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Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
Keg at Beaconsfield Taps - thanks Mark (I think) for sharing. Opaque, murky-looking yellow with an off-white head. Cheesey. Melted cheddar to the fore. There's some soft tropical fruit in the thick, creamy mouthfeel. Mainly I got yeasty cheese though, kind of a a Frenchman's foot infection vibe. Not entirely horrible but weird, slightly disturbing and certainly disappointing for a Phantom brew.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Whisper from Floc. Brewing 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Keg at Beaconsfield Taps. New brewery for me. Hazy yellow with a large white head. Ooh, this is nice. Lovely fruitiness here - peach, mango and orange. The bitterness is well balanced against the sweet, juicy fruits. Good body too. Tasty stuff, enjoyed this.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Helles from Bluntrock Brewery 2 months ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Keg at Beaconsfield Taps. Lightly hazed pale gold with a white head. Crisp, clean, grassy. Simple but oh so refreshing and drinkable. Good first beer of the evening.
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added a new beer
Helles
by
Bluntrock Brewery
2 months ago
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Dark Fruit Porter from Batemans 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the White Swan (JDW), London before going to see Dea Matrona at the Garage in Highbury. Dark brown with a creamy head. Chocolate cherries up front. Really quite chocolately actually. Lots of Ribena and cranberry juice. Really quite fruity actually! But then soot and burnt, bitter malt - really quite sooty actually - which does clash a bit with all the sweet chocolatey fruitiness. It's certainly full-flavoured and interesting, and I did quite enjoy it - but they definitely need a chimney sweep in to deal with some of that soot. Dea Matrona were excellent by the way.
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updated a beer:
Dark Fruit Porter
brewed by Batemans
2 months ago
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Christmas Stocking from Coach House 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Crosse Keys (JDW), London. Crystal clear golden-amber with a lasting white head. Woody cinnamon to the fore, balancing the sweetish biscuitty malts and light caramel. Quite liked this. My 20th Cheshire brew, leaving just 5 English counties below the 20 mark.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Crosse Keys (JDW), London. Murky amber with an off-white head. Citrus dominates here - sharp lemon, with marmalade following and a little brown bread in the background. Middling bitterness to finish. It's just about ok; it grew on me and went surprisingly and unexpectedly well with my hunters chicken.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Dark Tides from Mad Squirrel 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Keg from the Mad Squirrel, Wycombe, during the town's Christmas light switch on event. Black with a beige head. Rich sweetish chocolate up front, a little toffee, and a roasted malt bitterness to finish that becomes slightly more charred in the aftertaste. A little simple maybe, but certainly effective and well balanced. Decent stuff.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Belgica from Salcombe Brewery Co. 2 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Falcon (JDW), Wycombe. Amber with an off white head. Up front this is definitely Belgian in character; banana-ey yeast, a hint of honey roast ham, and a white bread and banana cake body. The finish is more British - a twiggy, earthy bitterness. Nice to have something a little bit different on cask.