cagarvie (40076) ticked Crispy from Not That California Brewing Company 1 year ago
cask at the blue blazer ...golden amber ...small white head ...soft herbal burnt rubber nose ..big burnt rubber ..just no
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask at Craft Beer Co Covent Garden. Aroma I'd fruity, slightly acidic. Metallic edge. Clear gold. No head. Medium bitter. Grainy. Metallic. Strawberry element provides sweetness and some sourness but is not intrusive. Light. Thin if slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Alight. Fruity lager. Nuff said.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at CBC, Covent Garden on 16th November 2024. Almost impenetrably black with shallow tan foam and spot lacing. Sweet roast malt aroma. Treacle in-mouth with dirty smokiness. A finish of both, with the sweet treacle and toffee fading first. Full bodies with a smooth mouthfeel.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask, third pint. @Nottingham Camra Beer Festival, Nottingham (England). 10/10/2024 [#7.850 Global - #306 Scotland - #2 Not That California Brewing Company] Pours black with a tan head. Aroma: milk chocolate, light smoked meat and liquorice. Tsste: milk chocolate and roasted malts. Roasty aftertaste. Next one, please!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask, third pint. @Nottingham Camra Beer Festival, Nottingham (England). 10/10/2024 [#7.847 Global - #305 Scotland - #1 Not That California Brewing Company (My Scottish brewery #90)] Pours pale yellow with a small head. Aroma: noble malts, straw and lemongrass. Taste: lemony malts and crackers. Biscuity palate. Next one, please!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
10/10/2024. Cask at Nottingham Beer & Cider Festival 2024. Pours very dark brown with a small lasting frothy off-white to beige head. Aroma is fruity, hoppy, chocolate, dark fruits, prune, plastic, resin, rye cracker. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness and body. Oily watery, average to soft carbonation. A little curious but not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask in at the Nottingham BF. Black colour with a tan head. Fruity and chocolate. Slightly weird. Medium body.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Cask at Bedford CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival 2024. Pours mildly hazed orange gold with minimal white foam. Supposedly a peat smoked pilsner. The smoke is MIA. All I'm getting is a fruity-ish pale ale. Towards moderate sweet & light bitter. Medium body with minimal carbonation. Poor.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Gravity cask at the 30th Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms, 06/09/24.
Black with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is roast malts, chocolate, charr, dried fruit rinds.
Taste comprises chocolate, raisins, dark malts, light roast.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Not bad.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Gravity cask at the 30th Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms, 06/09/24.
Golden to light amber topped with a just off white cap that retains.
Nose is stewed fruit, caramel, breads, soft malts.
Taste comprises caramel, honey, subtle smoke, straw, breads.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Okay ... smoke is fair subtle.