Garrison Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at the Oxford taproom. Pours clear brown with an off-white head. Lightly brown sugar and malts on the nose. Flavour is like porridge bread, some light brown sugar, slightly sweet. Very comfortable brown ale.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Imperial I.P.A. from Garrison Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Seriously aged sample Small cream-coloured head over almost clear ruby-shot copper beer. Oxydation, biscuit a mile out, bit liquorice, billberry bushes. Bitterish, bitter (cheese)cookies, apéritif snacks. Oxydation less outspoken than in the nose. Autumn leaves, dry, oakleaf, but also (dry) caramelmalt. Almost wry in the finish, walnutpeel. Medium bodied at best, bit thinnish but nowhere empty. Low carbonation. Its hoppiness and good ABV saved it for all those years. Must have been quite impressive fresh. Txs to Stef!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
[2021 Vintage] 650 mL bottle. Pours dark brown with a minimal beige head. Bourbon and light coffee and dark chocolate on the nose; a bit woody. Flavour has a ton of woody bourbon barrels, dark chocolate, dates. Rich mouthfeel, good carbonation. Very nice incorporation of the bourbon with the base stout.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed All Lit Up from Garrison Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
473mL can. Pours clear dark gold with foamy off-white head. Damp cloves and pine on the nose. Flavour has a fuck ton of cloves, plus allspice, pale malts, brown sugar. Eh.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Spruce Beer from Garrison Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
473mL can. Pours clear brown with small beige head. Aroma has sweet caramel malts. Flavour has a bunch of caramel malts and spruce sap, blackstrap molasses. Nice and cozy beer. Quite enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
We went inside the brewery after traipsing all over Halifax. I enjoyed a good DIPA on their patio and bought this 650 ml bottle to bring home. Label indicates an ABV of 10.5% on the 2023 vintage. I lift the cap and tilt the bottle into my ABGB snifter. The color is assuredly amber and the slender skim is light tan. Significant carbonation, I take that as a positive. The scent is heavy with very ripe fruit and maybe some grain in the background. I take a drink with some reservation after the smell. Shouldn’t have worried. Ripe red plums, baked bread, something floral, malt, toffee and barley. The alcohol is not obvious but the sensation is full and deep, again a positive for me. A decent barley wine.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Deja Moo from Garrison Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
4oz nitro pour at Oxford taproom. Pours dark brown with beige nitro head. Aroma has roasted malt. Flavour has roasted malt and lactose. Body is decent. It's fine.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
4oz pour at Oxford taproom. Pours murky gold with white head. Aroma has pine, tropical fruit, oils, bubblegum. Flavour has pine, tropical fruit, some hop burn. Some chemical harshness. I want to say this has diacetyl, but I'm not 100% sure. Either way, not good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
4oz pour at Oxford taproom. Pours mostly clear yellow with white head. Aroma has gentle citrus. Flavour has straw, wheat, a touch of citrus. Not terrible, but not great.