3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours amber with white head. Resinous pine aroma, slightly dusty. Tastes has resinous pine with a heavy malt presence, caramel, toffee and biscuit, slightly nutty. Slightly sweet with a moderate bitter finish, slightly sticky. A waste of simcoe, too much malt and sweetness, not enough bitterness but not an altogether bad beer
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Small bottle. Light orange/amber body with a small head. Aroma has pine needles and pineapple. Rather sweet malty taste with medium level hoppiness. Expected to taste some ginger or spices but it’s just a regular Brewdog style IPA. Smilar to Punk but a bit stronger.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
330ml bottle (Alko Arkadia, Helsinki)
Fairly simple sweet exotic fruity hop aroma, some sticky crystal malt mashiness. Smooth palate, pleasant carbonation. Slightly floury malts, a little sweeter than I’d like, but that does help keep the alcohol in check. Spicy mandarin and orange peel spiciness. Some stale pepperiness in the finish. Arrives quickly , and leaves quite quickly too. Not an unpleasant encounter, but they really need to leave the floury mashiness behind, probably crystal malts.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 33cl, a clear amber beer with good head. Nose is very hopy on pine. Aroma is on fresh hops, melon, almond and grapefruit. Properly done but very near the other new beer from the brewery, became boring.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Nice aroma - bags of hops which I believe are Simcoe. Colour is light amber with a nice foamy head. Taste is citrus, pine and some sweet malts. Finish is suprisingly short. No indication of the relatively high abv.
A very refreshing beer, and definitely something more drinkable than a lot of the heavy spiced Xmas beers which come out at this time of year.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Slightly hazy reddish color with a medium head. Fresh aroma of pine, hops and ginger. Taste of hops and ginger with some orange notes. Medium bitter finish.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at home. Clear brown-gold color, medium smooth white head. Absolutely great aroma of hops, spruce, sweetness. Mouthfeel nice. Short hops, citrus, body could be stronger, taste could be longer. Nice taste but body is missing.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Appalachian Wines, Edinburgh 181112
Dark golden amber, clear, frothy off white head that dissipates to a thin rim
Aroma - Grassy hops, some citrus zest, soft golden caramel malt background
Taste - Grassy zesty hops, more zest than grass, citrus, orange resinous hops, caramel malts, touch of honey malts, fairly malty IPA with bitter citrus and grassy hops, alcohol fairly noticeable
Palate - Medium carb and body, oily texture, smooth. Finish - bitter zest, grassy hops, clean finish with a touch of alcohol
Overall - A decent IPA, the sweet malt background tempers some of the grassy zest bitterness from the hops. No idea why it’s called a Christmas beer.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
extremely strong aroma, not complex but so strong and nice that i love it. Clear copper colour, dense white head. Slightly sweet taste. medium bitter. body felt light. finish could be longer.
(7.5% batch 320)
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
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