Subsidiaries
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
One of the non-fellowship brews included with one of my Fellowship of Beer boxes. Aroma is boozy bur there's a sweetness to it, alongside bitter cacao and dark fruits. Dark and glossy. Foamy beige head. Rich. Depth. Melted dark chocolate with a sour berry edge. There a playful booziness that has bite but also a smooth sweetness. The results of the barrel aging process adds to the beer, rather than smothering the output. Thick bodied. Oily. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long somewhat astringent finish. Lovely silky smooth Impy Stout which seems to benefit from both the adjunct and the barrel aging.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2024
at 21:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, meaty, blackcurrant, raisin, rum, vanilla, taste is similar, sweet, fruity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2024
at 18:48
8/10
Tried
on 30 Nov 2024
at 18:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, caramel, meaty, liquorice, taste is similar, chewy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2024
at 18:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Aliased from the fellowship of beer version, which seems to have deleted my rating - very helpful.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2024
at 18:42
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
375ml bottle from Steam Machine. Pale golden colour, thin white foam head and aroma of herbs, earth. Taste is sweetish, grainy, fruity, blackcurrant hint, herbal, citric, straw, with some earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, low carbonation, herby bitter finish. Quite OK
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2024
at 17:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
375ml bottle from Steam Machine. Slightly hazed pale golden colour, white foam head and aroma of citric rind, fruit, straw, farmhouse funk. Taste is tart, tangy, zesty citric, fruity, with meaty farmhouse funky notes, grain, straw, and some light bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, zesty grainy bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2024
at 17:22
5/10
Tried
on 27 Nov 2024
at 18:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
In its bottled guise as Not-Tober Fest from The Fellowship. Aroma is malty, grainy, burnt caramel. Opaque toffee brown. Thick foamy beige head. Malty and tangy citrus twist. Underlying caramel and dough. Light. Thin. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Enjoyable chewy stuff. For some reason the word rustic is occurring to me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2024
at 22:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle from me Fellowship of Beer subscription. Aroma is fruity, citrusy. hedgerow (or fragrant bog). Underlying earthiness. Clear amber gold. Thin translucent white is short-lived. Different elements going down in terms of flavour. A bitter and sour herb and citrus streak. Prickly. Light fruity sweetness in the mix, moreso into the finish. Underlying malts. Herbspicy. Medicinal in a positive way. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Pleasant bitter yet fruity stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2024
at 17:29