Hanoi Profile - Brewver

Bottle. Nose is muted; banana, bubblegum, cloves. Taste is bubblegum, banana, cloves, more bubble gum, very slight malt. Very thin as you would expect.

It's to bubblegummy, and feels more like a soda. It's one of the weaker alcohol free I have tried. I would not choose this over a water or a cola.

Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2025 at 21:21

8.3

Hanoi (2022) reviewed Bigfoot (2025) from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company 10 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. My first in a number of years; a pleasure to find it again. Nose is malty, bread, brown sugar, a resinous, hoppy pine.

Taste is big resin, pine, grapefruit, honey, leading to brown sugar, a hint of vanilla, more pine, , dough, malt, and a peppery pine finish.

It's a wonderful beer and I have missed it.

Tried on 29 May 2025 at 21:58

gave a cheers!

8.1

Hanoi (2022) reviewed Dirty Horse (2018) from De Struise Brouwers 10 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Nose is balsamic, sour, lots of funk, pastry, but balanced by a vanilla, cream sweetness, red berry, a hint of port, and red wine. An outstanding nose.

Taste is tart, green apple, oak, an emergent funk, lots of red wine notes giving it real depth. Struise seem particularly adept at aging in redwine barrels, I always love their beers aged in this way.

Tried on 28 May 2025 at 20:39

Hanoi (2022) reviewed Grand Cru Bruocsella Lambic Bio (2022) from Brasserie Cantillon 10 months ago

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Bottle 2021-2022. Nose is brie, floral, overwhelming brett, hits of soft fruit, very funky. The tart notes open as it breaths. Taste is wheat, leading to oak, slight vegetation, umami, very very dry, malt, white grape, body with the lightest lemon and green apple tartness in the finish. The mouthfeel is fuller than you might imagine, but I always find it being flat a bit disconcerting.

Superb beer and it changes as it breathes, becoming tarter I find.

Tried on 23 May 2025 at 20:55

5.3

Hanoi (2022) reviewed Steinhäuser German Lager from Aldi (Nord / Süd / Hofer) 10 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

Nose is grass, slightly metallic, herbal. Taste is metalic, hint of corn, grassy, herbal finish with hint of citrus.

Tried on 21 May 2025 at 22:39

6.8

Hanoi (2022) reviewed Taste the Difference - French Ale from Sainsbury's 10 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Nose is malt, bread, brown sugar, a little spice. Taste is malt, brown bread, slightly medicinal hop note, hint of anise, slight citrus. Thinner than you might expect but nice

Tried on 19 May 2025 at 19:45

7.1

Hanoi (2022) reviewed Butterfly Photobomb from Brooklyn Brewery 10 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Can. Nose is peach, passion fruit, cut of citrus. Taste is pine, peppery, passion fruit, more pepper, floral hop.

Ok

Tried on 17 May 2025 at 21:07

Hanoi (2022) reviewed Rocky Road from BrewDog 10 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can. Nose is marshmallow, wafer, candyfloss strawberry syrup. Taste is wafer, marshmallow, strawberry ice lolly leading to pastry, slight roast and coffee in the finish. Gloopy rubbish

Tried on 17 May 2025 at 20:46

6.5

Hanoi (2022) reviewed Magic Eye from Full Circle Brew Co 10 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can. Nose is bright melon, mango, passion fruit. Taste is mango, pine, slightly dank, faint tangerine, melon. Underwhelming supermarket beer.

Tried on 17 May 2025 at 19:10