stevoj (18327) reviewed The Ruggles from Tractor Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at brewery. Always a pleasure to add something new, never a pleasure to be disappointed. Nice body and grainy aroma, but taste is a bit weak, and it finishes flat.
stevoj (18327) reviewed Sodbuster Pale Ale from Tractor Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at brewery. Clear amber with creamy head. Light malt aroma, taste brings in some caramel, tingly hops bite at finish. Leaning more towards the English pale than the normal APA.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2015, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Tractor Double Sickle Dipa IPA ].Clear medium orange color with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, pale malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, pine, tropical fruit, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, tropical fruit, orange, fruity, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20150811]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask @ GBBF 2015. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity piney grapefruit hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at GBBF ’15, day 1, 11/08/15. Clear golden blonde with a decent off white covering. Nose is mango, pine, straw, orange pith, tangerine, melon. Taste comprises toasted malt, bitter grapefruit, pine resin, orange pith, mandarin. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, juicy hop rinse in the close. Solid clean drinking DIPA. This one has travelled well !
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask at GBBF 2015, day 1 - London. Pours clear yellow-gold with a white foam head. Juicy citrus in the nose, prominent lemon and grapefruit. Medium to big sweet flavor with rich melon, papaya, some pale bread support, low bitterness, faint bubblegum. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly warming on the finish, with gooey citrus fruits. Very drinkable, really solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2015. It pours clear golden with a small bubbly white head. The nose is smooth, toasty, apricot, peach, tart tatin and some jam. The taste is smooth, toasty, juicy apricot, peach, mango, nectarine and some boosty alcohol with a warming finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Well-rounded juicy boost juice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
11th August 2015
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Lightly hazy amber beer, few pale cream colour bubbles. Palate is smooth with decent fine carbonation. Sweetish malts. Jammy tropical fruits, mango identifiable. There is also orange, grapefruit and a dose of hop spice. Little lemon in the light finish. Very tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask gravity at GBBF 2015 day 1. Thanks to wingman. Bright golden yellow coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is nice juicy fruit, tropical fruit, passion fruit and mango, flavour is juicy, piney and fruity, peach. Palate is medium body , sticky resin, moderate carbonation.