6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the Townhouse 2017 Beer Festival, Ely. Orange/yellow, cloudy and flat. Mango-laden aroma with notes of passionfruit and papaya. Light bittersweet taste, with no surprises, turning slightly sweeter toward the end of the sip. Long balanced finish. More mango in the aftertaste with a touch of lemon rind. It’s simple, perhaps overly so, but the more I drink the more I like. Recommended.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jul 2017
at 15:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the Drayman’s Son, Ely. Ruddy brown with a large off-white head. Lots of lacing left! Forest floor and overripe tangerine peel in the modest aroma. Fantastic fresh taste, with the chewy sweetness of the malt overridden by the bittering hop. Pure bitterness in the finish. Rooibois tea and horehound in the aftertaste. That’s how you make a bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Jun 2017
at 13:56
6/10
Tried
on 04 Jun 2017
at 09:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at the Blue Moon, Cambridge. Light to mid-gold, hazy with a small spotty white head and a surprising amount of lacing. Smells strongly of peach but also grapefruit, lemon peel and some pine. Taste is sweet... at first. Then the bittering hops kick in with a bit of a vengeance. They're showing me who's boss, and I dont mind as it leads to a puckering finish. Not so much on the aftertaste but I dont mind as it leaves me wanting more. Pretty special.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2017
at 15:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Keg at the Blue Moon, Cambridge. Cola brown, vaguely translucent, and as flat as I’ve ever seen on keg. Hoppy enough, but the two most recognisable scents are chestnut and litter box. Not as bad as I’ve made it sound, but not great either. Taste is bittersweet, slightly hoppy, slightly syrupy, slightly nutty. Thin, flat body. It started terribly and grew on me, but this is far from what TBM are capable of producing. A BIPA by the skin of its teeth, its no hop monster but rather an enigmatic, confused and frankly messy beer with good elements that shoot out but don’t dominate. Its complexity is less like Boulez and more like a third-rate prog rock outfit. Don’t avoid, but proceed with caution.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2017
at 15:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg at the Blue Moon, Cambridge. Very hazy Amber gold, spotty head with a noticeable amount of lacing. Light toffee and tropical fruit notes, ever so slightly slightly funky. Taste is sweet and creamy with custard, lemon curd and fruit caramel hints. The sweetness fades and exposes the nerve endings of the bittering hop. Light papaya on the aftertaste. Worth a half surely, but not one of TBMs A-game concoctions.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2017
at 15:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Blue Moon, Cambridge. Slightly translucent dark brown with a small ring of creamy white head. Heady chocolate milk scent, a touch of fruity hop backing it up but Im not getting so much orange per se. Sweet creamy initial taste turns to hoppy bittersweet mid-sip, and the finish is more bitter still. Bitter cooking chocolate and a touch of black cherry in the aftertaste. Fairly thin body, but its a mild so there you go. A drinkable mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2017
at 14:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Blue Moon, Cambridge. Orange-gold, hazy with a slight white half-head. Its fairly low on aroma: theres some coconut oil and a little bit of tropical fruit on the nose. The taste makes up for it: sweet and heady with the lemongrass to the fore, cut with the rounded creaminess of coconut. Finishes sweet with more. Coconut mixing with the gentle citrus hop. Medium carbonation. This is really tasty, one I could easily drink all night.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2017
at 14:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried at the Newark Beer Festival 2017. Deep chocolate brown colour aroma and taste are milk chocolate. Full body.
Tried
on 27 May 2017
at 02:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
KeyKeg at the 2017 Cambridge Beer Festival. Dark brown and murky with a bit of beige head. The cherry is quite pronounced in the aroma; there’s some funk but it’s soft and not obtrusive. The sweet taste is balanced rather than cancelled out by the funkiness, with a sour note staying on the middle of the tongue long past the sip. More cherry and some chocolate on the aftertaste. This adds a subtle dimension to the original recipe. The flavours come out that little bit more. Glad I got to try it.
Tried
from Can
on 25 May 2017
at 18:56