Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Very black with a fluffy light tan head that fades from an inch to a cm. Aroma of heavy roast, blackberries, pine. Usually worth waiting a little while with these - they soften a tad and flavours integrate a bit more. This is softly doughy but still roasty, piney and bitter but dark fruit and sugars have room to move. I've liked the recent years when it's been a bit lower in alcohol but this works well too - it doesn't seem overbearing and there's no unintegrated booze. I may drink the other glass tonight. About 13C which was just right.
hawthorne00 (9917) reviewed Euphoric XPA from Bridge Road Brewers 2 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Misted gold, loose cm of white head. Bright citrus aroma with some guava, leafy herbs, gentle pine, light bread. Light bodied, dryish. Some dried mandarin, grapefruit - you _would_ guess it's part "hop product" but it's nice enough. Hints of liquorice, a waft of resin at the modestly bitter finish. Interesting, pretty good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Just unclear amber with a 2cm white head that fades. 6+ Grapefruit and what I would have guessed as plum, light bread and some lolly-like tropical fruit. Quite sweet with cranberry joining tropical notes and just crowding the nice citrus a tad. Bitterness is moderate. Expected this to be a bit sharp but no. Fair enough though.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Can, from their Advent box. Gold, a good cm of white head fades to a coat . Aroma is a little boozy with apricots, banana, dough and spices. Full bodied, carbonation could be a little higher. Quite sweet with fruit and dough, bitter end with coriander, cloves & white pepper. Like the finish.
hawthorne00 (9917) reviewed Village Pils from Bridge Road Brewers 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can. Misted gold, 2cm white head. Aroma of lime zest, crackers, lychees. Fairly dry, not trying to be too clean. Fruit is cleaned up by snappy peppery bitterness. Refreshing, modern but not too modern.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can. Clear orange amber with a loose white head. Aroma of somewhat doughy bread, very light spices. Lightish bodied with hints of bready richness, modest bitterness. Pleasant enough but lacks oomph.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Gold, an inch + of white head that never quite dissipates. Hoppy aroma with fruit mostly being accents under peppery and floral notes, although there's a fair bit of tropical fruit & white grape. Continues into the dryish taste - the fruit is there but the noble-adjacent notes are what drive the bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Cloudy red with a near white head. Aroma is a little bit blackcurrant as well as blackberry with pear, guava and some dry cake. Fruity but dry and a little sour - almost fruit punch like. A little salty at the end. Pretty good, although I liked the plain blackberry more.
danlo (13332) reviewed Japanese Rice Lager from Bridge Road Brewers 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draught at Hotel Sweeney's, Sydney. Sparkling, golden colour, white foam head and aroma of grain, citric, grass. Taste is malt, grain, citrusy, hay, with some papery grassy bitterness. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, drying citric grassy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
hawthorne00 (9917) reviewed Quantum from Bridge Road Brewers 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can, their Advent box. Cloudy yellowish orange with an inch of white head that never quite disappears. Herbal lemon and cracker aroma with passionfruit, mandarin, some pineapple and pine. Vague crackery malt, not much sweetness. A bit resinous towards the moderately bitter end that declines to come to a defined point. I'm puzzled by the West Coast Pils thing - why bother to make a lager with lots of fruity hops? Tasty enough though.