5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Towering, dense, quite stable yellowish head over faintly veiled greenish-golden beer. Spicy nose, yeasty, citrus. Rather dull. BItter, some ureum, human sweat, snert, dull grains, spices and herbs. Finishes astringent. Dry; long lasting effects. Nope, that isn’t it - nothing attractive, nothing pleasing. Wouldn’t want to drink this during hard work.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2015
at 07:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Stable thick beige head over yellow-shot dark brown beer; some lace. Caramel, molasses, leafy, dark mlats and melanoidins. Smells rather sweetish. Dry, very leafy, bitterish flavour on sweeter malty underbuild.. Molasses seem to be fermented out almost completely. Roasted. Seems rather well bodied, certainly for its ABV; slick, dry. Some UK character indeed.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2015
at 04:39
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle pours out dark brown almost black topped with a small tan head. Nose is roast malts chocolate coffee some smoke and spice. Taste is more of the sweetness roast malts chocolate coffee and plenty sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2015
at 22:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Small white head, fast gone over veiled chromate yellow beer. Nice lambic-y nose, citrus, lactic acid, pedio/Brett, farmyard aromas. Hint at dry sherry. Tart, even wry bitterish/woody on top of typical lactic/lemony sour. Floormop Brett in the finish. Acidburn, astringency, dry-out effect; well-carbonated feel, thinnish body. It might not be lambic, nor even called so, it’s impressive to taste how close yet another manages to get.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2015
at 13:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Tap at Gingerman. Hazy golden beer with small frothy white head. nose is citrus and bread. Tastes of lemons, yeasty, bread, earth, some peppery notes, barnyard, wood. lively palate. interesting brew
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Nov 2015
at 13:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at LKS 15K splash down, thanks to the Man of the moment, 02/11/15. Hazed orange golden with a decent off white covering. Nose is bitter orange, straw, pissy citric rinds, farmyard, woody notes, funk. Taste comprises light yeast strains, apricot, lemon rind, funk, wooded tones, white grapes, earthy. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2015
at 01:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml bottle into snifter, batch #016. Pours clear very dark brown color with a 1-2 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces t oa small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big chocolate, cocoa, raisin, plum, fig, date, cherry, molasses, toast, dark bread, pepper, light char/coffee, herbal, and yeast/roasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of roast/bready malt, fruity/spicy yeast, molasses, and earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big chocolate, cocoa, raisin, plum, fig, date, cherry, molasses, toast, dark bread, light char/coffee, herbal, and yeast/roasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/roasted bitterness and yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of chocolate, cocoa, raisin, plum, fig, date, molasses, toast, dark bread, pepper, light coffee/char, and herbal/roasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of roast/bready malt, fruity/spicy yeast, molasses, and earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate bitter/roasted dryness after the finish as well. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice English/Belgian stout style. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of roast/bready malt, fruity/spicy yeast, molasses, and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to sip on. This has the balanced character of a dry stout and English porter as advertised; with some additional spicy Belgian yeast character. A unique and very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2015
at 22:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from NERHBC, thanks for the opportunity! Somewhat hazy deep amber color with a frothy off white head that persists forever. Not a whole lot of info about this beer, feels like a dark saison but had some odd fruity bitter tanic flavors to it. Kind of digging it and I usually hate a gruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2015
at 15:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2nd November 2015
Craft Clerkenwell. LKS 15K bash. Thanks to Leighton. Hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is airy, semi dry and has modest fine carbonation. Very light malts with a light vanilla oak. Soft wine and grape and very light pear. Light semi dry finish. Light but still manages to enchant despite it’s dryness.
Craft Clerkenwell. LKS 15K bash. Thanks to Leighton. Hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is airy, semi dry and has modest fine carbonation. Very light malts with a light vanilla oak. Soft wine and grape and very light pear. Light semi dry finish. Light but still manages to enchant despite it’s dryness.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2015
at 12:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at the 10k 15k tasting at craft beer co. Many thanks to Leighton. Hazed yellow golden coloured pour with a thin white head. Aroma is grapey. Tangy, hint of smoke, apple, must. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, grainy, straw, saison. Little age on this, dried apple. Palatr is semi sweet, moderate carbonation. Little vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2015
at 12:53