6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours coppery brown with almost no head.Nose shows wild untreated honey and little else. Maybe some musty notes too I suppose.Some of the honey is present as a flavour too, along with the musty character. Some alcohol is there, but it’s kept well-integrated. A faint white wine character shows through too.Needs more carbonation.Not sure I’d want this again but worth trying.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2012
at 02:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, 13C. Clear gold with a modest white head. Aroma is fruity and earthy with pears, apricots, caramel, orange blossoms and light spices. Bittersweet with fruit, golden raisins and caramel, firm bitterness with some oranges and spices. Very smooth mouthfeel. Luscious, comes across as stronger than 7%. If I had another I’d be inclined to sit on it a couple of years.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2012
at 05:09
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
I was looking for a late night palate cleanser in some trendy Fitzroy North bar full of young people when I came across this curious offering - hoppy amber. I’m not a huge amber fan, so it was a slight risk but the reward turned out to be worth it. There’s loads of hops packed into this little bottle, with tons of citrus and floral notes, plus some really solid malt underneath. The profile is the same in the mouth - a really pleasant IPA-amber hybrid with lots of body provided by the malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2012
at 23:49
7.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 13C. Dark brown, no head. Aroma of dark malt, spiced sour apples, shrivelling grapes. Interesting and weirdly enticing, but also a little like some sort of protective treatment for timber. Very low carbonation. Vaguely slippery mouthfeel. Quite sour and herbal but has a chocolate and dark berry sweetness to it. Less confronting than Canute the Gruit. The sediment looked a bit scary so I left it in the bottle, but even so it’s surprising how clean it is. Again it’s the balance of the interesting things that’s impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2012
at 04:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours syrup-like, orange in hue, with absolutely no head.Nose shows sultanas, honey (mead-like), fruit cake and accompanying spicy and golden syrup. Actually quite enticing.Slightly sour flavours, but with sultanas in the background along with a white wine note. Pretty weird.Thick body, really needs some carbonation.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2012
at 03:58
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle, 13C. Orval glass :) Hazy gold with a dense white head that lasts and coats the glass. Aroma is bretty with apples, nectarines, lemon rind, peppery spices. Lowish carbonation (would have liked a little more), creamy. Taste is fruity with apricots, nectarines, oranges, mild funk. Spices creep up to be quite tingly and a good few seconds after a sip it gets around to finish dry. Be interesting to see how it ages, but I only bought two and I’m going to have the other one right now. Absolutely astonishing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2012
at 05:23
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, 13C. Clear copper with a coat of off-white head. Aroma of dark, sappy honey, earthy yeast, spices. Full-bodied but not syrupy, with lowish carbonation. Powerful honey taste that’s less sweet than it first seems - some singed toffee too - fading into spices, wood and slight astringency. No overt alcohol. Finish goes on forever. Rustic but very well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2012
at 06:18
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Pours dark brown with no head whatsoever, although a bit of syrupy sediment sees to have collected at the bottom of my glass...Nose shows acidic dark berries, soft roasted malt, chocolate and spices/herb contributing a Dr Pepper note. Weird but somehow enticing.Somewhat akin to a Flanders Red.Very sour flavours, almost mouth-puckering. Some of the roasted malt shows but nothing else really makes an impression through the acidic assault.Very low carbonation. Almost seems watery.Bit of an experiment I suppose, and interesting, but not something I plan on drinking again - once is definitely enough.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2012
at 16:44
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 11C. Dark brown with a small beige head that quickly retreats to the rim. Mocha aroma with fudge, earth and grass. Only slightly sweet with a pleasing balance of coffee and chocolate, light singed malt, earthy with balancing bitterness. Medium bodied, lightening carbonation. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2012
at 05:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours deep copper with a large, lasting creamy head.Nose shows doughy notes, lots of rich sweet honey, and soft bready and nutty malt. Quite tempting.More honey as a flavour, along with the accompanying woody/grainy notes you often get in a beer including honey. The alcohol shows, but is just shy of being harsh. Nowhere near as sweet or malty as I would expect for a beer to carry these flavours and alcohol.Likewise, could use a more syrupy body.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2012
at 19:24