mike_77 (15875) reviewed Tiger’s Blood from Hidden Springs Ale Works 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Pale golden colour with thin head. Weird sweet and sour. Something like blood orange. I get the strawberry too. A bit too sweet and thick. Not so drinkable.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle, 650 ml, shared with Zec, JFK10000, Max and Miro B at Miro's Grande 2022. Black with brownish head. Chocolate, nuts, nutella, medium sweetness. Some dark berries coming through in the end. Very smooth. Oily. Low carbonation. Medium bodied.
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Humble Pie from Hidden Springs Ale Works 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
One of the better beers I've had in awhile, and its been awhile since I've had a good sour in particular. They just aren't that easy to come by, at least not without putting in some effort, which I don't really do any more. So this one was just given to me, and I'm glad because sometimes I'll scroll past beers on the shelf if they have too many weird ingredients. So this has a nice nose of both chocolate and cherry (almost thought raspberry when I first sniffed, then I re-calibrated). Flavor leans more heavily on the cherry tartness, mineral-like cherry pit notes, perhaps a light chocolatey-ness or other semi-sweet flavors balance it out, but mostly the whole profile is semi-dry, with a good level of tartness and a nice funky finish. Rubyish color, short lived head.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap at the craft beer junction. A jet black coloured pour with a persistent dark tan whispy head. Aroma is huge meaty roast, liquorice, Warming bourbon, dark chocolate, spicy, little mint cream. Flavour is composed medium sweet, chewy roast, chocolate cinamon bun, drizzled in brown sugars, spicy Jamaica cake. Spicy. Brown sugars. Palate is medium sweet, sticky, spicy, woody cinnamon oily, mellow carbonation. Ok.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Some citrus and some pine. A little orange zest. Hazy yellow pour with decent head. Clean finish with a hint of hop tang. Zero IBU fine, but also low on body, as could be expected. Can.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Serenity Now! from Hidden Springs Ale Works 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Very beautiful, ever so slightly hazy ruby and light brown coloured body with a thinnish, two centimetre tall off-white and tan head that fades fairly quickly, and leaves just about nothing above the very nice ruby tinted body. Aroma of malt, soap, light smoked and toasted grains with a light dose of caramelised sugars with a lot of lactose and earthiness, but more of an almond and light nuttiness, although the slightly soured and tart cherries seem to dominate, the malty and especially rustic nuttiness dominates really here in terms of overall presence, in the nose, at least. Medium-bodied; Strong complexity from the malts, the nuts and earthiness with a little dryness, but the soured and very tart cherry and even blackcurrant notes show through with a great balance, complexity and pungency for this, but still goes down very easily. Aftertaste shows some dry malts with the grain and maltiness with a light dose of almonds, cashews and walnuts (no peanuts here at all), but a lot more of the soured and tart fruits that make this very enjoyable throughout, especially for what typically is a too sweet and too soured beer - this blends nicely throughout, but without any real chocolate flavours aside from a small dose of milk chocolate at the beginning of the taste, but that fades quickly with the nuttiness in the body. Overall, this one surprised me in a nice way with way more complexity and balance than I was expecting, especially with a good kick of a tart fruit with these earthy and rustic qualities, but it is balanced in a way I haven't seen in a while. For someone who doesn't really like malty and nutty/chocolatey beers mixed with fruits, this one is great - period. Get it if you can find it regardless of what your favourite styles are, as this is a transcendent beer that works out nicely and complexly regardless of what you typically enjoy. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from ABC Fine Wines in Orlando (Lake Buena Vista), Florida on 01-January-2021 for US$5,00 sampled at my house here in Washington just over a year later on 24-January-2022.