Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
From a 440ml can on 27/7/2024. Pours a clear reddy amber with a medium head. Has a mild malty aroma with a metallic touch. Tastes of citrus and dried fruit, against a caramel malt background. Reasonably sweet but that's countered by a firm lingering resiny bitterness. Has a chewy syrupy mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. Love a really big red IPA and this is a good'n.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Clear pale amber, small white head. Aroma of pine, kumquat, bread, cooked grapes. More vibrant - and boozier - upon a taste with gooseberry and cut grass over citrus before pine takes over again towards the fairly bitter end.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Bitter Phew. Hazy pale gold, white head. Tropical fruit, citrus, pine.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From a 440ml can on 12/7/2024. Pours a cloudy medium golden with a smallish head. The aroma features lots of zesty citrus. Very citrussy on the sip as well - tangerine, mandarin lemon. Has a moderately bitter, lightly spicy, herbal bitterness. Silky mouthfeel with average carbonation. Decent enough but would like it a touch sweeter up front.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can. Clear golden amber with a cm of white head. Slightly dishy citrus and pine with light bread, a murmur of dank mango. Clean, just medium bodied -- lacks a little presence after a lovely delicately balanced aromatic combination. Bitterness is just a little lower than I'd like. Pretty good.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Hightower from Fox Friday Craft Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Motivation? Can, bb 12/24. Dirty amber with a good cm of off white head. Citrus and nectarine aroma with breadcrust behind, then pine, mango. A bit cleaning product. Much more mango and dank flavours upon a swig. Quite sweet. Modest bitterness. Do I not get it or is (already) a bit past it?
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
From a 440ml can on 29/5/2024. Pours a murky, milky golden with a small to medium head. Has a really punchy tropical and citrus fruit nose. And punchy fruit you get on the sip too - zesty orange, mango and melon. Finishes with a lightly spicy, firmish bitterness, with a dash of citrus rind. Has a silky, slightly creamy mouthfeel with average carbonation. Bold, intense, balanced and delicious.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Rino Chaser from Fox Friday Craft Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Presumably a beer about trying to catch a tram. Can. More gold than amber. Almost clear with a small white head. Aroma of mango skin, Sauv Blanc, pine, kumquat. Hayish malt sweetness behind hops that are perhaps less piney & more fruity than suggested before a dryish moderately bitter finish. It's good but not very interesting.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Donkey from Fox Friday Craft Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can, 10C. Black, tan head. 3+ Aroma of chocolate, some roast and singed sugars, vanilla, pepper. 7+ Light but smooth body, lowish carbonation. Fairly dry with roast & dark chocolate before quite brisk bitterness with some pepper and grass. In the end, that it's maybe a tad thin is not as important as it being dryish and bitter.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Lassard from Fox Friday Craft Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Clear red brown with a good cm of off white head. Aroma of sticky breadcrust, grapefruit, prunes, honeydew melon. Barely medium bodied, so the sweetness gives it a bit of a boiled lolly character. But the hops are well defined and vibrant with citrus and melon giving way to pine and spice at a fairly bitter end.