3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tasted 12/01/2007. 500ml bottle conditioned ale from Rumble’s, Wellington. Pours a pale gold with a large, airy white head. Slightly hazy, some protein, but the yeast is pretty well packed down. Lolly-like malt, a touch of caramel, old oranges, floral yeast notes, and noble-like resins on the nose. Dry in the mouth, a touch of barley sugar, but pretty well attenuated. Big hop flavour, almost a sour acidity in it’s bitterness. More noble notes - herbal, lemony, spicy. Medium weight, medium-light carbonation. Alcohol warmth in the early aftertaste. Then that big hop bitterness lingers superbly, especially at the sides of the tongue. Very interesting. I like it more as I think about it. Nice to have a big bitter beer that is not all about fruity hops.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
La prima della serie di “birre da conversazione” che hanno chiuso la serata, questa ROB è stata anche la migliore: una ale corposa, con una discreta complessità di albicocca e un buon tenore di amaro carezzevole provveduto dai luppoli inglesi. Una bevanda piuttosto raffinata, ma da consumare a secchiellate.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Tbone, thanks! Blonde. grassy citrusaroma. Citrus flavor, grapefruit, even some tartness. grassy hops. muscat grapes in the finish. Delicious!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAY 15, 2010 Medium gold hue with a particulate haze under a short white froth. Zesty hop nose powered by oranges and white grapes; peachy esters; toasty malts. Light sweetness, bright acidity and punchy bitterness. Medium-light body, bustling carbonation, slick texture.
Crisp and quaffable with a nice smack of hops. 50 cl bottle, best before 12.6.2010.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Yellow and quite bitter with a sharp Finnish. Some citrus but a bit too bitter for my taste.Not bad though, and worth trying.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle kindly donated by my neighbour, Rob. Pours with a pale yellow mistiness if you’re not careful, and I’m not. Puts hairs on your chest. Rocky white suds. Leafy hopsack snout. Clean, crisp, slightly Triple karmeliet floral hoppiness with a delicate biscuity aftertaste. Suggestions of rose and orange. Bit of a watery finish. Lacks the lip-smacking hoppy bite of ridgeway Blue ,but a nicely balanced and zesty bottled effort nonetheless.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 500ml.
Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, straw - grass, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, dusty hops, grass - straw. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110415]
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Bronze beer with a toffee and hopped aroma, the flvaour is vinous and deeply toffee and bitter. Overall a nicely toffee and hopped beer.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Bottled, sampled 2010-01-08) Hazy golden with a small head. Fresh nose of citrusy hops, perfume, and some honeyish maltiness. Also flavor dominated by exotic, fresh citrus fruitiness - although some stuffy ashiness lurking around the corner. Slightly barnyardy, too. Light to medium body, quite refreshing, and not watery. Soft carbonation. A quite nice summer drink, if you can get it fresh.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at SBWF 06. Weak citric aroma, not bad. Cloudy orange colour. Nice citrus fruit flavour. Easily drinkable. Probably good for summer.
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