3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20Bottle at Franz Joseph. Pours a dark brown with an off-white head. Sweet with a malty dryness. Lots of malt aromas and aromas of toasted malts. No sour edge (as you told me Jim.) Medium bodied. Medium to soft carbonation. Dry finish. This must be a brown ale, for sure.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle shared. Pours cloudy brown with a beige head. Aroma of malt with a little dark fruit and resin. Flavour is light sweet and bitter. Thin to medium bodied with very little carbonation.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
33cl bottle shared.
Thin creamy off white head. Clear deep amber pour. Nice brew.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark ruby red in colour with thin off white head. Oaky/woody aroma with a hint of resin. MIld bitterness and slight sourness.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. Pours a dark brown with very small light tan coloured head. Nutty aroma with some sweet caramel and a hint of earthiness. Nothing complex nor sour here. Flavours are a little think. Light roasted grain bitterness and light sweetness. Thin mouthfeel. Pretty ordinary I am afraid.
1.5 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
330 ml bottle pours cloudy dark brown. With little head. Faint aroma of alcohol and smokey malt. Taste is full bodied but not full in flavour. Smokiness comes through.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Russet to tawny port in colour with a greenish tinged mocha head. Aromas of tree bark, chocolate, astringent chlorophyll, brandied Christmas cake, allspice and ginger. Not nearly as thick I was expecting given the array of aromas, but for all that it is dark, complex and tangy. There’s Christmas cake, crystallised fruit, spices and a dash of tartness from the Kauri. Then it becomes at once mellow and challenging. The finish lingers and pulls your taste buds up around itself like a blanket: it almost feels as if they are moving around your tongue. There is dried currants and gooseberry on the finish, even some prune.
Tasty, oh so tasty. A future classic.
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