7/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
16th February 2016
Level 42 Tasting. Thanks to Leighton. Can. Almost clear dark amber - brown beer, tidy pale tan head. Palate is softish, semi dry and has decent fine carbonation. Sweetish dark malts, some lactose sweetness. Touches of milk chocolate and dark chocolate. Mild tangy fruits. Touch of spice. Very smooth and well joined up. Not a big fan of this style but this one is decent.
Level 42 Tasting. Thanks to Leighton. Can. Almost clear dark amber - brown beer, tidy pale tan head. Palate is softish, semi dry and has decent fine carbonation. Sweetish dark malts, some lactose sweetness. Touches of milk chocolate and dark chocolate. Mild tangy fruits. Touch of spice. Very smooth and well joined up. Not a big fan of this style but this one is decent.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2016
at 11:40
9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Growler shared. Near black with a tan head. Aroma of massive espresso, chocolate, biscuit, molasses, fudge and vanilla. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter. Above medium bodied with soft carbonation. Amazing stuff!
Tried
on 28 Feb 2016
at 11:36
7.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
16th February 2016
Level 42 Tasting. Thanks to Colin for hauling this one back. Very hazy gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is airy, semi dry and has fine carbonation. Fluffy malts, light creamy sweetness. Fair bit of hop spice, getting dry. Smooth skunk and pine and light, mildly sweet tropical fruits. Light semi dry finish brings a modest savoury vibe. Most quaffable.
Level 42 Tasting. Thanks to Colin for hauling this one back. Very hazy gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is airy, semi dry and has fine carbonation. Fluffy malts, light creamy sweetness. Fair bit of hop spice, getting dry. Smooth skunk and pine and light, mildly sweet tropical fruits. Light semi dry finish brings a modest savoury vibe. Most quaffable.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2016
at 11:26
8.8/10
—
Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Growler shared thanks to kermis. Lots of espresso on the nose. Maple syrup, sweet coffee beans, dark chocolate, vanilla chocolate chip cookies, quite some roasted nuts, dried red berries, molasses, light spices and roasted chilies without the burn. Over medium sweet and medium bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation. Absolutely lovely balanced stuff with massive cookies and all kinds of desserts with good espresso on the side. Love it!
Tried
on 28 Feb 2016
at 11:24
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can thanks to Steve. pours out dark brown almost black topped with a tan head. nose is big coffee sweet chocolate and roast malts. Taste is more of the roast malts lots of sweet milk chocolate coffee and some molasses.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2016
at 23:24
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can thanks to Steve. pours out a hazy gold topped with a small sand head. nose is grapefruit citrus hops leafy hop and a big malt. Taste is more of the grapefruit citrus hops and a sweet malt.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2016
at 23:08
8.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16oz can thanks to Steve. pours out a hazy straw peach color topped with a sand head. nose is big leafy hops caramel malty sweetness. Taste is more of the well rounded hop malt balance.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2016
at 23:02
8.8/10
—
Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Do I really need to say something. I think nuff has been said. Lovely smooth, tasty, balanced and refreshing hop juice! Medicine to your soul and body.
Lovely clear orange golden color with solid thick off white head that last all the way. Solid lacing also. Prima ballerina perfect look. Holy hop juice aroma with grapefruit, pine and mild tropical fruits. Nice intensity. Medium (+) body and a fine carbonation. Nice balance between sweetness and bitterness. Grapefruit hoppy, mild tropical, pine and a fine mellow mild malt base in the back. Holy water!
[Can from a trade with RobertDale]
Lovely clear orange golden color with solid thick off white head that last all the way. Solid lacing also. Prima ballerina perfect look. Holy hop juice aroma with grapefruit, pine and mild tropical fruits. Nice intensity. Medium (+) body and a fine carbonation. Nice balance between sweetness and bitterness. Grapefruit hoppy, mild tropical, pine and a fine mellow mild malt base in the back. Holy water!
[Can from a trade with RobertDale]
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2016
at 13:59
8.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Growler. Pours a hazy orange with mediun frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is strong pine, dank, tropical fruit. Medium mouth, pineapple, mango, dank, juicy, light bitterness, very nice.
Tried
from Growler
on 25 Feb 2016
at 19:40
7.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
750 mL growler from Blisscent filled 2/19/16 and drunk 2/20/16.
Solidly hazy, though not soupy pour is a soft apricot-golden and shows a moderately well-retained white head atop.
Fruity and juicy, of course, with lychee, pineapple, kiwi and starfruit. That’s all quite nice, but true to mosaic, there’s a strong apricot character that, in concert with the sweetness from the malts, significantly lessens the brightness. It just comes off rather "mushy-sweet". Light earthiness, bits of herbs and some light to moderate pine.
In the flavor, again, it’s got some doughy malt character with sweetness combining with the strong apricot-nectarine notes to create not nearly as bright a flavor as this could be. Needs to be a touch more dry with a little less pine and earth. Of course, this is holding the beer to the very highest standards, being from TreeHouse, and in an overall sense, it’s still fantastic.
Solidly hazy, though not soupy pour is a soft apricot-golden and shows a moderately well-retained white head atop.
Fruity and juicy, of course, with lychee, pineapple, kiwi and starfruit. That’s all quite nice, but true to mosaic, there’s a strong apricot character that, in concert with the sweetness from the malts, significantly lessens the brightness. It just comes off rather "mushy-sweet". Light earthiness, bits of herbs and some light to moderate pine.
In the flavor, again, it’s got some doughy malt character with sweetness combining with the strong apricot-nectarine notes to create not nearly as bright a flavor as this could be. Needs to be a touch more dry with a little less pine and earth. Of course, this is holding the beer to the very highest standards, being from TreeHouse, and in an overall sense, it’s still fantastic.
Tried
from Growler
on 25 Feb 2016
at 16:52