3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
500ml bottle, Rehills, Ncl. Lemongrass very obvious in the aroma, but some fiery ginger on the back of the throat. Late, late sweetness gives a fine balance to the initial bitter tang andthen a pepperiness comes into the nose midway. Really nice looking dusty pale yellow beer with a very clean white head.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Rehills in Jesmond. A hazy straw coloured beer with lemongrass and tropical fruit flavours and a bitter and ’perfume’ hoppy finish.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle conditioned, 500ml. Lightly gauzed, brilliant straw with a high, uneven foam not going anywhere. Incredible aroma mingling star anise, sticky Chinese sauces, pine, mouldy satsuma, damp rabbit (have a sniff), Feta and tamarind. Softer and more nuanced than your usual Mallinson’s single hop effort with a delicately pungent, aniseed-sprinkled, piney, Ribena....something that’s difficult to describe, or stop drinking. I’ve given up trying to describe the aromatic properties of Sorachi Ace via the medium of words, but it’s becoming a top three hop of mine and one that seems to work particularly well in the single hop context. Flecks of creamy malt for dessert. Utterly seductive.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Gravity at Birmingham Beer Festival 2011. Coconut aroma. Taste is coconut, herb and perhaps some aniseed. Sharp, spiky finish. Long, tight flavor. Lingering dryness. Very good.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
30th September 2011
On tap at Craft Beer. Now That’s What I Call Hops 22: Sorachi Ace. Clear gold beer, little white head. Light semi dry palate. Light lemon cream getting a little lost in a fair amount of citrus bitterness. Some juicy fruits before a pretty bitter finish and a long bitter linger. Ok but found this a bit harsh, especially for a Sorachi hopped beer.
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