Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Little Spirit from Little Beer Corporation 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle split at the Cotteridge Bash, 24/01/15 thanks to Herr_Osprey. Mahogany brown with a light beige cap. Nose is TCP, woodwork class, medicinal vibeage, over peated. Taste settles down a little, more TCP medicana, hints of biscuit and toffee. Medium + body, strange prickly carbonation for a BW - overcooked, semi drying close. Miss but not a total car crash.
Stuu (34525) reviewed Little Slow (5.9%) from Little Beer Corporation 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours golden amber, nose is dull toffee, taste is sweet, thin, floral.
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Fireside Tale from Little Beer Corporation 11 years ago
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Little Spirit from Little Beer Corporation 11 years ago
Scopey (25115) reviewed Fireside Tale from Little Beer Corporation 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at the Cotteridge Convention thanks to Daniel. It pours clear deep amber with a medium white head. The nose is smooth, toasty, earth, mild smoke, cardboard, ham and some cake. The taste is smooth, bitter-sweet, toasty brown sugar, grainy, brown bread and mild smoke. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Smoke is fairly restrained. OK.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Little Spirit from Little Beer Corporation 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at the Cotteridge Convention thanks to Mr Osprey. It pours darkest brown with a small tan head. The nose is smooth, roasty, medicinal action, Iodine and burnt toffee....yep that’s some Islay action! The taste is bitter roast, earthy, ash, TCP, medicinal, smoked peat, burnt caramel, dark fruits, wood, vanilla and toasted marshmallow. Medium+ body and moderate carbonation. The massive Ardbeg character is going to get a lot of hates for this, but I rather enjoyed it. Crazy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle picked up somewhere, haven’t a clue where from? consumed at home Sunday 1st February 2015 Amber with white head a tad hazy. Soft mouthfeel, lots of elastoplast in mouth ’smoke’ and on nose, weird, very weird. Sweet but also fruity and malty. Abv well disguised, but barrel ageing less so (though to be fair I guess it was never meant to be discreet) its totally in yer face. Drainpour. Wish I’d have left this in the fridge and palmed it off to someone else. A5 A3 T3 P3 Ov7 2.1
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Fireside Tale from Little Beer Corporation 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
24th Jan 2015: shared bottle at the Cotteridge Wine meet. Amber, no head, plenty of smoked ham though, malty and burnt flavours up the nose and in the mouth: decent and different for a UK brew anyway, not really my thing.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Little Spirit from Little Beer Corporation 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
24th Jan 2015: shared (small) bottle at the Cotteridge Wine meeting. I love Barley Wines normally but this little guy did nothing for me I am sad to say. Deep amber pour, no head worthy of the name. Malty and smoky peat bog in the nose, no whiskey notes in the aroma or taste, so the aging doesn’t come through, or at least not for me. Just an alcoholic brew that disappointed. Maybe it was infected or something, but I struggled with the small amount I had.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle at Cotteridge wine convention; hazy dark amber pour with a thin tan head, very smokey aroma, taste is very phenolic, glad it was a Danish pint, hard work.