7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
This is the 90-shilling version of the regular 60-shilling Ale of Ferfus. Served on draft at the brewery as part of a sampler. Pours a toffee color with a small head. Decent head retention and lacing. Huge toffee notes in the aroma with some peated malts. taste is caramel, toffee and some stone fruit notes. No real bitterness noticeable. Medium bodied. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2008
at 23:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Served on draft as part of a sampler at the brewery. Pours a copper color with a small head and moderate head retention and lacing. The aroma is full of toasted malts with some fruity notes. Taste is toasted malts with some fruity notes and nicely balanced bitter hops. Medium bodied. Maybe the best vienna lager I have ever had. Bravo.
I have had this numerous times over the years and I have always been very pleased by it. Rerating it because even the old score (3.8) doesn’t do it justice.
I have had this numerous times over the years and I have always been very pleased by it. Rerating it because even the old score (3.8) doesn’t do it justice.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2008
at 23:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Served on draft at the brewery. Pours a straw color with a medium head, good head retention and lacing. Aroma of bitter and grassy hops. Taste is grainy malts with some caramel notes and light hops. Medium bodied. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2008
at 23:16
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Served on draft at the brewery on opening day. I didn’t see a nitro tap at the bar, but this looked to be from a nitro tap from the head, that had bubbles so small the head looked solid. Defnitely high retention and lacing. Aroma is roasted malts, smoke and caramel. Slightly bitter taste of caramel and roasted malts. Thin bodied and it seems like something is missing here.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Nov 2008
at 03:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Served on draft at the brewery on opening day. Pours a clear medium amber color with a medium head, nice lacing and decent head retention. Sweet earthy malt aroma. Taste is caramel, toffee and a slight hop bite. Medium bodied. Highly drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Nov 2008
at 03:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Served on draft at the brewery on opening day. Pours a clear light orange color. Resiny hop aroma with some citrus notes. Nice leafy hop taste with some brown sugary malt notes. Medium bodied with a sticky texture. 6/4/8/4/14/3.6
Apparently unfiltered now? Though maniac’s the other day was clear, so maybe we had an unfiltered batch completely missed betwixt two filtered batches? A pity. Fresh growler from the brewery. Pours a clear apple-juice color with a thin head. Fresh citrus hop aroma with slight grain and some sweet floral notes. Taste is sweet malts, grapefruit, peach with a finish of bitter resiny hops. Full bodied. Quite good. 7/3/7/4/14/3.5
Another rerate of this one! This is a dry-hopped version... fresh growler from the brewery. Pours a clear amber color with a medium head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma is very hoppy with nice bitter resin and citrus notes. Some toffee malts on the aroma as well. Bitter hoppy taste as well with lots of grapefruit and other fruity notes. Light sweet maltiness in the finish. Medium bodied. 8/3/8/4/15/3.8
Apparently unfiltered now? Though maniac’s the other day was clear, so maybe we had an unfiltered batch completely missed betwixt two filtered batches? A pity. Fresh growler from the brewery. Pours a clear apple-juice color with a thin head. Fresh citrus hop aroma with slight grain and some sweet floral notes. Taste is sweet malts, grapefruit, peach with a finish of bitter resiny hops. Full bodied. Quite good. 7/3/7/4/14/3.5
Another rerate of this one! This is a dry-hopped version... fresh growler from the brewery. Pours a clear amber color with a medium head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma is very hoppy with nice bitter resin and citrus notes. Some toffee malts on the aroma as well. Bitter hoppy taste as well with lots of grapefruit and other fruity notes. Light sweet maltiness in the finish. Medium bodied. 8/3/8/4/15/3.8
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Nov 2008
at 02:58
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Served on draft at the brewery on opening day. Pours a hazy lemon yellow color with a medium frothy head. Aroma of yeast, caramel and clove. Taste of yeast, caramel, banana and other fruity notes. Thin body
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Nov 2008
at 02:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Served on draft at the brewery on opening day. Pours a hazy straw color with a small head. Citrus hop aroma with some caramel notes. Taste is leafy, citrus hops with some sweet, malty notes. Medium bodied. Very nice session beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Nov 2008
at 02:56