3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a clear gold with a medium white head, sweet malt aroma - hops maybe? Cheap malt sweetness partnered with slightly stale hops, bitter with little character. Good carbonation, crisp body. Drinkable, but nothing special.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
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Grain and pumpernickel aroma with some spicy hops and melanoidins. Almost clear brown under an off-white, thin cover. Dry spicy caramel flavour with notes of strawberry and apricot. Decent balance and with some nutty character. Light to medium body, moderate carbonation, slightly bitter finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Poured a tan/orange color. Decent white head. Some hoppy pine aromas. Pretty good citrus finish on the palate. Not bad...Not great either.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bomber poured a hazy orange amber with a small lingering amber head. Aromas of biscuit, earthiness, orange, ligt grapefruit and light pine. Palate was medium bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of straw, earthiness, grapefruit and pine with a crisp dry lingering bvitter finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
650ml bottle pours a rich amber color with a finger of white head and some thin lacing. Aroma is woody with some caramel. Taste is a moderate earthy and woody hop bitterness with a hint of citrus and a light caramel sweetness. Light to medium body and adequate carbonation. This is an ok IPA, but not quite as good as some.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled sample Clear pale copper in colour with moderate carbonation. Loads of pine resin, caramel, dried leaves and black pepper on the nose. I get a tree bark and pine sap combo upfront in the mouth, faint white grapefruit and more caramel mid sip, before a somewhat harsh wooden hop and plaster finish. Fairly light bodied in spite of the caramel flavours. A pretty brash and woody IPA.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at beer festival. Bitter hops aroma and flavour. Reddish colour. Not my favourite IPA, but a credible one.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Light amber color. Aroma is very straight forward. Caramel malt, citrus and floral hops. Nothing mind blowing here, but still a clean and respectable brew. Flavor is a combo of caramel malt with a fair dose of hops. I enjoyed it and it gets bonus points from me for the name and the bottle design. Well played...eh
1.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Bottle. Pours clear deep red, thin off-white head, very spotty lacing. Nose is woody hops, some real caramel, a bit nettly. Flavours of nettles, very woody, very unpleasantly astringent and tannic. Too little carbonation. This is honestly very disappointing. Bleh.
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