Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at Chriso’s and Ruth pre GBBF shindig, August 5, 2017. Dark hazy brown pour. Brett nose, nice sour thing going on. Blackberries. Taste is a bit boozy, bjtterish and dry. Rye spice there and also berry cocoa chocolate dry linger in the finsh. Smooth dark sour, I like them for some reason.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared at Chriso’s and Ruth pre GBBF shindig. 02/08/2017. Many thanks. A clear mahogany brown coloured pour with a loose tan head. Aroma is spicy, lacto, woody, bark, oak. Palate is semi. Sweet, sour, pineapple, dried coco. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation. Creamy, vanilla, oak. Sour oak. White grape. Weird.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at Chris & Ruth’s pre-GBBF Shindig 2017 - Part 1. A dark orange brown beer with a small beige head. Aroma is funky brett, dark malt, coffee. Taste of dark malt, coffee, herbs, brett, interesting!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from McHughs. Cloudy yellow with no head. Aroma of crushed apple. Flavour of tart, rhubarb, apple crush, salt, dry light sour base. R
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from McHughs. Cloudy lemon with no head. Aroma of tart apple, lemon. Flavour is white wine, tart citrus, apple cider. Dry fruity finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from McHughs. Reddish black with a thin tan head. Aroma of dark fruits and malt. Flavour is roast malt, coffee, dark berries, velvet fruit texture, dry roast malt with a bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Martin’s. Black with a red hue. Aroma of dark fruit, cherry. Flavour is velvet heavy roast malt, licorice, lots of Belgian fruit with a little booze on the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at Simon Lambert & Sons, Wexford. Milky cloudy, pale yellow colored. AROMA- barrel, white wine, lightly fruity - apples, grapes. FLAVOR- neutral, lightly sour, very smooth, light fruitiness, white wine with touch of wooden barrel. Light to medium bodied.
Delicious.