7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml. @ [ Tasting by Fin & Loz ].Clear dark red brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, chocolate, coffee, peat, moderate hoppy. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, chocolate, peat, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111021]
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2011
at 08:17
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask @ Kay’s Bar. This is a premium bitter. Clear amber colour, creamy dense off-white head. Nose is caramel, citrus, barnyard, hay, maybe bit of oak. Flavour is fruity, malty, caramel, touch of hay. Medium bodied. This is something different. Very well done.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Nov 2011
at 10:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
cask at Bow Bar Tempest night ... amber ... creamy white head .. soft sweet citrus zezty nose ... quite a sweet malty front ... zezty citrus hop ... light dry almost rye backbone .... odd light spiced pumpkin done ... fruity berry ...
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Oct 2011
at 09:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Fin & Loz’s tasting with Jan, Charlotte, Craig, Stella & kids consumed 21.10.11 Craig brought this beer along, cheers Craig! Touch smokey at first, mmhh.. a little peaty, iodine but then the hops start to come through. Hops are very fresh in this beer, really green and clean tasting, some cocoa also coming into play in the mouth, its a nice beer. Quite impressed with these three beers from Tempest. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov13 3.2
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2011
at 00:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Fin & Loz’s tasting with Jan, Charlotte, Craig, Stella & kids consumed 21.10.11 Craig brought this beer along, cheers Craig! A little sulphour on the nose initially. I must say I am finding this much better than the Caligula, it pours a good colour amber with a nice white bubbly head. Hops are very zappy but there is a nice sweetness carrying through with this one that wasn’t there with the Caligula, some pine and citrus combining on the tongue to great effect. Its a very good beer. b> A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov15 3.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2011
at 00:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Fin & Loz’s tasting with Jan, Charlotte, Craig, Stella & kids consumed 21.10.11 Craig brought this beer along, cheers Craig! Pours dark brown with a light beige head. This is really quite hoppy from the off. The hops real shine, though I have to say after a while I am finding them just a tad harsh and most unusually I would welcome a little more sweetness in this to soften things out a bit. Touch soapy at times, but it really is about the hops and they dominate. A7 A4 T6 P3 Ov13 3.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2011
at 00:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Alloa Real Ale Festival 2011. Dark golden colour, off-white head. Nose is light malted, caramel malts, straw. Flavour is light malted, bit hoppy, little pine. Slightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2011
at 03:42
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at fine...huge thanks to Becca for this ... deep black ...thin tan head ...soft coffee oaky nose... soft smoky malts ...dark roast malts ... light peaty linger ...soft mellow malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2011
at 12:30
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home ... thin tan lacing ... soft dark roast malt ... light floral pine hop ... hint of chocolate nose ... little over fizzy ... very mellow soft flavours ... blackcurrant and chocolate malts ... big soft floral hop ... this is fairly different from other black ipa... that sterotypical flavour is there in the background ... but there lighter almost fluffier flavours up front Bottle at fins ...deep black...thin tan lacing...litle soapy floral pine hop... big passion fruit nose ... melow toffee malts ... soft mellow hop... soft pine ...soft blackcurrant ... light dry finish 3.8
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2011
at 11:59
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask @ 12th Ayrshire Real Ale Festival, Troon 2011. Clear golden colour, white head. Nose is sour and citric, bit of resin, very hoppy and slightly creamy. Flavour is hoppy, fruits, woody and creamy. Excellent.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2011
at 06:24