3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. It’s copper brown in the glass with a thin white head. The aroma is nice: fruity with some raisin, grape, black licorice, chocolate. Mouthfeel is a bit chewy, medium in body. In the flavour I taste plenty of malt with bread, more chocolate, subtle hops. Finish is long with more hops. A keeper.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Single bottle from LCBO basket. Pours a very attractive clear brown. Aroma is a very nice; standard malt and English hops. After the nice appearance and aroma, the flavour and palate were a bit of a let-down. A nice-enough taste, if a bit watery. Starts off with some roasty notes, moves into some spice, and a surprisingly bitter finish; maybe the most bitter "bitter" I’ve had. Mouthfeel is just too thin for me.
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
This was all about the nose for me. Aromas of buckwheat honey & tobacco. Loved it.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Originally rated november 2005. Pours a dark amber colour with hardly no head and lacing. Aromas of sweet and roasted malts with some hints of caramel and apples. The taste is a good mix of chocolat malt and bitterness. Smooth and refreshing. A good example of a Extra Special Bitter.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
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Nice aroma of toasty malt, hay, and some mocha. Clear dark red amber under a lacy, white sheet with large bubbles on the sides. Flavour is toasted malt with notes of watermelon, bread crust, and biscuits. Faint spicy melanoidins, peanuts, and moderate bitterness. Good balance and nearly crisp. Light to medium body, moderate to medium carbonation, slightly bitter nuts finish.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From bottle imported by Ontario LCBO. Pours very dark amber and both aroma and taste hint of slight chocolate or coffee. Bitter malts and smooth drinking.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
341ml bottle from the LCBO. Pours dark brown, almost reddish with a thick beige head. Aroma is roasted and malty. Taste is somewhat sweet and fairly bitter with strong notes of malt, nuts and caramel. Pretty damn good.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From a bottle poured a brown color with a fair amount of head. Bitter hoppy flavor with a lingering finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft served in a pint glass at The Old Triangle. Labeled ’Propeller Bitter’ so I’m glad the photo confirms this is it. Pours a deep, semi-cloudy amber color with a resilient khaki head. Goes down in even rings of lace. Aroma shows tons of barley malts, and some grassy hops. Flavor of sweet and toasted malts, grassy hops, grains, straw, and earth. Light-medium bodied, with moderate carbonation and a moderately bitter, toasty mouthfeel. Very nice bitter.
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