Subsidiaries
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Pours dark brown with a small head.Nose shows nutty malt, chocolate and soft coffee. Faint but nice.Flavours include the same nutty and coffee characters, followed by a mild bitterness.Could use a thicker body, seems watery at the moment.
Tried
on 17 Jan 2012
at 01:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours dark amber with a small fading head.Nose shows caramel and over-ripe apples alongside some faint, spicy hops.Similarly malty flavours, with nutty and toasty characters. Also some boring spicy hops leading to a mild, plain bitterness in the finish.Could use more carbonation and a richer body.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2012
at 02:25
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 6
Pours gold/amber with a small fading head.Nose shows honey and floral hops. Simple but nice.Flavours include the same spicy and floral hops along with some honey. Finishes with a mild, plain bitterness.Could use a little more carbonation.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2012
at 23:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle at home from my GBBF 2011 haull ... amber ... thine white head ... sweet honey on toast (thanks to Rich for those words) nose ... sweet malts ... wooody fruit ... toffee fruits ... light sweet roast ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2012
at 11:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From a 330ml bottle on 26/11/2011. Pours a clear amber with a negligible head. Has a strong caramel and toffee malt aroma with some honey. There is a strong caramel sweetness up front, followed by a relatively sharp offsetting bitterness. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2011
at 23:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home ... from my GBBF haul ... deep dark brown ... soft dark toffee malt fruits nose ... light fizzy ... dark toffee malt... soft chocolate ... sweet honey ... light grapefruit hop ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2011
at 11:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 330ml bottle on 9/10/2011. Pours an extremely dark ruby colour with a small head. Has a nice,quite a strong malty, bready aroma with some chocolate and a bit of honey. The flavours are similar, though sweet chocolate and caramel really come to the fore. Finishes with pleasant tempering bitterness. A good dark beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2011
at 20:53
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
From a 330ml bottle on 13/9/2011. Pours a light golden with a biggish head. Has only a slight aroma of grain and citrus. The taste is frankly a bit weird, with a sharp, slightly sour bitterness quickly overwhelming the slightly sweet start. Doesn’t work for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2011
at 02:52
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Gold with a white head. Aroma of grain, honey, grass, some spices. Quite full bodied for 4.5%. Sweet and grainy with some honey, decent grassy bitterness. After the amber and the dark a bit disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2011
at 04:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
[6/11] Bottle, 13C. Dark reddish brown with a light beige head. Aroma is chocolatey with light roast, stewed fruit, nectarines, lychees and grass. Light bodied - it’s pretty thin but the minerally water is a worthy element. Mild chocolate, honey and dark fruits followed by tropical and citrus bitterness. Turns out to be hoppier than it first seems. Not sure this is a porter but it’s good and unmistakably Kiwi. [3.5]Probably not "unmistakably Kiiwi" anymore. But I still like it despite its weak body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2011
at 05:59