Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours black, small lasting pale tan head.Nose shows coffee, roasted malt, liquorice, vanilla.Flavours include more coffee, lactose sweetness, vanilla, roasted malt, soft booze.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can, ~11C. Black with a fat coat of tan head. Smells more of coffee than custard (phew). Freshly ground lightly roasted coffee, darker roasted malt, vanilla. Smooth textured. The lactose does not stick out like it's a friend of Nicki Minaj's cousin but you know it's there. Certainly sweet but not for what it is with toffee, coffee, vanilla, some other spices amidst slight bitterness. Pretty good but a whole can is a lot.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
I get all the right notes in the aroma - coffee, egg, brown sugar, vanilla, plus some biscuit. It has a beautiful, creamy mouthfeel with some citrus hops to balance the sweetness. I could sip this to eternity.
SimonF (3374) reviewed TDH OC IIPA from Green Beacon Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(Can) Pours slightly hazy golden amber with nice dense white head. Pleasant aroma with a nice mix of fruit, hops and some caramel hints. Great mouthfeel - medium body and smooth with generous mouth filling soft carbonation. Great taste. Lovely stone fruity start is joined by a growing toffee sweetness overlaid with some great hop flavours but very restrained bitterness. Very nice and not at all what I expected. Dangerously drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
From a 375ml can on 11/2/2021. Pours a fairly clear deep golden with a small to medium head. The aroma has a tropical/fruit salad vibe. Flavour wise, it begins really sweet with lots of ripe tropical and stone fruit (mango, pineapple and peach). The sweetness is met by a decent, reasonable sharp and punchy hop bitterness. Has just a hint of warming booze at the end. The mouthfeel is slick, the carbonation moderate. A very enjoyable fruit DIPA, with an almost dessertish character.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From a 375ml can on 29/8/2020. Pours a deep brown amber with a small to medium head. The nose is relatively subtle with some dark malt and mild hoppiness. The taste is smooth and quite sweet up front, with chocolate, a touch of caramel and citrus fruit. The hops are medium to firmish. I can't believe it's 8%, it's so easy to drink, with the oats and lactose giving it a lovely creamy mouthfeel. The carbonation is moderate. A quite subtle but really impressive beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
From a 375ml can on 25/6/2020. Pours a deep deep brown with a medium tan head. Smells of vanilla and light coffee. Flavour wise, it's bold and intense - lots of milk chocolate, strong coffee, caramel, brown sugar and vanilla, followed by a decent tangy, slightly salty and roasty bitterness which balances the sweetness out perfectly. The mouthfeel is a touch creamy (the lactose evident) and the carbonation moderate. An amazing, complex and absolutely delicious pastry stout.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(Can) Lovely looking beer - very dark brown with good mid brown head. Aroma is coffee with notes of dark toffee / burnt sugar. Great mouthfeel too. Full bodied, smooth, creamy with fine carbonation. Good tasting too. It’s rich and quite complex. There’s plenty of sweetness, but it’s nicely balanced with raisin / dried fruit tang at the start and burnt sugar and coffee bitterness in the finish. There’s notes of milk chocolate in the start to mid palate, and some creamy milky notes towards the end. Very enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From a 375ml can on 2020. Pours an opaque reddy pink with the barest of heads. The nose features lots of strawberry with some guava. The taste is also primarily strawberry and guava, but there is a hint of coconut (as suggested on the can) and a tart, slightly tangy bitterness at the back. The mouthfeel is a touch creamy and the carbonation average. There's a fair bit going on here and it's reasonably interesting, but it ultimately falls a bit short in terms of simple enjoyment. Just okay.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(Can) Pours cloudy amber with small white head. Pleasant aroma - pine and fruit. Medium body with excellent full carbonation. Great taste. There’s hops in front from start to finish. Whilst they dominate, they don’t overwhelm. There’s a good toffee malt from start to mid palate and some nice tangy fruit at the start. Plenty of hop bitterness in finish. Very good.