7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
keg at Bat ... deep black ... thin tan head ... soft roast ... dark mats ... light smoke nose ... over cold and def overfizzy... mellow woody smoke dark roast malts ... ok.. Cask at the guilford arms... Dark malts.. Little too smokey for me.. 3.4
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Feb 2013
at 08:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750ml bottle. Pours a hazy orange with a large head. Aroma is yeasty and wheaty, with a touch of clove and apple. Taste has a little apple start. More yeast. Very dry finish with a little apple on the aftertaste. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2013
at 11:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Courtesy of Jan (fonefan), bb 23-04-13
Hazy golden color with small head. The aroma is mildly herbaceous and metallic, with light puckery hops. The mouthfeel is very dry; light malt and toffee flavor; quite strong (pleasant) bitterness, with herbaceous hop qualities, and some dry resins; long final, with a touch of toasted hazelnuts.
Pleasant beer, surely not fresh.
Hazy golden color with small head. The aroma is mildly herbaceous and metallic, with light puckery hops. The mouthfeel is very dry; light malt and toffee flavor; quite strong (pleasant) bitterness, with herbaceous hop qualities, and some dry resins; long final, with a touch of toasted hazelnuts.
Pleasant beer, surely not fresh.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2013
at 05:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; dark black pour with silky tan head, roast coffee aroma, milk chocolate taste with a slight stale coffee taste ABV is present quite warming a decent impy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2013
at 12:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Pours gold with a large, frothy head. Aroma is dry, musty, apple and bubblegum. Some floral notes also. Taste is spicy and yeasty to start. Spicy, bubblegum finish. Prickly carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2013
at 12:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Euston Tap. It pours cloudy amber with a thick beige head. The nose is earth, spice, warmth, brown bread, faint apricot, roast squash and peach. The taste is earth, spice, wood, light tang, apricot yoghurt and hay with a dry, earthy finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. I like the idea, but It’s poorly executed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2013
at 10:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Pours a hazy orange brown with a large head. Aroma is gassy, with subtle apricot yoghurt. Taste has a small amount of funk and fruit, but the carbonation overpowers it a little. Slightly burnt finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2013
at 13:06
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Tomlinsons, Inverness [120213]
Amber, slight head, frothy white head that dissipates to thin coasting, touch of lacing
Aroma soft grassy hops, herbal notes, dab of nettle, very slight celery hint
Taste soft grassy hops, cut plant stems, slight herbal, light pale malt background, some citrus in there but the fairly spicy plant stem taste is masking it, getting a touch more celery-like flavour - unusual - tbh it doesn’t taste that great
Palate medium carb, medium body. Finish as main flavour, some more zest comes through with a moderate bitter bit spicy linger
Overall - Came across as quite herbal to me and less of those big citrus hops, also some plant stem in there, bit unusual.... i’ve had far better beers with NZ hops.....getting underwhemled with these beers....liking it less with the drinking....intially 3.3 down to 2.9
Amber, slight head, frothy white head that dissipates to thin coasting, touch of lacing
Aroma soft grassy hops, herbal notes, dab of nettle, very slight celery hint
Taste soft grassy hops, cut plant stems, slight herbal, light pale malt background, some citrus in there but the fairly spicy plant stem taste is masking it, getting a touch more celery-like flavour - unusual - tbh it doesn’t taste that great
Palate medium carb, medium body. Finish as main flavour, some more zest comes through with a moderate bitter bit spicy linger
Overall - Came across as quite herbal to me and less of those big citrus hops, also some plant stem in there, bit unusual.... i’ve had far better beers with NZ hops.....getting underwhemled with these beers....liking it less with the drinking....intially 3.3 down to 2.9
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2013
at 12:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at CP&K. It pours hazy golden yellow with a large white head. The nose is earth, hay, barnyard, orange and tangerine. The taste is earth, pithy citrus, grapefruit, orange, hay, nice level of bitterness, spice and resin with a dry, somewhat citric finish. Medium body, high carbonation and velvety mouth-feel. Pretty tasty.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2013
at 05:01
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle, Hippo Beers, Glasgow. Very murky burnt orange pour with a mid range tan head. Yeast, brown sugar, nutmeg and spice in the aroma. .Flavour began sour with more yeast and spice leading to some apricot notes and rather lacklustre bitterness in the finish. Carbonation too lively. Somehow muddled and not really my idea of bliss...
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2013
at 13:14