7/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours pale straw with a small head.Nose shows truckloads of raspberries with faint rhubarb in the background. A little doughy wheat is just noticeable underneath. That tart raspberry is amazing!Not much of the fruit transfers through as flavours. A little raspberry shows but otherwise its dominated by musty, cardboardy wheat.Carbonation could be a little higher to go with the light flavours.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2011
at 20:51
6.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours dark amber/copper with a lasting head.Nose shows a fair whack of sweet malt with nutty and caramel characters. some earthy herbal hops underneath. Pleasant but not particularly exciting.Flavours show similar malt but unfortunately there’s also a grainy character too it. Mild bitterness. Ends abruptly.Body seems a bit watery.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2011
at 18:21
6.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours murky brown with a rapidly fading head.Nose shows a little bit of earthy peat, loads of golden syrup, brown sugar and alcohol. Some spicy hops become apparent later.Flavours are more focussed on nutty malt and spices. Unfortunately the malt is a little cardboard-y.Body is somewhat watery.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2011
at 18:11
6.3/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Very cloudy gold. Tiny off-white head completely gone in seconds. Aroma: oranges, spices (cardamon, white pepper, ginger) soft brown sugar, dough. Slightly carbonated mouthfeel. Spices much more prominent in the taste, which is also fruity with more pears and white peaches than oranges. Not very sweet at all. Spicy drying and mildly bitter finish with the first hint of alcohol. Get the feeling that this didn’t quite come off and there’s a much better beer lurking fairly close by.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2011
at 03:46
7/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, 12C. Dark copper with a small beige head. Aroma has slightly singed toffee, raisins, grass and a little lemon rind. Taste is moderately sweet with good malt complexity - there’s a little roasted/ burnt flavour, dried fruit and some chocolate. A little spice at the end. There’s a bit of old ale (of the Rev. James type) about this. Another Red Duck beer that’s subtle and slightly anachronistic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2010
at 02:37
5.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Very cloudy orange with a pink tinge. Small white head. Raspberry aroma with some wheat, citrus, vanilla. No trouble believing there’s rhubarb in there, but I doubt I’d pick it otherwise. Modest sweetness with sweet and tart fruit - the rhubarb’s slightly more obvious. Crisp wheaty finish with some tartness. A fair flavoured Wit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2010
at 03:29
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and alcohol, leading to a dry alcoholic finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2010
at 04:19
4.9/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pours murky dark amber with a small quickly fading head.Nose shows some banana esters and spicy cloves, somewhat like a dunkelweiss. Underneath is lighter sweet malt, more like a tripel along with cherries and christmas spices. Also quite noticeable is a dirty malt character. Very interesting, pretty full-on but a bit of a mess.Similar problem with the flavours, but the dirty malt/fusels are more pronounced. Heaps of spices and alcohol.Carbonation should be higher.A good idea, but a bit messy.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2010
at 19:24
6.6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A hazy deep red beer with a thin tan head. The aroma has notes of matl, caramel, and alcohol, as well as light notes of over ripe fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and alcohol, as well as a light note of fruits, leading to a lightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2010
at 08:22
7/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Slightly dirty amber with a beige head that’s less than a coat. Medium carbonation is a little excessive to my taste for this sort of thing. Aroma: flowers, apples, pears, biscuits. Taste: firm biscuity malt, hints of fruit, lots of flowers. Minerally bitter finish. Would have picked this as an English beer that had travelled unusually well. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2010
at 02:35