Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
330ml bottle: BB 13th May 18. Poured into a Leffe chalice at home on 30th Apr 18. Slight haze to the dark amber body, quickly fading off-white head. Hop centric brew with a good piney, resin aroma and taste. Good malty base , the hops really rule the whole brew, it's a hop bomb of a beer. I really liked it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle split at Bodney, thanks to the Wingman, 12/04/18. Hazed orange amber with a well presented egg shell white head. Nose is honeydew melon, ripe citric peel, caramel, bitter hop exhaust. Taste comprises caramel, orange pith, citric tinged straw, over ripe tropical fruits. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close peppered with slightly astringent grassy hop bitterness. Passable DIPA but a touch old skool and basic.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
330ml bottle; BB 6th Sep 18. Obtained from Chez Sophie in Shrewsbury. Poured (twice) into an old 0.25 litre tankard badged for Bolten Ur-Alt and given to me at the brewery, many years ago. Looks like an Alt, clean and amber in colour, huge creamy off-white foaming crown on top (of each pour). The nose has a malty leaning, woody and earthy also. The taste is semi-sweet malty molasses, again with some woody and earthy notes. This is beer number five in a random live tasting session with myself, it's the best beer so far.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
330ml bottle from Chez Sophie, poured into a La Chouffe badged tulip glass at home on 21st April 2018. Dark body, brown with a red hue when held up to a light source, tanned head which was a bit thin and weak. Malty molasses rule the nose and taste with a German Black Bread leaning in both the aroma and taste. One of the best 'Dunkel Biers' I have had, fancy it coming from North Wales!
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Dark Bay from Wild Horse Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel and licorice aroma. Roasted malty caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle thanks to Wingman. It pours hazy deep amber with a small white head. The aroma is sweet, sticky, brown bread, toffee, caramel, oily, wood and some stickiness. The taste is dry, bitter, slick, chewy, sticky, resinous, heavy, slick, peppery spice, pithy, zesty, orange rind and toffee with a drying finish. Full body and fine carbonation. Chewy and heavy. So-so.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle shared in Hackney - cheers to Dave. Pours hazy deep amber-gold with a small, foamy white head. Toasted grains in the nose, some berries, orange peel. Meidum sweet flavor with crunchy grains, caramel, brown bread, pine. Meidum to full bodied with fine carbonation. Warming finish, chewy, more bread and caramel. So so.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared at Leightons place 12/04/2018. Many thanks. A dull amber orange coloured pour with a halo of off white head. Aroma is floral citrus, orange rind sticky caramel, candied orange, toffee. Flavour is composed of medium sweet chewy toffee, pine, orange rind, caramel. Super chewy palate is medium sweet, chewy, resinous hop, moderate carbonation,. Old school
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12th April 2018
Bodney Bier Huis bottleshare. Thanks to Davey Wingman. Hazy gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Palate is light, dry, decent fine carbonation. Aged tasting malts, mildly sweet. Pine and bruised orange. Dry finish brings some bitterness. A little basic but drinkable.
