Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
From a 375ml can on 8/9/2018 (ABV listed as 6.5% not 6.1%). Pours a cloudy straw with a medium white head. Has a quite a strong pungent aroma of zesty orange. The flavour follows suit - very much orange dominated, with a moderate slightly spicy bitterness. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. An enjoyable hazy IPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
From a 375ml can on 16/8/2018. Pours a clear golden with a medium head. The aroma features a good dash of fruit and pine. The tastes features bready malt, some sweet and sour citrus fruit, and some pretty firm hops which are herbal, piney and fruity (Loral perhaps). Medium bodied with average carbonation. A solid, quite tasty IPA.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours gold with a rapidly dissipating head.Nose shows straw, passion fruit and some lemon notes.Flavours include lots more passion-fruit along with mango notes and a soft sulfur character followed by a balanced acidity.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can. Deep gold with an inch of white head. 3+ Aroma of kumquats, pine, some mango skin, light bread and its crust. Medium bodied, resinous. Perhaps slightly less punchy hops than suggested by the aroma. Fairly sweet with some caramel as well as light bread, oozy citrus and pine. Quite bitter at the end. Very good but may well fade fast.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
From a 375ml can on 24/7/2018. Pours a deep dark amber/brown with a medium head. The aroma features chocolate and roasted malt, with some dank hops. In the mouth, there's a decent amount of chocolate and caramel sweetness which is met nicely by some biggish hops with some strong roasty notes and a decent dash of spice. The texture is a touch creamy and the carbonation moderate. Bold but well balanced. An excellent drop.
jimgreen (21728) reviewed Half Mast from Green Beacon Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can at Taps Beer Bar, Changkat, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy light golden colour with a frothy white head. The aroma is malt, grapefruit citrus, light grainy, light hop. The flavour is moderate sweet, light bitter with a smooth, fresh malty, light tart fruit, light hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. For the ABV it has some flavour and a decent backbone.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
GABS Auckland 2018. Pours hazy bright yellow. Passionfruit, vanilla, bit more tart passionfruit, bit of mango in the back, plenty of guava, sweet passionfruit finish. Good body. Delicious.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
375ml can into schooner. Nose is super-umami, smells like roast pork! Eventually dissipates to a salty fruit thing. Cloudy amber beer with a thin white head. Excellent lacing. Many tiny bubbles ascend. Tangy, fruity, acidic, lactic. Lots of stuff going on here. After all the adult tastes have finished Passiona makes an appearance. Nice beer, complex but also fun.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From a 375ml can on 1/4/2018. Pours a cloudy golden with barely any head. The nose is very fruity, with lots of melon. Flavour wise, it's very fruit forward - citrus, stone and tropical all feature, but it's the hops that define it - very piney, spicy and lingering. Full bodied with moderate carbonation. A really well balanced and flavoursome IPA. Terrific.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From a 375ml can on 30/3/2018 (described as a Red IPA, ABV 7%). Pours a deep dark red with a small head. The nose is quite malty, feauring a good dose of caramel. The flavour follows suit, with caramel malt dominating, along with some sweet citrus and some pretty decent piney, resiny hops. Medium bodied with average carbonation. A very solid, tasty red ale.