mcberko (47456) reviewed Motley Cru 2013 from Bellwoods Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
750mL bottle, sent from wilco (thanks a lot, Mike), pours a deep dark amber with a large white head. Aroma brings out candied sugar, tart fruits, and Belgian yeast. Flavour brings out complex notes of candied sugar, dark fruits (plums), some slight sourness, some woody barrel notes, and Belgian yeast. Very elegant and well-balanced flavours, with more quad notes than sour. Alcohol is not noticeable other than a slight warming effect. Great stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
(Draught at the brewpub, Sep 10 2013) Pours a cloudy pale orange with a large white head of bubbles, some lace. Huge hop aroma, predominately tropical fruit - I’d say guava dominated but there were also notes that made me think passion fruit, mango, citrus. Also a little dank/pine foliage in there, and some malt sweetness behind for support. Flavour again richly tropical fruit, same notes but I’d say a bit more mango/orange, a little Simcoe dank, some pine, malt sweetness doesn’t intrude with flavour and lets the hops do their thing. Moderate bitterness in the middle of the palate, fairly bitter on the finish with no detectable alcohol but still restrained from a DIPA perspective. Body full, carb medium. I’m particularly partial to tropical fruit-forward hoppy IPAs and the aroma/flavour concentration here is really excellent, nice mix of hops. Right up my alley, great job from Bellwoods, the Indie version was good but no question in my books which I prefer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
(Draught at brewpub, Sep 10 2013). Pours a cloudy light gold with a big head of white bubbles, lots of lace, looks grand in the Bellwoods-branded wine glasses. Pretty sure I read this blend makes use of Sprit Tree cider barrels, and my nose and palate says the same. Aroma is bright, apple and tart fruit, slight lemon, bunch of barnyardish Brett yeast. Flavour funky and ciderish with apples, lemon, wood, slight grassy hops, pale cereal malts, yeast brings a light pepper and dusty funk, finishes slightly sour-tart with a real mineral crispness to it, bit of lingering peppery yeast and grain. Mouthfeel is light to medium with very active, effervescent, creamy carb that fills the mouth and works well with the crispness. This is really complex stuff and I love the combination of barrel and Brett, on top of a typically solid saison base from Bellwoods. Eager to try more versions.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
A lot of the same perfume hop profile as the Indie Alehouse Belgian yeast version but different. Floral angle is not as potent but this one has a nice bitter finish. American yeast lets some of the citrus hops showcase better. Pours blonder than the Belgian yeast version - cloudy blonde with ok head and lacing. On tap at Bellwoods.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pours cloudy golden with good head and lacing. Smells like barrel and the whiskey comes through strong on this. Citrus hops with some barrel. Light sour finish with plenty of barrel floating around in aftermath. On tap at brewpub.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Witchshark from Bellwoods Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours orange copper with a slight beige head. Aroma is a strong cross of earth and cat pee. And maybe sweat sox. Full bodied. Flavor is earthy, floral, lightly citrus. Mild hop burn. Strong flavors. Very. Caramel is almost lost, but does its job. Finishes towards dry. And bitter. Tho not harsh. Amazing hop level.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
I think the first one is a little better, works better. Goji berry brings a little bitterness and interesting spice. Pours golden amber. Finishes well and generally works well as a fruit beer. Soft carbonation. Sweet and bitter finish. Bottle thanks to Ham.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Had April 2012 but the rating got lumped together with other one. This pale ale is anything but common. It has a bit of a straw-like barnyard aroma. It’s got an astringent bitter to it that has almost a Gin-like quality. It’s similar almost to their saison, but doesn’t come on as strong. It’s an interesting pale ale, but I wouldn’t call it common. Has almost a soda water-like carbonation level. On tap at Bellwood’s Brewery.
thorongil (8206) reviewed Witchshark from Bellwoods Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
(tap) hazy honey amber colour with a small white head; aromas of grapefruit, tropical fruit; thick palate; rich, balanced flavour with a long strong bitter finish; very nice
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
(tap) hazy honey amber colour with a small white head; aromas of pine, citrus, exotic fruit; balanced flavour with a long medium bitter finish