3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 500ml.
Hazy medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine, spruce, resin, orange - mandarin. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120122]
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Mr Lawrence, Wine Merchants, Brockley. Cloudy orange pour with a white head. Tangerine, pineapple and passion fruit aroma. Sharp zesty flavours, grapefruit, tangerine. Fruity, bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
18th December 2011
Cloudy amber - gold beer. Good cream coloured head. Crisp dry palate. Fresh pithy grapefruit - orange. Some minerals and a carbonated sting in the tail. A little Nelson skunk comes through with a whisper of tropical fruits and a trace of lemon. Dry finish. Interesting and tasty if a tad dry.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at the Kernel Brewery. It pours hazy orange, with a big yellow-white head. The nose is juicy citrus fruits - orange, apricot, pineapple and the like. The taste is orange, clementine, white grape, pineapple, sharp citrus bite, earth and pecorino cheese, with a long dry finish. Medium body, moderate carbonation and soft mouth-feel. Soft and very drinkable. The Nelson Sauvin has taken this one over. NS 1-0 Stella.
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