3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (handpump) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 5JZ.
Clear dark orange color with a average, creamy to frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, heavy hoppy, citrus - orange - plum, citurs juice notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - creamy and sticky, carbonation is soft. [20100120]
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. A hazy red-amber beer with a lazing orangey head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, caramel, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, sugar, caramel, hops, and spices.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask. Hazy amber golden with a creamy yellowish head eaving laces. Sweetish fruity - exotic - nose from the hops. Quite ful-bodied, low carbonation, intense fruitiness and caramel - very sweet - before rather distinct hops and alcohol in the finish. 200110
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at home bbf Oct 2011 drunk Apr 2013... copper ... thin white lacing ... soft sweet pine and resinous orange nose ... juicy fruits ... soft floral hops ... juicy pine and orange .... light bitterness ...chocolate orange .... prob a little passed its best but quite nice... the chocolate orange is just wierd ... but nice
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
1st November 2010
Clear amber beer, very large and frothy off white head. Good malt base, trace of toffee and a pinch of salt. Pine hops and some faded orange. Are all these Hopshackle IPAs really IPAs - this is yet another that comes over as barleywine and not a great one.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask Handpump at the Smithfield Hotel, Manchester 20/01/2010
Slightly spicy aroma. Amber coloured very strong in alcohol and fruity with a bubblegum flavour. A hint of initial bitterness leading to a sweet dry and warming malt finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned at Merton Summer Beer Fest ’10. Amber to gold with white head. American style IPA and yes intensely hoppy, in fact incredibly so. The bitterness is on the tongue stripping side, I felt as though my mouth had been dried out with a hair dryer. Having said that the pleasure is in the flavour delivery from the American hops, playing a tune across the taste buds. They say you need saliva to taste, this proves otherwise.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned gravity dispense Merton Summer BF 2010. A light amber coloured beer with a whitish head and lacing. Good hops throughout. Resinous fruity full tasty and moreish. Neither citrus nor piney just fruity hoppy. Another good beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gravicask (Cambridge Winter Ale Festival 2010)
Peachy fruity hoppy aromas. Dull orange, small head. Taste echos the the the (thanks for the correction, Anna) aroma. Lots of peachy bitterness, full, succulent, and just a little sweet.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (gravity dispense). Beer #13 at Cambridge Winter Beer Festival on 21 January 2011. Orangey colour. Good condition. Very pungent hop aroma. Touch of sweetness. Quite bitter. Orange peel character on the palate. Slightly oily mouthfeel. Maybe just a touch sticky but still very enjoyable.
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