Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Pours gold with a large lasting head.Nose shows orange blossom, earthy saison yeast and peach.Flavours include light bready malt, more earthy yeast notes but none of the fruit from the aroma. Finishes nicely dry.
Nisse666 (17733) reviewed The Empress from Holgate Brewhouse 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Grand Tasting, RBSCSG 2015 cons 2015-07-11 Göteborg AR: roasted malt, melas AP: dark brown, creamy sand brown head F: bread syrup, warming feeling, old sugary (odd combination??)
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AlanG51 (139) reviewed Mt Macedon Ale from Holgate Brewhouse 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Another solid Aussie APA. Love the unfiltered honey colour. Medium hops, citrus, maybe grapefruit. Definitely try again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Gold with a large white head that gradually fades to a coat. Aroma of light dough, hay, passionfruit, oranges, pepper, cloves. Light bodied. Stone and tropical fruit, slightly husky, vaguely tangy wheat, dry and spicy at the end. Australian hop notes are not jarring at all. Very refreshing, quite interesting.
DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Double Trouble from Holgate Brewhouse 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From a 500ml bottle on 21/4/2015. Pours a dark golden brown with a medium head. The nose is sweet and malty, with some dark fruit presenting, along with some Belgian yeast. Taste wise, it’s very sweet and dessert like, with lots of toffee, butterscotch, brown sugar, caramel and plum. Has the distinct abbey ale yeasty character, with a modest bitterness finishing things off. The palate is syrupy and sticky, with average to lively carbonation. This really is very good - actually much better than most Belgian dubbels I’ve tried.
stevoj (18327) reviewed The Empress from Holgate Brewhouse 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Wow, smooth and chocolaty. Dark brown with medium airy beige head. Aroma is equal parts chocolate and roast grains. Taste is more so with a little smoke and wood. velvety smooth body, nice subtle bitter finish.