6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6
23rd May 2025
Can. Just a very light haze on this burnished gold beer, good cream colour head. Light smooth palate, semi dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Smooth pale malts, a modest and slightly grainy sweetness. Orange peel hops and crisp pine, some dry and mildly bitter pith. Hint of something more exotic on the back end but, the HBC638 hops are a bit lost and, frankly wasted here. Light semi dry crisp finish leaves a mild hop spice and bitter citric peel linger. A bit too close to style for me. It's clean and reasonably drinkable and avoids the caramel malts of some west coasters but I'm never going to get excited on a fairly trad take like this.
Can. Just a very light haze on this burnished gold beer, good cream colour head. Light smooth palate, semi dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Smooth pale malts, a modest and slightly grainy sweetness. Orange peel hops and crisp pine, some dry and mildly bitter pith. Hint of something more exotic on the back end but, the HBC638 hops are a bit lost and, frankly wasted here. Light semi dry crisp finish leaves a mild hop spice and bitter citric peel linger. A bit too close to style for me. It's clean and reasonably drinkable and avoids the caramel malts of some west coasters but I'm never going to get excited on a fairly trad take like this.
Tried
on 23 May 2025
at 22:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Aromas of passionfruit, peach, guava, grapefruit. Flavours of mango, guava, pineapple, grapefruit, passionfruit. Juicy sweet fruit aftertaste.
Tried
from Can
at
Rusty Bucket - Eltham
on 23 May 2025
at 13:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at the old fountain. A jet black opaque black brown coloured pour with a lasting dark tan head. Aroma is medium sweet Sticky cakey malts, black roast, liquorice, super rich. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, sticky dark roast, burnt cake, brown sugars, dark fruits. Palate is rich full bodied, light tang, moderate carbonation. Lovely.
Tried
on 21 May 2025
at 21:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can from The Hive, Crowthorne. Pours black with a beige head. Aromas & tastes of treacle, coffee, chocolate, berries & malt. Medium to full body. Roasted bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 21 May 2025
at 19:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
keg at cloisters ..hazy amber ...thin white lacing ..soft tart orange nose ... green herbal hop ..soft fruit ...long green hop
Tried
on 21 May 2025
at 16:01
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
17th May 2025
Can. Just a light haze on this gold beer, decent bubbly pale cream colour head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light malts, slightly thin mouthfeel wise. A modest creamy sweetness. The hops are an interesting prospect, Strata is a failed hop for me, Citra, a warhorse, not in its prime but, you wouldn't want to mess with it! Denali, frankly a stealth hop these days, rarely seen. Taste wise, it means crisp cooking pine, ripe orangey citrus. Mellow skunk. Ripe pineapple. Light ripe hop fruity finish. Fine. Bit ripe but fine.
Can. Just a light haze on this gold beer, decent bubbly pale cream colour head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light malts, slightly thin mouthfeel wise. A modest creamy sweetness. The hops are an interesting prospect, Strata is a failed hop for me, Citra, a warhorse, not in its prime but, you wouldn't want to mess with it! Denali, frankly a stealth hop these days, rarely seen. Taste wise, it means crisp cooking pine, ripe orangey citrus. Mellow skunk. Ripe pineapple. Light ripe hop fruity finish. Fine. Bit ripe but fine.
Tried
from Can
on 17 May 2025
at 23:14
Tried
from Draft
at
Kingsmead Street Bottle
on 16 May 2025
at 11:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up from HOTM. A hazed golden orange coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is nice juicy orange, mango, peach, waxy citrus, some grapefruit. Flavour is composed of soft wheat, tangy orange, grapefruit, dusty wheat, juicy, Palate is spicy , grainy, highish spicy carbonation. Good.
Tried
on 15 May 2025
at 21:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up from hotm. A hazed brushed gold coloured pour with a lasting sticky white head. Aroma is semi sweet, melon, white grape. Juicy fruit, wheat floral notes, white peach. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, loose wheat, bready floral notes white grape, soft fruit, maybe a little Lychee, white grape. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 11 May 2025
at 21:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
10/5/2025. Draft at Hopsters x Burnt Mill Tap room, Woodbridge. Pours close to black with a small lasting creamy off-white to beige head. Aroma is ashy, fruity, dark roasted malts, caramel, pine. Moderate sweetness, medium to heavy bitterness. Medium body, average carbonation. Well done. Also bought a can to enjoy later. And it was very good too. See photo. 14/6/2025.
Tried
from Can
at
Hopsters x Burnt Mill Tap Room
on 10 May 2025
at 11:54