Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
From a 375ml can on 29/6/2022. Pours a slightly opaque deep golden with a smallish head. Holy Christ the nose is all crème brûlée - so much vanilla custard with perhaps a hint of the Earl Grey. Largely rinse and repeat taste wise - lashings of custard and caramelised sugar, and maybe a touch of cinnamon, though the tea is harder to find. Has a very creamy mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. A quite singular and truly outstanding dessert beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
A very smooth double IPA with some unique characteristics. Aromas of pine, grapefruit, overripe apricot, honey and biscuit. Similar tastes with a bit of alcohol, but it's pretty well hidden. Another ripper from Aether.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Pale amber. A white head is soon a small island. Aroma of old lemon, good malt vinegar, vanilla/ oak. Tart with quite mellow malty notes that's presumably the barrels,. Dry, oaky and lemony towards the end. Interesting - the mellow flavours work well with the mild lacto sourness, but I did wish for a bit of Brett as well.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Event Horizon Stout from Aether Brewing 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can, labelled spiced rum porter. Deep brown with a small light tan head. Aroma of dark sugars, stewed fruit, vanilla. Light bodied, lowish carbonation. Drier than guessed with just a touch of roast and coffee but a decent lick of bitterness at the spicy end.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Black As Your Heart from Aether Brewing 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can. Dark brown with a 2cm beige head. Floaty nectarine and vague citrus aroma with caramel, toast and just a hit of roast. Light bodied, slightly creamy. Moderately sweet with caramel and a surprising hint of smoke (OK, now I go back for another sniff it's not that surprising) before fruit and a little pine sharpen things towards the fairly bitter end. Good, a little bit of a different take - originality always worth something.
LesArgen (1205) reviewed Deep Space Haze from Aether Brewing 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Another ripper from Aether. Aromas of pineapple, melon and passionfruit. There's a nice mix of grapefruit, pine and tropical fruits in the mouth nice body, very enjoyable. Can from Sense of Taste, Hamilton.
LesArgen (1205) reviewed El Jefe Mexican Lager from Aether Brewing 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Full-flavoured, full-bodied Mexican lager. Aromas of corn chip, grapefruit and even a little salsa. A nice combo of sweet and dry. Could have become a little cloying, but avoided it. Can from Sense of Taste, Hamilton.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
From a 375ml can on 5/12/2021. Pours a slightly cloudy deep golden/orange with a smallish head. Has a sweet, slightly dank fruity aroma. Tastes sweet with some stewed and ripe fruit notes, and not a typical juice bomb, with some caramel nutty malts presenting as well. Has a bitterness more typical of a WC DIPA than a hazy. Has a slick and silky mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. Not at all typical for the style but still comes together very nicely.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Pours amber with a rapidly dissipating head.Nose shows white wine, soft oak, honey, funky, woody notes, lemon rind.Flavours include more white wine, caramel, butterscotch, cardboard, lemon, funk and a soft acidity.Body feels a bit watery.
DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Quadraphonic from Aether Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From a 375ml can on 15/1/2021.Pours a super clear deep golden with a medium head. Not too much in the aroma - a little biscuit and the barest hint of fruit. The taste features some light biscuit malt and some quite sweet tropical fruit, countered by a firmish, sticky, resiny dry and somewhat warming bitterness. Still hides the 9.4% reasonably well. The mouthfeel is slick, the carbonation average. A fairly solid big DIPA, if not particularly memorable.