Grumbo (24737) reviewed Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
4/12/2021. Bottle sample courtesy of SHIG. Pours cloudy purple maroon with minimal head. Aroma of blackcurrant, berries, funk, wood, jelly jam. Moderate sweetness, tartness and body. Watery texture, soft carbonation. Good, though a little thin.
Scopey (25220) reviewed Mount Ida - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle thanks to Kenny. It pours hazy bright red with a small off-white head. The aroma is musty, funky, dirty, sweaty, must, cracker, floury bread, wet grass and dirt. The taste is crisp, dry, tart, zingy, bright, sherbet, raspberry, jammy berry, cranberry, granny smith apple, tannin, spice, kick of alcohol, vinous and a touch of sherbet with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate, order prickly carbonation. Fun stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Leighton at Hazlemere tasting. Aroma is vinous with a berry tang and a spiced streak. Opaque purple. Creamy violet head. Fruity... I mean berryish. Funk. Sherbert. Light. Thin. Fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Refreshing.
SHIG (13887) reviewed Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared by Leighton at SHIG Crashes the Bottle Share at Hazlemere: Poured a maroon reddish with a pink head. Aroma is currant, berries, pungent, fruit. Taste is fruity, currant, tart, funky.
Fergus (31537) reviewed Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared at high Wycombe tasting. Thanks to Leighton for this one. A light hazed plummy red coloured pour with a lasting vibrant pink froth. Aroma is floral, salty blackberry, vanilla, light plastic, oak. Jammy fruit. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, light sour, nice, mixed red berries, herby,, delicate, spicy funk. Light sour. Palate is semi sweet, mellow sour, salt, frothy carbonation.
Leighton (35102) reviewed Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared in Hazlemere - picked up from BMT. Pours deep purple-red with a creamy, pink. Lightly sweet with tart blackcurrants, a little musty funk, grapes, stable acidity. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Quenching finish, drying, more bright and fresh and tart berries. Quite good.
Theydon_Bois (46756) reviewed Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle, split at the Hazlemere Movember and chops tasting, thanks to LKS 12/11/21. Cherry red with a good sized crimson head that stays for the show. Nose is sharp cherries, hay bale, funk, light perfume, berry pips, cherry stones. Taste comprises cherry skins, funk, grass, herb, berry fruit compote. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a mellow tang. Decent.
WingmanWillis (38720) ticked Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 4 years ago
Leighton (35102) reviewed Skimming Stone - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at Beer Merchants Tap. Pours unclear gold with a lasting, creamy white head. Not bad, lightly sweet, a first there’s a touch of grassy plastic but it subsides, has a little tart plum, lemony bite, moderate acidity. Light to medium bodied with delicate carbonation. Tart finish, soft dryness, mellow tart plum, further citric tang, a little wood, melon. Nice depth. Very good overall, close to being really, really good.