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Oakes (34715) reviewed

Bring Out the Imp !! from Spey Valley Brewery (Mulben, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿)

5.3/10 — Appearance 5 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5

It's brown. Like amber-brown, and bright. Wrong colour for an imperial stout. Estery yeast profile, maybe some phenols on there. So not enticing but whatever. The palate, however, is a bit of a miss. That is to say there's a thin body, more issues with the phenols, just comes across weak and I really don't know what direction it's going other than throwing in some random bubble gum.

Tried on 13 Sep 2025 at 05:11

Oakes updated a beer: Bring Out the Imp !! brewed by Spey Valley Brewery
1 year ago

Oakes (34715) reviewed

Wax & Wane from Cabin Brewing Company (Calgary, Canada 🇨🇦)

1 year ago

6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7

Ok, so the appearance is lacking in darkness. There's some reddish-brown stuff, thin head. There's a bit of toastiness, though it smells like it'll be too thin. Okay body, some coffee, maybe caramel on it. It doesn't come across like an imperial stout to me, a more general strong ale. There's some alcohol in the finish, and there's also a bit of nuttiness.

Tried from Can on 13 Sep 2025 at 05:06

Oakes added a new beer Wax & Wane by Cabin Brewing Company
1 year ago

Oakes (34715) reviewed

Pineapple Flavoured Beer from Pearl River Craft Brewing (Bao ’an, Shenzhen, China 🇨🇳)

1 year ago

1.8/10 — Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 2

Looks magnificent, sort of a funny pale colour with lots of bubbles. The aroma is pineapple. Like really artificial pineapple. Sticky super sweet, again the candy pineapple. It's interesting. Chemically. I mean, it's quite magical.

Tried from Can on 13 Sep 2025 at 04:51

Oakes updated a beer: Pineapple Flavoured Beer brewed by Pearl River Craft Brewing
1 year ago

Oakes (34715) reviewed

Moonshine Got Me from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen (Lot, Belgium 🇧🇪)

1 year ago

7/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7

Hazy, looks a bit cherry. The aroma is a bit of the fruits. On the palate, it's got some of the honeyish mead. The lambic elements are interesting, lending funk, dryness. The mead has the fruit and a lot of honey. And then there's alcohol. It's muddled. There's even a touch of the bourbon character. Not 100% sure what to make of this.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2025 at 07:44

Oakes (34715) reviewed

Speling van het Lot XIV.iv - Langste Nacht 2019 | Krieken op het Koelschip from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen (Lot, Belgium 🇧🇪)

1 year ago

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8

Blend 47, season 20/21. Pale and a bit of purple accent to it. Okay, nice barrels, quite tart, a moderate cherry note, has a touch of sweetness, and quite buggy. Pretty good - the tartness is more than the usual 3F but the fruit character is really good.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2025 at 07:15

Oakes (34715) reviewed

Snowbirds 8 - Two Year Reserve from Other Half Brewing (New York City, United States 🇺🇸)

1 year ago

8.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5

Dark brown. No head. Big vanilla aroma with a touch of coffee. The vanilla is the star here, it's gorgeous and there's a lot of it. On the palate, there's a lot of vanilla, a bit of coffee and chocolate. There's some sugars, but less than usual for Other Half. What's more, that relative lack of sugar (relative), actually helps the vanilla pop. The alcohol and barrel provide a touch of dryness. The overall balance is refined, this excels in subtle ways.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2025 at 06:50

Oakes (34715) reviewed

Black Republican (2024) from Floodland Brewing (Seattle, United States 🇺🇸)

1 year ago

8.3/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8

Purple colour, and the aroma has a lot of cherry. Very juicy cherry character, with a mild tartness. Fairly full body. Abundant cherry, this has very high fruit density. It leaves lots of acidity, and a little bit of sugar. The other thing here is that it rolls right over the base beer. Excellent quality.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2025 at 06:25