Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can: Poured a unclear golden with a white whispery head. Aroma is pungent fruit, citrus, orange, apricot. Taste is hops bitter, grainy, citrus, apricot, tart orange zest.
Mansquito (19309) reviewed Dead Tree from Abolitionist Ale Works 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Dasha: pours black with beige head. Aroma is choco and vanilla and dark fruit. G. Boozy. LIttle thin. Generally pretty good.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Dasha: black with beige head. Aroma is chocolate and coffee with some roasty notes. Taste is moderately bitter. Somewhat sweet. Not bad.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
From Dasha: slightly hazy with white head. Aroma is pine and pellety hops. Some fruitinesss in the form of grapefruit and coconut. Taste is lightly bitter, sweetish. Pretty smooth. Not masterfully done.
Mansquito (19309) reviewed Abolitionist Ale from Abolitionist Ale Works 3 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can from Dasha: brown with small head. Aroma is malty, malty, straw, some possibly edible berries. Low carbonation. Kind of sweet. Sort of a vague Christmas thing going. Not your standard beer, but not that great either.
Mansquito (19309) reviewed Alpha Mayle IPA from Abolitionist Ale Works 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Can from Dasha: pours orange with big white head. Aroma is loads of pine and some resin. Taste is large pine bitterness. Old school.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Many thanks to Theydon_Bois for getting this can for me as my first West Virginia rate. Sadly by the time I managed to meet up with him it was rather out of date. Shared it with Mark in a hidden corner of Vinny & Ted's in Beaconsfield so that the staff wouldn't see we were drinking stuff they didn't sell (to be fair, we'd bought a few beers from them too). It poured a murky red-brown with a decent beige head. A hint of burnt rubber in the aroma. On tasting it's sourish (no doubt age was a factor here) with orange marmalade, raisins, forest floor, caramel and pine coming through. All in all a little muddied and unpleasant. Maybe it's a little unfair to rate it given the clear impact age has had on it - but then Theydon_Bois said it was poor to start off with anyway. Plus I want my WV tick!
BeardedAvenger (9338) ticked Secret Six from Abolitionist Ale Works 5 months ago
Shared with whereisthepath in Beaconsfield but I obviously failed to save/record the rating, so just ticking it
Grumbo (24737) reviewed Sour Bouquet from Abolitionist Ale Works 6 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
30/9/2025. Can shared by SHIG, cheers! Hazy/cloudy pour. Short lasting head. Aroma is citrus, flowery, gooseberry, orange, funky, touch herbal. Nice drying tart notes. Good hibiscus presence. Liked this.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
29/9/2025. Can shared by SHIG, cheers! Good pour. Nice hoppy aroma, citrus, pink grapefruit, guava, hint of coconut. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, average carbonation. Likeable.