Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle 500ml. @ home. [ As Strand White Sand Imperial IPA ].Clear medium orange color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, grapefruit, orange - citrus, pine - wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dried fruit, pine - wood, orange, grass, dry, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20141230]
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
From a 50 cl bottle shared at home. Pours a hazy copper with an off white head. Fruity nose. Flavors of grass and citrus. Bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle. Clear, dark mahogany colour with average to huge, thick, frothy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, tan head. Dark malty aroma has chocolate and coffee notes, slightly weak hoppy counterweight delivers disguised hints of orange and grapefruit, a touch of blackberry. Taste is dry, roasty dark malty, hints of coffee, slightly grassy, herbal, minimally biting bitter hoppy overtones, hints of blackberry; soft palate, a bit light bodied and almost close to watery. There’s leeway for progression.
Dogbrick (24322) reviewed Expression Session from Strand Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
This beer pours a clear orange color with a thick foamy white head that diminishes gradually. Small patches of lacing on the glass. Grassy hops, fruit and malt in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of herbal hops, citrus and biscuit malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a lingering grassy hops aftertaste. A well-executed above average session IPA overall.
Benzai (24654) reviewed Batch 100 Stout from Strand Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle @ weekly tasting shared by Dutchdrebus. Opaque very dark brown color with a dark red glare coming through when held into the light, looks almost black but if you look carefully it’s not, average sized beige to light brown head that diminishes but lasts for a decent while. Aroma is malts, dark malts, roast, a hint of coffee and a hint of liquorice. Taste malts, roasted malts, slightly coffee, decently bitter, some liquorice in there as well. A bit thin bodied, medium carbonation. Not bad at all.
Drebus (8640) reviewed Batch 100 Stout from Strand Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle @ weekly tasting sharee by me. Very dark brown colour with a medium sized beige head. Smells liquorice, roasty, dark malts, some coffee. Tastes roasty, coffee, weird fruits, deep dark chocolate. Full body, lasting taste, soft carbo.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Ales by Mail. Black pour with a beige head. Aromas of chocolate, soy sauce, toffee, caramel and dark fruit. Lots of licorice and raisin in the flavour. Light bitter zing. Doesn’t quite fit my idea of a Black IPA, not enough bitterness for me. Still it was a tasty old brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Schwarzes Bier mit ordentlicher bräunlichen Schaumkrone. Geruch nach Kafffee, Röstmalz und einer ordentlichen Portion Hopfen. Geschmack fruchtig hopfig, bitter, dann stark Röstmalzig und Kaffee.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
3rd November 2014
Hazy amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is airy and semi dry, good minerally carbonation. Airy malt, light sweetness, trace of cream. Hops start pretty skunky but tempered by pine and tropical fruits. Zingy orange, lemon and lime. Airy finish with a bitterish tropical fruit linger. Delicious and drinkable.