Beese (811) reviewed John Barleycorn from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle - Christmas gift. Poured a cloudy amber colour with a thin white head and some lacing. Aroma of honey, perfume and orange juice. Very dry flavours of grass, bitter citrus and some chewy malt. Finish was highly astringent bitterness with copper and earwaxiness...
Beese (811) reviewed Lincolnshire Gold from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle - Xmas gift. Poured a hazy golden colour with a thin, dense white head. Aroma of peaches in syrup, grassy hop and candy sugar. Soft fruit on the initial flavour with some straw and aniseed. Finish was bitter pine needles, dry cereal and some brown sugar to balance.
Beese (811) reviewed Flour Power from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle - Xmas gift. Poured a slightly hazy golden colour with a dense white head and some lacing. Fairly mild aroma with sweet notes of sherbet, strawberry and some mango. Quite strong flavours comparatively; candied peal, straw and a flowery hop. This changes to a sudden, intense bitterness of grassy hop, astringent resin and earthy undertones. Struck me as decent homebrew.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Old Colony from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle at Cafe Abseits. Tasting. Hazy amber thin off white head. Yeast bread aroma. Not a great apa. Not much hop. Dirty nit great
Culchiem (6598) reviewed Winter Sail from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Draught. Clean black with a thin head. Aroma is light vanilla, chocolate and roast. Flavour has burnt malt, dark chocolate, spice on a long dry burnt finish. A little flat at the end, a bit mire kick and this would be a winner.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Pacific Union from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at the Night of Garbage, big thanks to Leighton the stair case fiend, 20/12/13. Hazed orange amber with a thin off white covering. Nose is light plastic, orange sherbet, citric fruits, grassy. Taste comprises peaches, orange pith, mineral bite, toasted malts, earthy hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry grassy bitterness in the finale. Ok stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle at the Night of Garbage, big thanks to our host with the most (stairs) LKS, 20/12/13 up a shit load of stairs ! Lightly hazed dark amber with a good sized light beige covering. Nose is a dark fruit tang, bready malt, dates. Taste comprises bready malts, dark fruit, earthy. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, dry finale. So so mild.
Stuu (34525) reviewed Winter Sail from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at xmas tasting. Dark, chocolate and spices on nose, tastes chocolatey, sweet, spicy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
20th December 2013
The (not so) shit beer tasting at Leightons stratospheric flat. Lightly hazy deep amber beer, good pale cream coloured head. Palate is airy and light. Very fine carbonation. Light and tangy dried fruits. Cinnamon and lactose. Light semi dry finish. After two strong recent offerings from 8 Sail - this is a disappointingly retrogade step in to British spiced christmas beer bollocks. Messy.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Victorian Porter from 8 Sail Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at the (seemingly thus far - NOT SO) Night of Garbage, thanks to Leighton our host with the most (stairs!), 20/12/13 up a shit load of stairs - just resucitaing Kenneth following his arrival ! Dark mahogony brown with a good sized light tan head that retains well. Nose is light roast, dark fruits, tobacco, dark toffee, light smoke. Taste comprises light roast, coffee and walnut cake, earthy cocoa, dark fruit tang. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying closure. Ok porter.