Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle ordered from A Hoppy Place, Windsor. Aroma is funky and... yes... raspberry puree. Opaque ruby red. Foamy bubbly pink tinged head. Medium sour. Tart raspberry. Underlying saltiness. Light bodied. Thin. Benefits from soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry not overly astringent finish. A pleasant sour. All about dem raspberries.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Countess from Dolphin Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle from A Hoppy Place, Windsor. Aroma has an initial burst of dark chocolate with a roastiness before the Tonka comes through. Vanilla edge. Dark and glossy. Foamy tan head. Medium bitter core. Dark chocolate. Spice, cinnamon, from the beans. Woody. Sour edge. Instant coffee. The vanilla tempers the other flavours. Definitely loaded with cocoa and Tonka. But no attempt to compensate with top much sweetness. Medium bodied. Creamy. Flat carbonation. Long dry very astringent finish. Not always entirely convinced by Dolphin's beers - more down to personal preference than anything else - but I think it's fair to say that they do try something different each time rather than pandering to the crowd.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Knight from Dolphin Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle from A Hoppy Place, Windsor. Raspberry initially dominates the aroma before malty chocolate comes through. Dark and glossy. Bubbly beige head pretty much just recedes to the rim. Medium-heavy sour. Tart raspberry. The chocolate and malts are pushed aside and have to peek in via a hint of bitterness and roast. [Will I reassess my stance as it warms up?] Light-medium bodied. Slick if on the thin side. Fizzy carbonation. Long sour finish. Enjoyable just not finding it particularly well balanced.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Queen III from Dolphin Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from A Hoppy Place, Windsor. Aroma is unsurprisingly of powdery black coffee and the accompanying dark berries you'd expect. Dark and inky. Foamy creamy light beige head, which develops a bald spot. The blurb on the bottle promises cherry and it doesn't disappoint, with a big dose of sourness. Underlying bitter coffee and umami in the finish. Medium bodied. Creamy. Average carbonation. Long astringent finish.The cherry aspects of the coffee bean dominate. It has got a sour kick but otherwise I'm just not finding it that interesting.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Acrobat from Dolphin Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from A Hoppy Place, Windsor. It's the spice in the aroma that first hits the nose, followed by 'warm' orange peel. Makes me think of a sweet mulled wine. Hazy blood orange in colour. Frothy creamy pink tinged head. Medium-heavy sour. Lighty funky Cranberry tartness with orange zest edge. Medium bodied. Slick. Flat-average carbonation. Dry astringent finish. Pleasant session sour. Delivers Cranberry and Orange.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Cupid from Dolphin Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from A Hoppy Place, Windsor. Pithy cherry aroma with low key sweetness and funk. Ruby red. Thin white head recedes to the rim. Medium sour. Obvious cherry but as promised it's not particularly sweet. If anything it's a tad medicinal. Medium bodied. Slick. A touch oily. Lazy fizzy carbonation. Long dry finish. This just doesn't do it for me. There's some sourness. Some cherry. But all somewhat muted and lacks tartness, sweetness, character. And like I mentioned before it's ultimately kinda medicinal, if cherry flavoured to hide the taste.
rhoihessegold (9407) reviewed Dreamer from Dolphin Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
31-10-20 // bottle.Via RB-trade. Thanks BeardedAvenger. Gently poured as the brewery is aware of some flocking sediment problems. Hazy darker orange with the floaties. Quite intense Wit. Spicy, zesty. Lots of elderflower, quite dry floral. Nice tastewise. --- Beer merged from original tick of Dreamer on 01 Nov 2020 at 14:50 - Score: 7. Original review text: Last night. Via RB-trade. Thanks BeardedAvenger. Gently poured as the brewery is aware of some flocking sediment problems. Hazy darker orange with the floaties. Quite intense Wit. Spicy, zesty. Lots of elderflower, quite dry floral. Nice tastewise.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Dreamer from Dolphin Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle from A Hoppy Place, Windsor. Aroma had citrus, smooth elderflower and spice. A lively one. Foams over after I pop off the cap. Amber. So many floaters it reminds me of the curry sauce I had with my fish and chips yesterday lunchtime. Medium bitter with a tangy but over tasted orange citrus streak. Warm spice. The elder flower takes the edge off. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Fizzy carbonation. Dry slightly astringent finish. I find that Wits can be somewhat weak and I insipid but this is has lot of character. Unfortunately the bloom of jellyfish of floaters is really putting me off. Where is the sieve?
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Queen II from Dolphin Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from A Hoppy Place, Windsor. Bitter coffee aroma with chocolate and berries. Opaque dark cola brown. Fizzy tan head soon virtually disappears. Medium-heavy bitter with a tangy sour edge. Black coffee, fruity berries over chocolatey malts. Some hints of underlying vanilla sweetness. Closes with continued bitterness. Medium bodied. Slick with a creaminess to it. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long astringent finish. Good stuff. A rich mocha of a Stout.
CraftBeerNick (11005) reviewed Dancer from Dolphin Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Bottle at home, 7th November 2020. Pours a dark brown black. Aroma is is cocoa, dark chocolate. Taste is smooth, earthy, cocoa, not sure I get the fig, but it’s a lovely beer