6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
29th December 2009
ChrisO ’Night Of The Gaylords’ tasting. Hazy pale gold beer. No head. Sharp and sourish with bitter orange. Finishes light and crisp with hop bitterness. Pleasantly sour!
ChrisO ’Night Of The Gaylords’ tasting. Hazy pale gold beer. No head. Sharp and sourish with bitter orange. Finishes light and crisp with hop bitterness. Pleasantly sour!
Tried
on 07 Jun 2012
at 09:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 330ml bottle on 7/6/2012. Pours a very dark brown with a medium head. Has quite a strong, impressive aroma of chocolate, coffee, licorice and roasted malt. The flavour follows suit, with an emphasis on the roasty bitterness and dark chocolate. It’s not overly sweet and is relatively intense. The carbonation is a little higher than typical, but this doesn’t detract from the experience. The texture is creamy. All up, a very solid porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2012
at 02:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
19th September 2011
Opaque black- brown beer, nice creamy loojing tan head. Light crispy palate. Minerals. Mildly tangy dark malt. A little lactose sweetness. Very mild coffee. Semi dry finish. A light and unusually refreshing porter.
Opaque black- brown beer, nice creamy loojing tan head. Light crispy palate. Minerals. Mildly tangy dark malt. A little lactose sweetness. Very mild coffee. Semi dry finish. A light and unusually refreshing porter.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2012
at 13:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours dark brown with a large, light tan head.Nose shows fruity hops, with pinapple and passion fruit the most prominent.Underneath is roasted malt and nutty notes. Very tempting.Roasted malt mixes in well with the hops in the flavours, with nutty, biscuit-like malt and earthy coffee notes at the forefront. Not too much in the way of hops other than in the piny, grapefruit-like assertive bitterness.
Tried
on 09 May 2012
at 03:47
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 330ml.Hazy matt medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate to light light heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, moderate to heavy yeasty, grape, saion yeast, light leather - funk. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, hoppy, grape. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120419]
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2012
at 11:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 330ml bottle on 29/4/2012. Pours a cloudy dark golden orange with a small head. The aroma is dominated by fruit, with some light honey and floral notes. The flavour features stone fruits, some English pale ale yeastiness, and a slightly spicy hop bitterness. This is solid IPA, if perhaps a touch subdued. Definitely worth a try, but I preferred their Galaxy and Stella single hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2012
at 21:03
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
[April 23 2012] Bottle, 13C. Clear dark brown with a light tan head that fades to a coat. Aroma of chocolate, orange, grapefruit, some bread. Medium-bodied with low carbonation. Not all that sweet but there’s toffee, bread and chocolate; bitter oranges and light spices. Bitter but not severe finish and there’s no sense of the hops having to struggle out from underneath to make their presence felt. Very inviting weight. No clashing or muddled flavours. Delicious. [8 3 8 5 17= 4.1][May 17 2012]A little of the zesty edge is already muted. 2013 version, April 17. Growler. Almost black with a large light tan head that lasts well. Aroma of cocoa, fudge, flowers, pine, grapefruit, passionfruit. Much less citrus than last time, pretty clearly a different hop. Shame, I loved the choc-orange. Similar balance, but perhaps a little more bitterness and the pine shines though at the end too. Really very nice but doesn’t quite do it for me like last time. [8 4 7 4 15 = 3.9] Leaving score as is.[4/14] 2014 version. Back to that choc-orange. A little more bitterness or just (even) less sweetness than the original version? Food: sweet Gorgonzola on Challah. [13/4/6] Think this is the only beer I have access to that I try to buy _and_ drink within a fortnight of release. More tropical this year, no choc-orange thing but lychees, flowers and nectarines meld with the chocolate brioche. [8/4/17] Bottle from Wine Republic. Similar to last year, but a little cleaner, maybe a limey edge up front. Again chocolate brioche, barely ripe nectarine, some tropical notes. Quite bitter and a little peppery at the end. Best since the first year? [10/4/18] Under-ripe tropical fruit, soft chocolate brioche, slight roast, stronger resinous bitterness creeps up.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2012
at 05:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the Sail & Anchor, Fremantle 7/04/2012. Golden with a slight white head. Slightly peppery hops, some citrus fruit and a dryish finish. All a bit underpowered.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Apr 2012
at 09:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
cloudy unclear light brown, small white head. fruity hoppy aroma, malts. flavor is yeasty, hoppy flowery,rather mild.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2012
at 11:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is peachy and light grapefruity. Smooth fruity, peachy and grapefruity. Crisp hoppy and light citrusy. Bitter and fruity into a medium dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2012
at 11:19