8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Thorogoods Apple Beer Dark Rated on June 7th, 2014. Aged version, thank you jonno! Pours dark brown, nice head and leaves some great lacing. Aroma is just mind-blowing, hitting your face with old apples, some stronger malt backbone, and apple cider. Taste can be described by tanginess, mouth drying citrus, sour apples, a velvety blanket wrapping around it and resulting in something that is decadently enjoyable. Mellowed in some ways but still sour until the end. I will remember this one.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Aug 2014
at 07:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A Ratebeer legend! Hazy blond. Bretty, lightly woody, good appley character. Earthy, a little slickness maybe from butter or pedio.
Tried
on 01 Oct 2013
at 01:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Light brown and a bit cloudy. Wild nose, brett, loads of barrel like charred port and also quite of fruit. Taste is sweet, balsamic without the acetic, lots if appley finish. Alcohol is hidden. There us some subtle diacetyl notes that I’m not liking but I don’t get them with every sip. Fun, whacky stuff. Quite unique
Tried
on 14 Sep 2013
at 09:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
2006 bottle. Clear rose gold, still. Aroma of cooked and freshly cut apples, vanilla. Light-bodied. Sour and tinglingly acidic with some sweet cooked apples and a woody dry finish. Astringency lingers - good with sharp cheddar, a little wearing by itself.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2012
at 04:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
got from australian tourists. pours realy dark red ( almost black) little foam, smells like rodenbach, tastes like a vlaams our bruin, mixed with apples. very heavy on the sour side in the aftertaste ( maybe too much ? ) yet very, very nice, way better than expected. try this one, folks !
Tried
on 27 Sep 2012
at 02:07
8/10
Not really a beer, but very good --- Beer merged from original tick of Billy Bs Golden Malted Apple Beer on 06 May 2013 at 12:28 - Score: 8. Original review text:
Tried
on 01 Sep 2012
at 00:32
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours black with a small head.Aroma include apples, soft roasted malt and acidic fruit. Very interesting, very tempting.Quite acidic tasting, lots of apple flavour, but quite sweet as well with sugary notes, almost confectionery like, amongst the tartness. Not much underneath the apple, but delightful regardless!Moderately high carbonation works perfectly, very refreshing stuff.Ridiculously drinkable, especially considering the alcohol content, which is hidden perfectly!
Tried
on 08 Jul 2012
at 06:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours copper/ruby with a large fading head.Nose shows funky horseblanket, apples (granny smith) and some floral perfume. Pretty enticing.Mix of sour and sweet flavours, seems to focus on granny smith and pink lady characters. On the sweet side overall though. the 12%abv is hardly noticeable.Nice sherbet-like tangy carabonation.Pretty dangerous stuff indeed.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2011
at 15:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2007 bottle. Clear gold with white mousse that fades to a half centimetre. High, fine bead. Aroma of mellow apples, some vanilla. Carbonated mouthfeel. Quite mellow apples with a tiny hint of sweetness before a very dry finish with a little pepper. Tannins are drying but well integrated. Alcohol less obvious than other Thorogoods products I’ve tried.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2011
at 05:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, 12.4% ABV. Bright clear gold. Still. Aroma has sweet and tart apples, floral honey, vanilla. Taste is mildly astringent over subdued sweetness. Woody finish. So much depth in the apples without being that sweet or rich. Alcohol not prominent, but it drinks like a wine. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2011
at 02:55