SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Barleywine from Stoneface Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Stemware at Toronado, September 2024. Dark, shiny, waiting. Boozy barrel dominant. Raisin & oily chocolate cake nose. Bittersharp, but plenty sweet. Lots of toasted coconut & dark chocolate, dense & oxidized malt turned toffee. Middle is vinous, dark & quite good. Tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours overripe mango into a tulip. White head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Mango and passion fruit aromas. Chalky with hot caramel, mango and pineapple upfront turning to grapefruit pith and peel in the dry, lasting finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Goblet at Slash Run. Pours a clear, burnt orange with some lacey white head. Nose has malt and soap, decidedly old school, dried citrus. Flavor same. Soapy and Piney. Malt and some dried grasses. Dry, full bodied, bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours hazy gold into a wulip. White bubbly head with no retention recedes to hug rim. Grape and berry aromas. Crisp with sweet grape and spiced apples upfront turning to soft pie crust and cobbler in the dry, medium length finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours hazy golden amber into a tulip. White head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Mango and ripe melon aromas. Soft with sweet melon, mango and papaya upfront turning to dry, soapy lemon before the lasting tangerine peel finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours deep, clear mahogany into a tulip. Tan head with good retention recedes leaving sheet lacing. Molasses and brown bread aromas. Sweet with dark molasses, raisin brown bread and mild spice front to back. Earthy toasted pumpernickel finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Canned 6/27/24, drunk 9/12/24. Lightly cloudy blueberry pulp. Small, blueberry-tinged head. Fleeting. Excellent fruitiness, authentic, juicy, tart, floral...Not too much berliner, maybe could be a bit more wheat and lactic character, but at least it's not punchy. Yet it's plenty lactic/tart in the mouth. Juicy, gently tart, lots of soft, nutty wheat. Very light-bodied, not surprisingly, for 3.7%. Still, given how incredible the other entries in this series were, I think they kind of dropped the ball on these later entries (as in, whoever brewed the earlier stuff, didn't brew this). It's clean, tart, fruity, but just not up to par with what they were doing with this series back in the late 2010's.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours hazy bright gold into a tulip. White head with medium retention recedes leaving scant spiders to mottle surface. Tangerine and pineapple aromas. Sharp with sweet pineapple upfront turning to tart pineapple in the medium length finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours murky mango into a tulip. Bright white micro head with good retention soaps as it recedes. Melon, honey and lychee aromas. Soft and thin with sweet dusty melon rind, white smarties and hot mango upfront turning to dirty tropical fruit skin and tangerine peel in the lasting finish.
obguthr (12465) reviewed Green Duct Tape from Stoneface Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Pineapple nose. Cloudy gold, medium head. Pineapple, rose hip, grapefruit. Medium body, easy carbonation. Older sample but held up nicely.