Subsidiaries
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, picked up by brother-in-law at the West-Creek facility. Poured a thick, oil black color, dark as night, with a small tan head. Not a lot of pop from the cork. Aroma was coconut and some slight oxidized roasted malt character. Flavor was, a bit unfortunate, perhaps too much age on this one or something, maybe it was the rum barrel? Boozy with a lot of soy sauce. I could see past the soy, but the people I shared this with were a touch disappointed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2020
at 22:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750 ml bottle from Cardinal Trading. Grapes, white wine, vanilla, green apple, lemon in the nose. Fresh and slightly funky. Flavor is more funky, with lactic acid notes, yogurt, fresh cream, white wine, oak. Light, spritzy carbonation. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2020
at 10:42
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Ever so slightly hazy, peach tinted body with a more prominent orange and coppered glow with a very thin, one to two centimetre tall just off-white head that dies pretty quickly. Aroma of brett, funky, slightly soured peaches, a lot of sweetness from stone fruits, a light breadiness, some subdued oak and dry notes and ending with a bit of the alcohol and honey notes that show more pungently at the end of the nose. Medium-bodied; Assertive dry and elegant malty and yeast flavours dominate at first with a soft oak and complex barrel and yeast profile that shows a little sweetness at the end, but the dry and sweet fruit notes from the peaches coupled with the oak notes are the strongest - in a good, very pungent way. Aftertaste is dry, very herbal and showing a great amount of both brett and funky yeasts as well as unfinished fruit-based sugars that hit the mark nicely and blend well with the rest of the beer. Overall, a very nice, well structured, balanced and nuanced beers that seems to be just right at two years after purchase - the complexity is there, a lot of flavours remain and are still strong and the effervescence is still present along with the body. I sampled this corked and caged, 75 cL bottle purchased from Costco in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 16-June-2018 for US$10,99 sampled exactly two years later at my house here in Washington on 16-June-2020.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2020
at 07:26
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle from Tavour. Small pop on opening, hazy mahogany , small fizzy head. Aroma is raisins, plums, brown sugar with a hint of booze. Taste starts out sweet, pit fruit, molassess, some barrel notes. Not overly boozy and relatively smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2020
at 20:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle, via Beer52. Poured into a Duvel glass at home on 12th Jun 2020. Liked it. Golden orange body, off-white topping with lacing. Spicy, yeasty and malty nose, taste also has the same ingredients to the fore. Light fruity hints as the beer warmed a little, nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2020
at 05:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
When I found this cheese chunky I knew I wanted to pair it with an abbey style beer! Hardywood Singel 6.2% Mellow gold with a fizzy off-white head and a vinous and honeyed grain aroma. Medium bodied but dry with light caramel, that vinous fruity flavor and honeycombs. Not bad on its own, a bit simple but refreshing. Let’s see what happens when I pair it with the Cheese & Cheese Crunky chocolate bar... ...the sweet cheese and rice puff white chocolate sweetness transforms the singel into a more earthy beast with hops and bitterness coming out to play. Really trippy pairing as the beer then brings out a fresh toast element from the chocolate.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2020
at 13:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
I’m in the mood for a lager... Hardywood Richmond Lager 5% Clear gold, fizzy head that’s bright white and a slightly herbal hop bouquet with rich sweet ripening malts. Medium to full bodied and smooth with that Seki/sweet grainy corn syrup melt then a sparkling sharp carbonation and somewhat mild herbal hop bite in the finish. Not a thinker but it’s a thirst quencher. OK. I’ll try the stubby bottled version tomorrow.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2020
at 13:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Stumpy 12 fl oz bottle via Beer52. Drank at home on 23rd May 2020, during the virus Lock In. Light haze to the light amber body, white head that lasted. Liked the hoppiness of this resinous brew, citrus leanings late on, but a good hoppy beer all round.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2020
at 10:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
5-22-20
Tried
on 23 May 2020
at 01:46
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
9.4% bottled version from Left Field Beet, Solihill. Initial sweet sour-tinged berries with a coffee edge and a tail end of booze. Develops sweet liqourice and burnt sugar. Dark brown. Creamy beige head. Light-medium bitter. Tangy sweet edge. Coffee, liqourice and berries. Smokey. Roasty. Boozy. Medium bodied. Slick verging on creamy. Stick residue. Average-fizzy. Long dry finish. Lovely jubbly. Would certainly warm you up on a Baltic night.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2020
at 21:42