8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home in the garden, from J and B craft drinks, Amsterdam
17th April 2026 - pours hazy yellow, taste is dry, medium bitter citrus and tropical - maybe not the most outstanding from FF, but a decent beer
17th April 2026 - pours hazy yellow, taste is dry, medium bitter citrus and tropical - maybe not the most outstanding from FF, but a decent beer
Tried
from Can
on 18 Apr 2026
at 13:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
75cl bottle pours a orange, light haze, fluffy white head. Good nose, apricot and lemons and neutral wood and natural wine. Flavor is medium high acid, all the stone fruits, wood, bit of white wine vinegar. Medium full, dry, high acid. Really nicely made.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2026
at 23:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
16oz can pours a dark brown, beige head. Nose has malt and toast, chewy, some marzipan. All that follows to the flavor. Creamy finish. Well made.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2026
at 22:51
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
16oz can pours a clear gold, white head. Nose is grassy, doughy too, some clear grain notes. Flavor is doughy and malty, floral. Creamy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2026
at 22:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
16oz can of lemony pulp. Very little head. Minty nose, wet grass, big grapefruit, perfume and sweet herbs. Wheat lurking. Flavor has more the stone fruits but it's really grassy and minty and green. Chewy, wheaty finish with a pinch of sugar that only comes on late. Yellow cake almost pops in at the final moment.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2026
at 00:12
9.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 10
Overall 9
Cellar diving!
Going after this 2025 bottle.
Poured into a snifter.
Appearance: very dark brown to very close to being pure black with no head and no lace but I wonder if the barrel aging may have persuaded lack of head & lace, hmmm, I'm not worried
Aroma: thick sweet smooth, sticky caramel & toffee scents with tons of dark fruits and vanilla notes - no barrel spice? Hmmm, well, I'm not arguing but an ever so slight note of sweet leathery character after more warmth I did notice some honey (not sure where that came from but I smelled it a couple times after)
Flavor: leads with the caramel & toffee sweet tones while pushing back the vanilla and dark fruity tones; finishes slightly sticky with caramel & dark fruity notes
Texture: medium to full bodied; great sipper! Pure bliss for the smoothness factor! Don't think I ever had a smoother barleywine than this. And carb seemed good too
Overall: what an English barleywine! Absolutely one I would return to!
Going after this 2025 bottle.
Poured into a snifter.
Appearance: very dark brown to very close to being pure black with no head and no lace but I wonder if the barrel aging may have persuaded lack of head & lace, hmmm, I'm not worried
Aroma: thick sweet smooth, sticky caramel & toffee scents with tons of dark fruits and vanilla notes - no barrel spice? Hmmm, well, I'm not arguing but an ever so slight note of sweet leathery character after more warmth I did notice some honey (not sure where that came from but I smelled it a couple times after)
Flavor: leads with the caramel & toffee sweet tones while pushing back the vanilla and dark fruity tones; finishes slightly sticky with caramel & dark fruity notes
Texture: medium to full bodied; great sipper! Pure bliss for the smoothness factor! Don't think I ever had a smoother barleywine than this. And carb seemed good too
Overall: what an English barleywine! Absolutely one I would return to!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2026
at 02:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
28th March 2026
Panda thanks to Wingman. A mild to medium haze on this gold beer, small and very short lived bubbly pale cream colour head. Airy palate, fairly dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth light malts, a light and fairly dry creamy sweetness. Manilita delivers resinous red grapefruit and a soft pine. Tiny bit of black pepper. Airy dry finish. Nice single hop dipa but a tad over dry for my palate.
Panda thanks to Wingman. A mild to medium haze on this gold beer, small and very short lived bubbly pale cream colour head. Airy palate, fairly dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth light malts, a light and fairly dry creamy sweetness. Manilita delivers resinous red grapefruit and a soft pine. Tiny bit of black pepper. Airy dry finish. Nice single hop dipa but a tad over dry for my palate.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2026
at 19:17
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Batch 1 bottled 08/10/2020, drunk 3/21/26.
Still shows an enormous amount of dense, fluffy head.
Smells wonderful. Zero oxidation and virtually zero acetic acid; only as much as necessary for the style. Deep base malts mix with medium malts to produce light caramel and toffee, while the wood is woven in to add slight oak, raisin and vanilla.
Fluffy, malty, tart but not sour with tight carbonation and excellent funky earth and mineral alongside oaky vanilla and dry raisin. Cherry-like flavors abound and the malt just keeps coming, balancing the beer perfectly. Reminds of pre-Palm Rodenbach, when that was the gold standard for this style. Just enough round acidity, that you want, with no excess, no vinegar, no cringe. Beautiful stuff; strange that it's so vastly different from the Cascara version I had quite a while ago (which was too thin and acidic).
Still shows an enormous amount of dense, fluffy head.
Smells wonderful. Zero oxidation and virtually zero acetic acid; only as much as necessary for the style. Deep base malts mix with medium malts to produce light caramel and toffee, while the wood is woven in to add slight oak, raisin and vanilla.
Fluffy, malty, tart but not sour with tight carbonation and excellent funky earth and mineral alongside oaky vanilla and dry raisin. Cherry-like flavors abound and the malt just keeps coming, balancing the beer perfectly. Reminds of pre-Palm Rodenbach, when that was the gold standard for this style. Just enough round acidity, that you want, with no excess, no vinegar, no cringe. Beautiful stuff; strange that it's so vastly different from the Cascara version I had quite a while ago (which was too thin and acidic).
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2026
at 13:39
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: hazed over orange color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mixed citrusy hops with orange juicy/pulpy character; some mango and/or papaya hop notes in there with a nice clean sweet wafery malt far underneath
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet juicy to creamy quality; finishes the same way
Texture: medium bodied, nice as a sipper; clean smoothness along the tongue with nothing distracting any where; nice low hop bitterness and the carb level is exactly where it's supposed to be
Overall: what an absolutely wonderful NEDIPA I would definitely come back to.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: hazed over orange color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mixed citrusy hops with orange juicy/pulpy character; some mango and/or papaya hop notes in there with a nice clean sweet wafery malt far underneath
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet juicy to creamy quality; finishes the same way
Texture: medium bodied, nice as a sipper; clean smoothness along the tongue with nothing distracting any where; nice low hop bitterness and the carb level is exactly where it's supposed to be
Overall: what an absolutely wonderful NEDIPA I would definitely come back to.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Mar 2026
at 17:24
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Reviewed from notes. Consumed 12/01/2019.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: pale golden yellow color with no head and obviously no lace.
Aroma: sweet lemon pulp with a touch of tart; light funk, clean oak; musty/clean basement scents; light honey, hay/straw; subtle sweet vinous with some sweet grains
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine tart to sweet to sour quality; finishes mostly with a lemon tart to semi-dry and vinous to hay/straw quality
Texture: medium bodied, great as a sipper!; clean smoothness but also a little bit of vinous acidity nipping at the tongue ever so slightly in a non-offensive way
Overall: a very nicely done sour ale I was going to have with my girlfriend at the time but she died before we could have it together.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: pale golden yellow color with no head and obviously no lace.
Aroma: sweet lemon pulp with a touch of tart; light funk, clean oak; musty/clean basement scents; light honey, hay/straw; subtle sweet vinous with some sweet grains
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine tart to sweet to sour quality; finishes mostly with a lemon tart to semi-dry and vinous to hay/straw quality
Texture: medium bodied, great as a sipper!; clean smoothness but also a little bit of vinous acidity nipping at the tongue ever so slightly in a non-offensive way
Overall: a very nicely done sour ale I was going to have with my girlfriend at the time but she died before we could have it together.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2026
at 17:10