77ships (14506) reviewed California Gold from Crooked Spider 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
330 ml. bottle sampled. BBF 08/2016. Light hazy amber, burned sugar, off-white head that quickly fizzes away. Nose is hugely weird, hugely sweet generic sweet cornflakes, agave, cheapest honey possible, plastic melon, massive odd sweetness that is very hard to pinpoint but similar to how something akin to corn syrup (how I imagine it) or some additive like that. Taste is this massive cheap honey, plastic, burned sugar, cornflakes, corn syrup, white sugar, agave, industrial caramel,… Hugely sweet, cloying in a weir very cheap plastic honey kind of way. Very strange, not sure what they put in here or what they did with this one. Cloying & artificial like in the strangest of fashions, a bit how a pale lager with added corn syrup tastes like in my imagination. A touch off-putting in the strangest of fashion, partially drinkable but only for a brief while.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed California Gold from Crooked Spider 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from ABC Beers, Den Haag. Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is floral medicinal hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a dry yeast, light caramel light hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
MarcoDL (7854) reviewed California Gold from Crooked Spider 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle. Dark golden color. Aroma of sweet caramelised malt and grain. Mild flavor of sweet malt, iron and a little buttery caramel. Really boring.
sjogro (11801) reviewed English IPA from Crooked Spider 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
Mrk bij mij. Dieptepunt. Smaakt naar suiker en misschien een bruine Belg maar in de verste verte geen IPA of hop in de smaak aanwezig. Backlog from 2015/04/17.
Saintmatty (11304) reviewed English IPA from Crooked Spider 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
330ml Bottle - Copper/dark amber in colour. Dried fruit and earthy hops in the aroma. Blackcurrant, sultanas, caramel and raisins are in the taste. Bit too sweet for me.
77ships (14506) reviewed American Amber from Crooked Spider 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Thanks to kermis! 330 ml. bottle sampled @ “Dean’s sticky Bomb Shelter” Tasting. Very hazy amber, little head. Nose is metallic, syrup, brown sugar, mocha, herbal,… Taste is syrup, mocha, brown sugar, herbal, insecticide, vegetable,… Very oily herbal body. Weird,… Doesn’t really work or makes much sense. Basic sweetness helps this one,… Still not much of a fan.
77ships (14506) reviewed English IPA from Crooked Spider 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Thanks to kermis! 330 ml. bottle sampled @ “Dean’s sticky Bomb Shelter” Tasting. Dark amber, solid white head. Nose is hugely vegetable, herbal, weirdly bitte,… Taste is herbal, strangely vegetable, odd mix with sugar & butterscotch,… Body is herbal & oily,… Wow, no, really not good, vegetable, herbal & butterscotch,… Yikes.
Kermis (23416) reviewed American Amber from Crooked Spider 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared. Pours clear dark amber with a small off white head. Aroma of soapy hops, light fruits, citrus and weeds. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Light medium bodied with light carboabtiokn.
Kermis (23416) reviewed English IPA from Crooked Spider 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle shared. Pours clear amber with a small off white head. Aroma of soapy hops, cardboard, light fruits and light malt. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and bitter. Light to medium bodied with light carbonation.
Benzai (24515) reviewed English IPA from Crooked Spider 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle shared with my good friend Willem. Dark red to red-brown color, medium to full sized off-white head that diminishes fairly quickly. Smell and taste malts, quite sweet, some overripe fruits. Hmm drinkable but I don’t really like it.