Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle: Poured a black color ale with a medium head with good retention. Aroma of chocolate is subtler the name of the beer would suggest. Taste is drier then expected (I was expecting more sweet chocolate then anything else). Body is about average but lack the creamy texture that would have made this a great beer. Definitely not one of my favourite, I was expecting more from this brewery I guess.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Well, the label smells like copyright infringement rather than the usual glue and paper. Very dark brown colour with loose head. Very oaty aroma with toast and roast notes of course, but also a bit of fruitiness. Soft body, sweet and simple with light toasty and oats. A bit thin, fatty and limp in the body but at least it is oaty.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Hazy dull beige-tan colour. Seedy, nutty aroma like sesame oil, sunflower seeds and peanuts put together with juice from a can of pineapples and an overripe pear. I wish I was making that up. Flavourwise, this is sweeter and simpler than the aroma with guava and pear esters alongside candyish pale malts. Quite flowery, hints of bubblegum...both typical of an underattenuated strong Belgian. This is way too sweet...tripel is supposed to be yeast first, hops second and malt third. I’d forgive it if I liked the taste, but this kind of cloying doesn’t work with me. Back to the hops, please!
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Wooden minerally aroma. Hazy amber, embarrasingly noexistent head. Apple, pear, citrus, ethanolic, somewhat fishy notes. Dry fruity finish is pleasant enough. Oily mouthfeel, no chewyness though.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Dark chestnut, low creamy brown head. Grass, herbal and piney aroma. Roasted nuttynes overlaid with plenty of hoppy goodness. Slightlly more chewy body than the rest of the Phillips beers I have tried so far. Ends on a bitter dry hop note which lingers on, a hint of bandaid retronasal. Enjoyable stylemix.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pine, grass, slight cracker aroma. Amber, off-white creamy lacing head. Fairly lightbodied, nice hit of dry bitter and some aromatic hops, herbal and spicy honeyish notes. Dies relativrly quickly on a metallic note.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Light tart coffe aroma. Very dark brown, quickly exiting low creamy head. Coffeground, light body, somewhat fizzy mouthfeel. Easy drinkable - too easy really.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Black, brown head.Nice mocha dry malt nose.Lightly roasted mocha taste. Not enough body for an oatmeal stout.Undercarbonated
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2
Amber-brown colour. Big artificial hazelnut aroma with lecithin "chocolate" accents. Taste is sweet hazelnut, Aunt Jemima, and hollowed out barley husks. Thin body. This is a total gong show. Please, Matt, just stick to the hoppy stuff. This flavoured malty nonsense isn’t your thing.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled. Clear very dark ruby. Striking lychee aroma. Medium dry with clean mouthfeel. Very hoppy - the lychee and grapefruit flavours seem to last forever. Very bitter finish. Good stuff!