ianwelby (4740) reviewed Ahab from Up Front Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pitch black beer, off-white head. The smell of rich, dry coffee is evident the moment you pop the can. Tastes of dry, earthy malt, coffee, a hint of chocolate and then it finishes off with some airy, bitter hop. A nice blend and a very nice beer.
DSG (25989) reviewed Ahab from Up Front Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can sample at the "Farewell to Vova Shack" tasting at Stas’s place. Thanks Max. Black with a huge beige head. Aroma of roast, dark chocolate, coffee. Rather dry flavor, slightly sweetish, with roast, chocolate, some coffee, and a bitter finish, slightly ashy. Medium-bodied. Good.
Leighton (35102) reviewed Ahab from Up Front Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can at home in London - picked up at Royal Mile Whiskies, Bloomsbury. Pours deep brown with a thick, creamy beige head. Sturdy roasted malts in the nose, some ash, baking cocoa, dried and leathery berries. Medium sweet flavour with more assertive roast character, charred wood, some raisins, burnt pine, bittersweet chocolate. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Nicely balanced in the finish, with more robust roasted malts, dark chocolate, burnt coffee and lightly oily pine, some scorched earth. A really solid overall stout. Nice depth, and also really drinkable.
Leighton (35102) reviewed Ishmael from Up Front Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can at home in London - sourced from Royal Mile Whiskies, Bloomsbury. Pours mostly clear orange-gold with a billowing, frothy off-white head. The nose holds grainy pale malts, ripe and lightly dried citrus fruits, some orange rind. Light to medium sweet flavour with lots of crackery pale malts, some pine needles, more rindy citrus, jammy orange, nips of lightly toasted caramel. Light to medium bodied with lively carbonation. Finishes with more crackers, dry pine, rindy bitterness. Well, I fear this one may have been sitting a bit too long. Not much vibrancy to it. Overall, just so so.
McCash (16153) reviewed Ishmael from Up Front Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can thanks to Alex from Fusion. Appearance - cloudy amber with a generous fluffy head. Nose - loads of grapefruit and grapes. Light malt at the back. Taste - tonnes of resin, grapefruit again and pith. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long and balanced finish. Overall - nice ipa. Not as bitter as I was expecting. Might’ve put this into American Pale Ale style.
madmitch76 (40782) reviewed Ishmael from Up Front Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
28th August 2016
Can. Hazy amber beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has reasonable fine carbonation. Light malts, mildly sweet. Tangy hops, orange and tangerine. A little citric peel. Mild hop spice. Light finish, Pretty drinkable.
nimbleprop (16838) reviewed Ishmael from Up Front Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12oz can pours a murky, dark orange with lots of frothy, sticky, slightly off white head. Nose has orange, mild grapefruit, a little tomato, floral, a little grist. Flavor has pine needles, orange peel, mild biscuit, a little orange jam, some light soap. Finishes dry, lightly bitter. Very easy drinker.
Benzai (24654) reviewed Ahab from Up Front Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampled from can thanks to Scopey. Dark brown color with a slight red glare coming through, average sized beige head. Smell and taste malts, dark malts, firm roast and coffee with a malt bitter finish. Decent body, medium carbonation. Decent beer.
Scopey (25220) reviewed Ahab from Up Front Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can shared with the RB crew. It pours black with a thick tan head. The aroma is rich roast, earthy, big coffee character, cacao, salted liquorice and umami. The taste is bitter, rich roasted malt, charred wood, burnt pine, cacao nibs, ashy, umami, coffee grounds and peppery spice with a dry, rich roasted finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Pretty punchy on the bitterness.
beerhunter111 (50837) reviewed Ahab from Up Front Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
33cl can. Dunkel orange braunes Bier mit einer geringen beigen Schaumkrone. Geruch röstmalzig, schokoladig, leicht erdig. Geschmack röstmalzig bitter, schokoladig, zum Ende süß, etwas Vanille, gut!