6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2017. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma with weak smoky hints. Roasted malty smoky caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel smoky finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Mar 2019
at 09:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Heavy smoke like Backdraft. Loght caramel. Black pour with good head and lacing. Bittersweet end. Bottle from Fine Wines in Galway.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Feb 2019
at 02:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle at home. Pours a traditional Weissbeir pale hazy straw colour. HUGE white head that sticks around. Again, traditional weissbier aroma of banana, clove, some bubblegum. Lovely full mouthfeel, flavour matches the aroma, a slight bit too much carbonation however. Nice grainy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2019
at 18:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle at home. Pours a copper brown, thick dense off white head. Aroma is buttered bread, hay, caramel, some green apple. Same in the flavour but with a bit more caramel. Lovely soft finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2019
at 18:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle at home. Pours inky black, thick rocky tan head. Lovely smoked malt and chocolate aroma. Complex smoke, coffee, milk chocolate flavour, some thick barley notes. Nice dense finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2019
at 20:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle at home. Pours a slightly hazy light copper, thick large white head. Aroma of biscuit and bread malts with some fruit hops. Bitter hops and bready malts in the flavour, a bit metallic here. Nice finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2019
at 19:05
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
500ml bottle at home. Pours a slightly burnt copper colour with a fizzy grey white head. More of a malty aroma than expected, somewhere between an Irish Red Ale and English Pale Ale in aroma and flavour. Bitter and metallic finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2018
at 13:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle at home. Pours a light and clear brownish red, large fluffy white head. Nose is sweet malts, a hint of floral minty hops, some brown sugar. Mouthfeel is a bit thin and watery but easy on the carbonation. Again, a little thin on the flavour, but you wouldn’t want too much from a Marzen style anyway, bready and sweet malt, slight bit of astringency here. Nice soft finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2018
at 08:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
I made the decision to differentiate this years Emerald from the last few batches due to the change in malts and hops used here as well as the overall difference in flavour profile. Going forward this beer should have its own listing per year. Pours a dull amber, medium off white head. Floral hops, green apple, some bready malts on the nose. A bit watery mouthfeel. Floral hops, green apple, sweet malt, bread and butter flavour. Quick finish. Would be phenomenal on cask.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2018
at 17:46
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2017. Pours a slightly hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grainy weak hoppy aroma. Fruity malty weak grassy citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty grainy weak citrus hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Sep 2018
at 13:03