Bottle at home in London - sourced from Kris Wines. Pours an inviting copper-gold with a frothy, off-white head. Rich toasted caramel and gooey pine in the aroma, some earth, bread. Medium sweet flavour with rich, toasted wholegrain bread, touches of spicy rye, orange peel, pithy grapefruit, oily and bitter pine. Medium to full bodied, lightly chewy, with fine carbonation. Resinous on the finish, with a very satisfying piney and earthy bitterness. Other notes of graham crackers, well toasted wholegrain bread, dried caramel, burnt grains. This is great stuff, a real textbook example of the style. Well done.
Earlier Rating: 11/5/2013 Total Score: 3.6
Bottle shared at Bruce’s in London - cheers to Señor Scopey. Pours hazy amber with a creamy tan head. Nose has juicy citrus fruits, a bit of pine, grapefruit, melon. Medium sweet flavor with rich pine, toasty bread, dirt, dry caramel. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly resinous to finish with tons of dirty pine, dry brown bread, ripe orange, lightly tangy grapefruit, rich earth. Good beer.