8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at McFate, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma brings out lots of espresso upfront, followed by lactose and light roast. Flavour is loaded with espresso, followed by subtle lactose and some vanilla beans. Wonderful constructed, with a lovely espresso character. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2017
at 19:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at McFate, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out brings out citric grapefruity notes and lacto in good balance. Flavour brings out lots of citric and grapefruit notes, followed by lacto and tart puckering tartness. Puckering and tart, with a lacto finish. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2017
at 19:55
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
On tap at McFate, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of yogurt, light lemon and citrus. Flavour is quite spicy, with spritzy lemon and light lacto. Lemony and citric on the finish. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2017
at 19:54
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at McFate, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out saison yeast and light rustic notes. Flavour is very estery, with lots of bubblegum. Sweet, estery and bubblegumy. Not authentic and too sweet and estery.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2017
at 19:50
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
On tap at McFate, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of butter, piney hops, and bready malt. Flavour is along the same lines, with caramel corn, toffee and resinous hops. Quite sweet and caramely on the finish. It's a little off but not too bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2017
at 19:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at McFate, pours a hazy blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings an odd herbal and earthy hop character, along with toasted biscuity malt. Flavour is very dry and floral, with an earthy, spicy and floral hop character. Dry and floral finish. Not my favourite hop expression, but it's solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2017
at 19:45
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On nitro tap at McFate, pours a clear golden with a creamy off-white head. Aroma brings out lots of bitter English malts and a herbal character. Flavour is similar, with bitter English hops and bready malt. Nutty and bitter on the finish. Not a big finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2017
at 19:44
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at McFate, pours a clear copper golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out restrained toasted biscuity malt and a hint of dry caramel. Flavour is along the same lines, with bready malts and again a touch of dry caramel. Very malty and medium sweet on the finish. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2017
at 19:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at McFate, pours a cloudy dark amber orange with a small whit head. Aroma brings out farmhouse yeast, toasted bready notes, and a touch of earth. Flavour is along the same lines, with a nice farmhouse yeast character, light earth, some fruitiness, and a little toasted caramel. Nice expression of the farmhouse yeast. Really good.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2017
at 19:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at McFate, pours a cloudy amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out resinous hops, caramel malt and a touch of bready character. Flavour is wonderfully balanced, with lots of resinous hops, caramel a breadiness. Excellent balance between woody hop resins and caramel malt. Great example of the style.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2017
at 19:39