3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Nearly no head. Pours a cloudy amber color with a white ring of foam on top. Aroma is spicy with hops. Not overpowering and difficult to determine which spices. Taste has a nice smooth spice and hops combination with a fruity aftertaste.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pour is a very hazy brown with a average white head. Aroma is nice. Lots of stong spice with a nice dose of hops. Flavor is also pretty decent. Very tart and citrus with some nutmeg and clove. A super spice ale and one to look for.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Large off-white head of medium sized bubbles. Frothy on top. Very good carbonation. Nice oaky and slightly tart aroma with some malts, toffee and a hint of spices. Color is a dark amber. Flavor is nonexistant. Watery and weak. Dry palate with no real body. Minimal malts and spices. Very dissapointing for an english strong ale. Little alcohol warming. Dry and tart finish. Started off pretty good but finished weak!
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a copperish golden with a small off white head. The aorma has notes of clove, rum, dark fruit, caramel and toasted malts. The flavor has tastes of rum, raisins, dark fruit, and spices.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tasted 24/08/2006. 500ml bottle conditioned ale from Rumble’s, Wellington.
Pours a lovely copper gold with a just off-white head that slowly fades to a lovly lace. Plum, red wine, rum, caramel and toastiness in the surprisingly mild the nose. Smooth in the mouth: perfect soft carbonation, medium body, autumn fruit, warming alcohol notes, slightly vinous through the middle and a lovely woody herbal finish that is both bitter and mildly astringent. Some medicinal character shows through as it warms. Oily fruitiness lingers. Magic stuff - another cracking English ale from Rumble’s. I’d like a touch more hops to balance - but that’s just getting picky.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Interesting brew... Pours deep caramel into the glass, with a definite bouquet of allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger (that didn’t come from the commercial description, folks.... it’s honest to goodness first-read). It has a weak-ish head, with awesome spiderlace. The flavors are of multiple spices (see aromas) and a slightly citrus-peppered hop finish.... medium-lingering. A watered-oily mouthfeel makes for a complex beer. Not that it’s my fave, but I really appreciate all of the complexities at work here. Definitely feels like a cold-weather offering, but went very well here in summer! It’s a very nice brew!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Super Saver. This one poured ruby coppery with medium off-white head. Aromas of caramel malts, hops, red fruits, and spices. The palate was complex, giving flavors of fruit, hops, tart citrus, and some spices. It stayed fruity and hoppy throughout, with more apparent spice obvertones as it warmed. I found this one to be outstanding, and I’ll be picking up more next week.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a reddish brown. Sweet caramel/roasty aroma. Roast malt/chocolate flavor with a touch of fruit and great hops.
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