3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark red color with a really big beige head. Unusual malt aroma. Flavor starts sweet, then has a grainy rye bread flavor and some bitterness. Really different.
1.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 5/20
Bottled, pasteurised. Dark red beer with slight head. Thick caramel base with a boiled sweet back flavour. Sludgy finish, quite powdery.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a dark mahogany with a lighly tanned cream head. Lace is there. Floral hop aromas, some candy, perhaps toffee or caramel, and a sweet fruit I'm not placing right now. Quite a myriad of flavors. Abundant malts, slightly sweet, and a liquor flavor almost. One has to wonder of if this was barrel aged as there are some hints of oak coming out. A very nice malty body, a touch of bitterness on the palate, and a finish of hops and alcohol. This is a damn fine Bitter.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Nice brown colored beer with highlights of deep ruby red. Small head. Caramel aroma matches the malty sweet flavors. Very little hop assertion. Moves off with a nice dry finish. Not your usual ESB, but a nice brew nevertheless.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep ruby brown color with sticky tan head and lacing, very full. The aroma is very floral with a nice caramel malt nose and a touch of lightly bitter hops. The malts are a little dry but explosive with aromas; earthy and caramelized, roast/smoke, calamata olives, figs, muskat grapes and oak, almost seems barrel aged with a hint of bourbon and vanilla. The flavor is super tasty, lots of semi-sweet malts and a light balanced english noble hop presence. I really can't stress how firm and solid the malt foundation in this beer is, very rich and chewy. The alcohol is pretty detectable for 6% though. Expeced tail and mouthfeel for these flavors. Delicious! Why did I save this one for this late in the ratings?
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark copper. Really malty, smells like medicine. Not very bitter, interesting flavor.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours out a very nice redish amber.Head was retained well and lace was complementing.The aroma was very strange.At first like an old foot.Then like a nice malty fruity good smell and then some more stank foot?The taste left the foot in the aroma.Smooth not very bitter ,yet a unique and enjoyable ale.6% alcohol listed on bottle.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Dark amber, transluscent pour. Nice and interesting flavor, with green apples and some thick malts that I find extremely appealing. A little bitterness in the finish. Not much to say, just a well-rounded and damn good beer!
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