Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
12oz bottle courtesy of l4lb, thanks. It pours deep amber with infra red edges and tan head. In the aroma I get rich roasted malts, a hint of smoked malts and some faint fruity esters. The taste is much the same with rich roasted malts which seem to be a mixture of medium and highly roasted malts. I also get a faint smoke malt note to go along with more roasted malts, a hint of caramel and faint malt astringency into the finish.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Real Heavy from Real Ale Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at Flying Saucer. Has a dark amber color with a medium frothy light tan head. The aroma is a sweet malt and raisin. Decent lacing on the glass. The taste is a rich malt with a dark fruit finish. A very easy to drink scotch ale that hides the alcohol well. Really enjoyed this one.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of KAggie97. Slightly hazy amber golden with a very lively, tall and rough, off-white head leaving some lacework. Aroma primarily of yeast. Medium body with lightly fruity notes and plenty of yeast. Rather bitter finish. Well, if it wasn’t for the late hoppiness you could’ve mistaken this for a Dunkelweizen! Odd....040408
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Agitated bottle? Extreme gusher, off a gentle pour about 75% foam that lasts. The huge head is rocky, and off-white. Hazy amber body with some particles. Hopy, fruity, and yeasty aroma. Spicey bitter taste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Hazy deep golden with medium white head. Sweet and somewhat fruity aroma with notes hops. Sweet and yeasty flavor with fruity notes.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with huge white head. Coriander and wheat spiced aroma. Flavour is mellow yeasty spiced with a nice orange fruity note. Ends mellow yeasty and light spiced.
theisti (5540) reviewed Sisyphus from Real Ale Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
+++ RE-RATE 19-FEB-2009 +++
12 oz bottle from MaltOMeal. 2007 Vintage. Pour is a slightly hazed orange brown copper with settling that builds up a nice one inch off white head. Head is lasting. Nice streaky lacing as the beer drinks down. Aroma of cooking brown sugar, and sweet molasses maltiness. Some citrus fruit sweetness and pine toward the back. Floral notes. Nice nose. Taste is the brown sugar sweetness initially, moving onto a orange peel citrus and pine needle bitterness. Nice balance and interplay between these two flavors. Aftertaste lingers nicely with molasses and pine. Alcohol is slightly present, but does not detract. Palate is sticky and slick medium bodied, mouth coating and full. Nice sipper. Thanks for sending this my way Bill, it was a MUCH better beer this time around. Rating updated (8,4,7,4,15 - 3.8)
+++ ORIGINAL RATING 15-FEB-2008 +++
2007 Vintage. 12 oz. Bottle courtesy of Zinister. Pour is a slightly hazy orange amber with a two inch off white head. Aroma of sweet caramel malt and some fruit sourness. Taste is grainy, malty and actually quite grassy with a bunch of phenols. Tasted a lot of Band Aids. The finish tastes a bit of ear wax, heat and more of the gritty dirty grassiness. I am hoping there was a problem with this bottle, because I didn’t pick up on any of the sweetness mentioned by others, and this wasn’t very good. (6,4,3,2,8 - 2.3)
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle courtesy of Bu11zeye: Poured a deep hazy brown color ale with a big foamy head with good retention but no lacing. Aroma of rye malt with some light bitter hops also noticeable. Taste is a mix between some bitter hops with loads of rye malt which provide some complexity to a usually less complex refreshing style. Body is quite full for the style with some great carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Extremely clear medium yellow with a fair sized head of white. Strangely spicy, acidic aroma, maybe band aids? Slightly sweet with an astringent finish. Thirst quenching but the astringency detracts too much.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Roggenbier from Real Ale Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Flying Saucer. Has a cloudy golden color with a small off white head that diminshed quickly. The aroma is banana and clove. The taste is a bitter with a very dry finish. Another good brew from Real Ale.