Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle, Kris Wines, London. Dark reddish brown pour with a restrained off -white head. Earthy malts and dark fruit in the nose. Similarly malt driven flavour. with some decent hop presence. Lacking any real knock out blow but an above average swigga.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Trick or Treat from Belleville Brewing Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Gravity cask at the Wandsworth Common Halloween Beer Festival 2013 - Le Gothique. The beer pours lightly hazy gold with a fine, filmy white head. The nose has notes of fleshy pumpkin, pumpkin pie, nutmeg. Medium sweet with notes of dry, bready malts, further pumpkin pie and restrained cinnamon and nutmeg. It’s light to medium in body with fine carbonation. It finishes lightly sweet with great balance between the pumpkin character and the spices. While it’s simple to write off pumpkin beers as novelty, this offering shows you can make one that is balanced and drinkable.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Trick or Treat from Belleville Brewing Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask gravity at Wandsworth Halloween Fest 2013, as Spiced Pumpkin Ale. It pours deep amber with a small beige head. The nose is sweet pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper, squash, earth and faint ketchup. The taste is earthy, pumpkin, spice, decent bitterness, toast, spuash, vanilla, faint orange peel and spice with a dry, earthy finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. A rather nice pumpkin ale all in all.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Le Gothique Wandsworth Beer Festival. Poured a cloudy, bright orange colour with a scummy white head. Spicy aroma with caramel and malt. Rounded flavours of cloves, orange peal an molasses. Finishes with toffee, smooth chewy malt and coriander.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the William Webb Ellis, Twickers, 12/10/13. Clear pale golden with a thin white head. Nose is toasted malts, hoppy tones, citrus fruit, light grapefruit. Taste comprises juicy hops, orange pith, grapefruit, light pine. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, dry grassy bitterness in the finish. Decent APA.
saxo (29721) reviewed Thames Surfer from Belleville Brewing Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from AlesByMail.co.uk. Huge head with excellent duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich hops, flowers, pine, fruits, citrus, caramel and malt. Nice long bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
1st June 2013
Clear dark amber - brown beer with a good pale cream coloured head. Palate is light and crisp. Sweetish thin malt, little lactose. Slight dark character as well, whisper of coffee. Forensic trace of red berry fruits. Minerally semi dry finish. A little thin but tasty.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ EBF15 2013, 15th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE.Light unclear medium orange yellow color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, caramel, moderate hoppy, flowers, elderflowers. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, flowers - elderflowers. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130809]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500ml bottle. Clear golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Grainy aroma, cautious fruity hints of peach. Taste is grainy, subtle sweetness, some bitter hop, a touch of peach; prickling carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from off licence in Kew, London. Poured a hazy brown colour with with a scummy off white head. Nutty aroma with orange peal and spice. Initial flavours of lemon zest, caramel and bready malt. Finishes with slightly astringent pine, dry grain and almonds.