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Dark brown. Sort of a dark chocolate, with a bit of fruit. A decent amount of bourbon on this as well. On the palate, nice umami, roast, meaty character. Soft. Some alcohol and the bourbon is restrained.

Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2026 at 07:19

Oakes (34246) reviewed

Periodic Motion from Fonta Flora Brewery

1 month ago

7.4/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5

Dark brown. No head. This is grapey, cognac, really intensely vinous aroma on this. Medium body, nothing crazy. Actually a bit light for this style. A bit of fruitiness. Some alcohol, woody depth...but they have really optimized for fruitiness and the bourbon just sort of lends an accent to that. Intense, and arguably lacks balance.

Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2026 at 06:48

Oakes (34246) reviewed

Hephaestus' Blend from AleSmith Brewing Company

1 month ago

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

Dark brown. No head. Ok, that is a really nice aroma - toasty coffee, light vanilla and cacao for accent, along with dark sugars. On the palate, lots of sugars, some sweet chocolate, and the coffee slides in late with toastiness but there's also a lot of vanilla in there as well. It's not subtle in any of this. Finishes with a lot of coffee. Just weird that there's no real barrel character here.

Tried from Can on 18 May 2026 at 06:21

Oakes (34246) reviewed

Tomato Gose Pickle Shot from Underwood Brewery

1 month ago

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

Pale, more like watermelon looking than tomato looking. The aroma is, well, there's tomato, celery, garlic, there's going to be some tartness in there. It's definitely entertaining. Similar palate. Saline, tart, some chile, celery, tomato, and lots of tomato. It's balanced, as this concept goes. Do I know what to make of this? No. Am I having fun drinking? Absolutely.

Tried from Can on 18 May 2026 at 06:04

Oakes added a new beer Tomato Gose Pickle Shot by Underwood Brewery
1 month ago

Oakes updated a brewery: Underwood Brewery located in Ukraine
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Oakes (34246) reviewed

Solidøl - Blair Athol Marsala 2026 from Varvar Brew

1 month ago

5.5/10 — Appearance 5 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 5.5

Light brown, looks thin. Smells like a thin barley wine. On the palate, it's decent, but has a bit of sugars. Not sugar I get a lot of the scotch on here. The marsala is actually more likely. OK, objectively, it's okay as a beer, but as a barley wine it's thin and simple, and the barrel isn't adding much if anything to the expression.

Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2026 at 05:33

Oakes added a new beer Solidøl - Blair Athol Marsala 2026 by Varvar Brew
1 month ago

Oakes (34246) reviewed

Oude Gueuze à l'Ancienne - Cuvée Marie-Catherine (2021-2022) from Gueuzerie Tilquin

1 month ago

8.1/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5

Dull-looking. Any other style and I'd be docking it points for this shit. The aroma is predominantly leathery, maybe a little bit of lemon. On the palate, really interesting. Low carb for a gueuze, but a bright lemony, citrus, then some wood in the finish. A touch of brett and moderate tartness. Big leathery finish, quite tart.

Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2026 at 05:09