2.3 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pretty bitter - kind of a US pale ale or UK IPA. Fine, but not my style. Enjoyed on tap at Hong Kong’s East End Brewery (Quarry Bay).
1.4 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 4/20
Draft. Exact same color as the pale ale, a nice deep copper-gold color. Nice lacing. Aroma is uninviting, acrid and sour like from infection. Slick, thin palate. The flavors are not as bad as the aromas but the acrid, weird fruitiness is there. Cannot enjoy this one.
2.4 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draught @ Causeway Bay location. Dark straw colour. Limey sour character on the nose does not bode well. Floral character. Soft body - creamy - with light caramel and slightly biscuity malts. Finishes with breezy fruity hops and a light malt stickiness on the tongue.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
pours a pale orange-amber with a small biege head, and good lacing.
smell is of corn, malt, some citrus, and a few nuts.
taste is sweet, malt, honey nut, and ends a touch on the bitter side.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft, at the East End Brewery, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Golden lager with a soft white head. Hung over as fukc this beer went down surprisingly smoothly. Silky, satin like blend of malts. Really quite a lovely drop. No sharp edges and served cold. Quality place this by the way a quite a good selection of American micros, the Belgians lineup was a bit simple but nonetheless still present and accounted for.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Sampled draught at East End Brewery, Hong Kong Island.
Amber colour, small head. Fruity and medium bodied with bold, clean mouthfeel. The malt profile is quite rich, but also simple, and there is a lightly hoppy finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
This beer has a good amber appearance and a thin creamy head. The fact that the laws in HK are fairly lax when it comes to smoking in a bar means that a beer evaluation is a bit tricky. That and the strange states when you sniff, hold to the light and cradle the beer as it is too bloody cold. Anyway the nose is minimal but the flavour is quite full, a real welcome change from the thin Asian beers tried so far. The lacing in the glass is firm and consistent as it goes down. Overall a good beer that at least tries to impress.
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