7.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Can from Tavour. Pours clear gold with a large creamy persistent white head. Aroma is citrus/pine with some tropical fruit. Med body. Flavor is very grapefruit, even pith, but there's still pine and something like green melon. Dry and West Coast bitter.

7.6

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Tavour. Pours dark brown with a large foamy tan head. Tmavy malt for aroma. Med body or so. Malty in that Tmavy dark malt way and not dry but not sugary. Bitter in what seems to be grass spice. A nice flavor indeed.

7.6

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16oz can from Tavour. Murky golden pour, short lived foamy white head. Light fruity aroma, blend of tropical and stone fruit. Taste is fruity and brings the heat, apricot, mango with a heavy feel. Comes across as stronger than the lusted 8.2%>

7.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750ml bottle. Opaque, darkest brown colour with slightly late awakening, small to average, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Intense and condensed, caramel malty aroma, spicy-woody and minimally fruity overtones, notes of caramel, some marzipan, a touch of vanilla, cedar, whiffs of tobacco. Taste is sweet-ish, caramel malty, minimally vinous fruity, slightly tannic, woody, notes of caramel, some marzipan, a touch of vanilla, oak, white wine; minimally warming, alcoholic finish.
Viscous texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, fine, dense, soft, creamy carbonation.
Immensely sweet, a tad disharmonious, not overly complex - okay-ish, not really morish sipper.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

16oz can from Tavour. Very dark brown pour, foamy beige head, streaky lacing. Mild roasty aroma, notes of coffee, burnt toast. Taste is coffee, dark chocolate with very minor bitterness. Smooth as silk, lovely feel

6.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Clear golden colour, thin white head and aroma of citrus, fruits. Taste is tart and sweetish, orangey, lemon, lime, slightly salty, with some pale malt hints and light bitterness. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, drying sourish citric bitter finish. Quite drinkable.

8

Lots of the tequila barrel makes it out with the raisiny barleywine notes, almost tangy but more fruity than chocolatey.

8

Thick sweet and sour stonefruit and strawberry flavors, gnarly blend without being too acidic.

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

29th March 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. Near clear deep brown beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Smooth palate, light, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Mellow smooth dark malts, a mild but pleasant dark chocolate streak. Touch of smoke on the back end. Smooth finish. A pleasant if pretty standard affair. Apples? No apple character here for me. Well maybe a very light niff on the light and semi dry finish. A decent beer but a let down expectation wise after reading the description. Too subtle!

6.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6