Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can (10/29/24) from Andover Classic Wines. Opaque dark brown, nice sparkle, cracking, decent foamy head with good retention and trace lacing. Aroma is strong roasted earthy malt--on the edge of burnt side--coffee, vague nuts. Taste is strong earthy malt, less primary roastiness than aroma but present in back half, hop bitterness. Smooth texture, soft carbonation and lightly bitter, roasty finish. A little heavy on the heavy roast/burnt/coffee side but still good.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Can from Bert's
Pours a slightly hazy deep medium gold color with a small bubbly white head that dissipates quickly. Bready toasty with earthy grass and light clove to counter.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours hazy gold into a tulip. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes leaving spider lacing. Lemon and hay aromas. Crisp with sweet lemon poppy seed and straw front to back. Medium length dry hay finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
750mL bottled Oct 25, 2023, drunk Jan 11, 2025.
Clear, bright blonde-golden. Small, white head.
Nose is beautifully full of dainty, fruity, mildly acidic brett. Not much of the honey, thankfully; just augmenting the peppery phenol of the Sacch and Brett. Biscuit and big Sacch saison yeast notes showing lovely funky, high mineral basement characters.
Very musty, mousey and with tart lemon (though not very acidic). Big Brett notes add lots of complexity and fun, slight medicinal, slight band-aid-like notes. Amply malty, but well-attenuated, and not over-attenuated texture. A bit mousey and weird to start but improves greatly as it warms/breathes.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
750 ml bottle. Thanks to Clarkvv. Aroma is soft white wine, lemon juice and malt. Flavor is mostly the same. Pear is not really found. White wine, citrus acid, and a subtle sweetness. Mild oak. Pretty balanced.
Thanks Clark. Nice aroma, flavor, interesting beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16 oz can received in a trade with ClarkVV, thanks buddy! Flavor has a spiced and mildly fruity-ester character. Maybe a trace of bubblegum. The Belgian yeast is displayed nicely. Crisp texture and ends clean. Spot on the style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask, third pint. @Nottingham Camra Beer Festival, Nottingham (England). 11/10/2024 [#7.885 Global - #1.673 United States of America - #1 Amory’s Tomb Brewing Company (My Brewery #394 from the States)] Pours dark brown with a bubbly tan head. Aroma: roasty earthy hops, burnt caramel, chocolate malts and brown bread. Taste: failry hoppy, with roasted malts and dark chocolate. Balanced roasty palate. Next one, please!
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Enraptured from Amory’s Tomb Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can pour at the brewery, 11/17/24. Lightly cloudy, deep bronze-maize. Medium-sized, white head, moderate retention. Beautiful, Dupont-esque nose. Chalk, plaster, mild black pepper. Super mild, tastefully-done botanicals. Can taste the yeast in suspension, which isn't great. Kinda meaty. Soft, malty, good attenuation. Bit of herbal bitterness. Yeah...that damned haziness which obviously isn't intended. Just a bad pour (by the owner/brewer).
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed The Golden Rule from Amory’s Tomb Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Brewery draught, 11/17/24. Hint of haze. Deep golden-bronze. Firm, but small, white head. Stiff pnw hopping and rich barley with nutty, rich oats. Pine, light resin, hard grapefruit rind...some floral brightness. Clean. Soft, wheat-and-oat-comforted palate with much less aggressive hop character than the nose portends. None, in fact. Perfume, wood, dry pine and high attenuation. The texture is soft on account of the adjunct grains but there's just about zero malt sweetness. Wouldn't mind a little, but thankfully it's incredibly low bitterness, so it's not a huge deal.