Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle split at L42 Xmas mash ooooop, thanks to Padraig via LKS HB, 19/12/16. Rich amber with a decent off white head. Nose is dried apricots, funk, pissoi, musty, damp hay, big funk, wine barrel. Taste comrises tarte apricot, spice, dried citric rinds, gooseberry, white grape must, sublte barrel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Solid lambic fayre.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared in London - big thanks to Paddy. Pours hazy gold with a creamy, white head. Good snout, some tangerine, peach, lemon, dry pale wood. Light sweet flavour with balanced acidity, lemon juice, more peach and tangerine, woody dryness. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Cleansing and quenching finish, more peach, lemony tartness, a bit of alcohol warmth. Good balance overall. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared on Level 42 12/12/2016. Many thanks to Padraig for this one. A hazed golden orange coloured pour with a a forthy off white head. Aroma is sour, really funky, baby diaper, apricot, little baby sick, funk. Flavour is composed of sour, pithy lemon, apricot, little grapey funk, sour. Palate is sweet mild sour. Moderate carbonation, Lingering Watermelon. Horsey. Funky.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle, massive thanks to MannyG. It pours cloudy golden - orange with a small white headline. The aroma is rich, fruity, tangy, apricot, peach, sour, funky, wood, vanilla and dirt. The taste is crisp, tart, tangy, apricot, peach, bright acidity, persimmon, lemon sherbet, Granny Smith apple, chewy action and funk with a dry finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Not bad at all
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sample at GABF 10/08/2016, thanks to my sis for assistance with note-taking. Hazed orange color with a medium white head that dissipates steadily. Strings of lacing. Fruity aroma with oak and yeast notes. Medium body with flavors of passion fruit, oak, yeast and doughy malt. The finish is tart with a passion fruit aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Berkeley Bowl. It pours a still, pale yellow gold color with only a thin layer of white bubbles that vanishes. The aroma has a lot of sulfur farts with pale malt, cheerios, and light notes of lemon. The flavor is thankfully better with some subtle oak, lemon, pale malt and funk. Decent carbonation despite the small head. Some noticeable phenol spice and bitterness in the finish. Pretty thin mouth feel with light tartness. The aroma was a bit of a turn off, but the flavor grew on me.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Lots of funk and wet grass with a touch of citrus rind. Cloudy gold with a small white head. Bright sour, aspirin and citrus notes. Solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle - pours yellow white head - nose/taste of lemon, hoppy citrus, kiwi, tangerine, grassy spring onion - medium body
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle - pours yellow gold white head - nose/taste of orange zest, brett, light funk and citrus - medium body