This is a brewery I have not gone for till now due to the price but my friend Mez and Greg brought me one for Xmas
Appearance
Hazy pale straw little head
Aroma
Low smell touch of Orange peel and malt
Taste
Touch of spice and orange peel which malt coming through later, the taste is a bit thin. The finish is bitter but soon fades.
Overall
not a fan, like a watered down hoegaarden 6/10
High hopes for this one given old tom
Appearance
Light chestnut with large slightly off white head
Aroma
Rich malt with a touch of vinous fruit
Taste
Bitter hops at first then honey taste without the sweetness, a bit too much carbonation. The finish is slightly bitter and drying and moreish.
Overall
Excellent bitter 8/10
Odd one today
Appearance
Pale straw colour with large white head
Aroma
Floral hops almost like lychee or elderflower
Taste
Very bitter at first with floral nature coming through later and a hint of malt. The finish is very bitter and drying.
overall
kind of works reminds me of little creatures but could be better balanced
7/10
Today's offering courtesy of my friends Pip and Barthoz.
Appearance
Pale straw with lots of carbonation and large white staying head.
Aroma
lot of citrus hops with touch of floral hops backed by grain rather than malt aroma.
Taste
Fills the mouth with malt than citrus hops come quickly to the fore. Great depth of flavour. Touch of pine comes through then warming alcohol than an almost ammonia tang with a sweetness. the finish is creamy malt and floral hops.
Overall
Very nice complex beer although they say serve at 2-4c which I'd say is to cold. 9/10
This one use half a day fresh hops and is brewed in my "home" town.
Appearance
Very light pale slightly cloudy straw colour
Aroma
Fresh cut grass with touch of pepper and bitterness at the end.
Taste
Starts bitter which fades and a lovely creamy malt comes to the fore. Then the hops are back drying and bitter that leaves the finish which is refreshing.
Overall
Although seasonal only in September would be a great beer for the summer. let's see if I can keep some for then
7.5/10
Today's offering with the windy rainy weather should be a good one.
Appearance
Dark black seems to suck in light, like the one of the spacecraft in hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, with small tan head.
Aroma
Slightly burnt malt rich vinous fruits with spice and a woody earthness.
Taste
Like a taste time bomb nothing happens then bam, touch of coffee in the malt intense hops warming alcohol and a finish that lasts for an ages bitter hops Smokey malt.
overall
lovely beer to sip a beer to saviour
9/10
Today's offering is my friend's Jacek home brew
Appearance
cloudy bronze with small white head
Aroma
Yeasty at first with a touch of honey sweetness and a hint of hops
Taste
Bitter hops dominant with not much malt flavour limited finish but hop dominated.
Appearance
Ruby chestnut with small tan head
Aroma
Oat and chocolate roasted grains with a bit of pepper and malt
Taste
Rich round malt with a touch of burnt grains spices and blood orange (as the book said but I did not believe). The finish is dry and taste like monkey nuts.
Overall
Great winter beer warming and usual hunt it out.
9/10
Today's offering is a Dutch pils.
Appearance
Light pale gold with small head
Aroma
Dominated by malt with a touch of cut grass
Taste
At first it has citrus and herbal taste and the very bitter hops take over with hints of tart fruit coming stronger as time goes on. The finish is drying and bitter and a touch musty with a hint of citrus.
Overall
Being in the Netherlands albeit the randstad this beer is not so available but it is a refreshing pils. Worth a try rather than the ubiquitous Dutch plus.
A widely available Belgium beer
Appearance
Looks like an English bitter dark chestnut with large off white head.
Aroma
Hoppy with dark sugar and malt coming to the fore at to the end.
Taste
Rich malt and cane sugar without the sweetness as the hops come in very strong. The finish is drying and bitter hops with just enough sweetness to make you sip more.
Overall
Not over complex but does what it does well 7.5/10
Today I will do another Beer review something I have been neglecting.
Appearance
Dark brown with large tan head
Aroma
Chocolate and raspberry are the dominant smells with a hint of dark malt
Taste
Very tart raspberry dominant the flavours just a touch of malt. The finish is long and strong with the raspberry slowly fading with bitterness remaining.
Overall
To one dimensional for me to like
6/10
Appearance
Dark chestnut with large tan head
Aroma
Very hoppy with a floral nature with chocolate in the background and hint of garabaldi biscuits
Taste
Sweet malt with chocolate at first which is swamped by hops and a rich maltiness. The finish is increasingly bitter with a touch of burn from the booze.
Overall
Really like this beer big flavours but with enough complexity to enjoy 8/10
A smoked porter form Brewdog and Victory brewing company, not a brewery I know.
Appearance
Dark black, light barely passes shows a cloudy dark red brown.
Aroma
Smoked chocolate is the aroma with a hint of black treacle
Taste
Rich sweet malt at first then the smoke comes in but is not overpowering. The finish is bitter (in comparison) and Smokey with a lovely warmth of the amount of alcohol.
Overall
Lovely subtle imperial porter, does what it claims. 8/10
Today's offering is courtesy of my friends Kees and Marije.
Apperance
Very cloudy light brown with small lasting white head.
Aroma
Very hoppy at first and then caramel / toffee comes through.
Taste
Hoppy floral notes with biscuit malt to balance with a touch of nettles and elderflower. The finish is slight bitter and caramel.
Overall
Note really a trippel in taste but a lovely easy drinking beer.
Appearance
Black with white face disappearing head.
Aroma
Spicy malt hot cross bun like, think Dortmunder
Taste
Spicy yeasty hot cross buns with dark sweetness like a dubbel. The finish is sweet and spicy
Overall
Lovelly Dortmunder style beer very quaffable
8/10
An American Stout tonite
Appearance
Dark chestnut with tan non lasting head.
Aroma
Hint of dark chocolate with earthquakes
Appearance
Earthyness of malt oat with a hint of chocolate the aftertaste is bitter earthy hops
Overall
Not a good one, nothing special nice enough but no stand out 6.5/10
Appearance
Dark blackish brown with small tan head
Aroma
Dark Vineous fruits black treacle and molasses mixed with a sharpness of alcohol
Taste
Enveloping rich malt with dark treacle which fades as more bitter coco powder and coffee grounds come over. The finish is warming as the bitterness fades the rich molasses malt comes back to the for.
Overall
good Russian Imperial Stout full bodied and enveloping
8/10
Appearance
not so nice no head light cloudy brown, think puddle water. ....
Aroma
Gingerbread dough with a touch of biscuit malt.
Taste
Spicy malt with thoughts of speculoos in my mind fades to finish but a touch of bitter hops. Slightly disappointing.
6/10
A Canadian white beer is tonite offering
Appearance
Cloudy light straw with large white head
Aroma
Slight smell of over ripe bananas with touch of orange acidity
Taste
Creamy malt that has the bananas taste and slightly coriander taste which fades to tangy citrus finish with a touch of bitterness of hops
Overall
Nice enough but I like the non spiced wheat beers. Comparing like for like I slightly prefer hoegaarden.
7.5/10
Appearance
Dark ruby red with little head
Aroma
Spicy dough think hot cross buns
Taste
Rich malt and vinous fruits with slight spiciness. The finish is bread like dough with a hint of bitter hops and malt loaf.
Overall
Very quaffable beer the close to a Germany Dortmunder style could drink a few of these.
7.5/10
Today offering is danish and has a whole long list of ingredients: almond milk, cocoa, chili, black beans and avocado leaves.
Appearance
Black with a dark tan head
Aroma
Coco powder and chili hit the nose first with a touch of malt.
Taste
Starts with a hit of coco powder bitter and dark, the a more floral taste is hinted at but is replace by first chili. The finish is bitter drying with the chili heat in the background.
Overall
Despite what I thought would be to much ingredients. this is a nice beer. That said others have done more with less. 8/10
This was a lively bottle.
Appearance
Straw gold with slight of white head.
Aroma
Light smell only touch of malt and hint of hops
Taste
Biscuit like malt underpinned by peppery hops. The finish is drying and bitter just keeping some malt in the back ground.
Overall
underwhelming not special in my eyes like a poor Dortmunder
6/10
An all organic German beer is the 1st beer today.
Appearance
Pale gold with white creamy head
Aroma
spicy dough with hint of sourness thing sour dough hot cross buns.
Taste
The initial flavour is spiced dough and then a large amount of carbonation appears followed by sour acidity. The finish is all sour dough and is not strong or long.
Overall
Disappointed with this not worth trying.
4/10
Appearance
Mid chestnut with tan head
Aroma
spicy figs like Christmas with rich malt and Vineous fruits.
Taste
Sweet very sweet at first with molasses and figs being the predominant flavour. The finish is spicy with that fig sweetness and warming alcohol.
Overall
Would be great at Christmas I like this beer. 8.5/10
Another American tonite
Appearance
old gold think wolves shirt with slightly off white lasting head.
Aroma
Malty like bread dough and grain at the end.
Taste
Biscuit malt dominates the initial taste then some bitterness comes in from the hops and some tangyness. The finish is surprisingly bitter and Moorish.
Overall
A style I like and as good as the Germany's maybe not as good as my favorite Dortmund but close.
8/10
Appearance
Dark chestnut with tan head
Aroma
Coco powder and vineous fruit.
Taste
coco powder and may be sultanas but not much else
Overall
Strangely disappointed very one dimensional.
6/10
Another American Amber
Appearance
Dark chestnut with a touch of ruby and small tan head.
Aroma
Rich meatloaf with a definite hint of currents
Taste
rich malt loaf which fades as bitter hops come in. The finish is bitter hops with a touch of burnt sugar and malt.
Overall
More bitter finish than the alaskan and slightly better for it 7.5/10
Another American
Appearance
Very Dark ruby red with off white tan head
Aroma
Dark Vineous fruits, bitter dark chocolate with a hint of coffee grounds and a touch of sweetness
Taste
Dark bitter chocolate with burnt sugar which is just tempered by malt. The malt fades leaving a burnt bitterness.
Overall
It is a beer to put hair on your chest would be nice latter in the year
8/10
Today offering is an america beer
Appearance
Ruby chestnut with large slightly off white head
Aroma
Rich biscuit malt with a hint of hops but still sweet
Taste
Rich malt and dark sugar like a lighter belgium dubbel. The finish gets more bitter with the malt fading to a nice hippy bitterness. Quite Moorish
Overall
A nice beer but not overly special.
7/10
Slight substitution as could not find regular IPA in the Netherlands
Appearance
Surprisingly black with large tan head
Aroma
Big hit of floral hops with a touch of malt.
Taste
Bitter hops with dark bitter chocolate malt. The finish is all bitter hops and long.
Overall
A modern IPA nice enough but not special.
7/10
This is a present from my friends Kees and Marije's holiday in Austria.
Appearance
Cloudy gold orange with large white head
Aroma
Very malty smell, reminds me of visiting single malt distillery which malt there own grain. A maybe a touch of earth hops.
Taste
Malt almost like an alcohol free beer that his creamy then the hops come in with earthy and light pepper and floral tones a touch of heat from the alcohol. The finish is bitter but dominated by malt. The finish is not strong and not that long.
Overall
Quite unexpected very different beer than I had before very like a wheat beer but some how different, no bananas but floral and earthy tastes.
7/10
Appearance
light slightly hazy gold with large white head
Aroma
peppery hops with a touch of malt
Taste
Biscuit malt with a touch of peppery hops which fades to more like creamy malt. The finish is slightly bitter but soon fades.
A new, to me at least, Bridgnorth brewery
Apperance
Surprisingly Amber with white head creamy
Aroma
Malt with a touch of hops
Taste
Creamy malt balanced by enough hops to balance but not to overpower and just the right sweetness for an amber. Finish gets more bitter but still wall balanced and morish 7/10
Today's beer has no hops
Appearance
Ruby chestnut with lasting white head
Aroma
Rich malt and spicy raisins and earthy nuts
Taste
Blood oranges malt with a harsh bitterness for balance. The finish is long with fennel nutty malt and a hint of monkey nuts
Overall
Who needs hops anyway a bit unsubtle but very quaffable.
8/10
Appearance
Hazy old gold with bid white head
Aroma
Slightly herby with spicy hops touch of malt and dried fruit
Taste
Rich malt with a touch of fruit, like a fruit cake. The malt is very creamy and just when you think it might be to much the bitter spicy hops kick in to balance it, The finish is long warm ripe fruit that creamy malt and spicy hops.
Overall
Another fine beer if you like your tripels this is one of the best.
9/10
Appearance
Dark ruby chestnut, slightly cloudy with large khaki head.
Aroma
Vineous fruits with underpinnings of bread like malt touch of pepper and chocolate.
Taste
Rich malt with candy sugar hint of burnt grains finally a touch of liquorice. The finish is warming slightly nutty and a bit of peppery hops.
Overall
lovely beer should try a blind tasting with westvleteren maybe not so complex in the taste but a fine beer
8.5/10
Time to suffer for my art, as I hate coffee
Apperance
As black as night small amount of brown head
Aroma
Black treacle, dark chocolate and hint of coffee grounds
Taste
The dark treacle comes first then dark vine fruits and malt no coffee until the finish which is warmth from the alcohol and then the coffee comes in but a stewed coffee taste not good in my opinion.
Overall
I still hate coffee so I did not score this one
A limited edition that is made every year.....
Appearance
Pale hazy gold large white lasting head
Aroma
Citrus hops underpinned by subtle malt
Taste
Citrus hops at first the light biscuit malt comes in to balance. The finish is bitter citrus hops which becomes more peppery along with a pleasant warm due to the abv.
Overall
A nice but different duval, taste like an America IPA but with more alcohol. 8/10
Today offering is a limbic, not a style I have drunk in a while.
Appearance
Golden brown with small white head that stay longer than I was expecting.
Aroma
Wet hay, scrumpy cider and carrots and cane sugar
Taste
Starts very acidic which fades as the sweetness come in to leave very tart apples. Finish is apples which slowly get sweeter. very refreshing
Overall
More like a cider than beer but a nice change from the norm. 7/10
An American beer today
Appearance
Clear old gold lasting white head
Aroma
Hops, Hops and floral Hops
Taste
Still hops floral but smooth and surprisingly sweet was expecting much bitter taste pleasant carbonation. Finish is quiet subtle slowly building bitterness.
Overall
Pleasent quaffable nice carbonation but bit simple taste 6/10
Today is not in the book as it is a new beer from this brewery
Appearance
Slightly hazy harvest yellow with white lasting head
Aroma
Malt floral hop and honey
Taste
Strong carbonation with rich malt and floral sweetness which fade as very bitter hops come in. The finish is dry and very bitter but soon fades as the malt comes back.
Overall
Not so impressed over carbonated and no subtle 5/10
Appearance
Touch of haze in a golden bronze beer with slight off white small but persistent head
Aroma
Malt with a touch of orange and hint of hops
Taste
Firstly Malt then an orange floral taste come to the fore which fade to slight bitter hops. The is a balance of the hops and orange eventually leaving bitter semi drying hops making it Moorish.
Overall
Nice bitter but not stand out 7/10
keeping up the numerical theme is today's offering
Appearance
Dark hazy ruby chestnut with large off white lasting head
Aroma
Burnt grain with raisins and a touch of Terry 's dark chocolate orange
Taste
Bitter chocolate and burnt malt slowly building bitter hops.The finish is very long bitter at first with slight heat of alcohol and peppery hops come in all underpinned by dark chocolate.
Overall
Maybe more for Autumn but a fine beer which has big flavour and complexity. 8.5/10
Appearance
Auburn with lasting off white head
Aroma
Marzipan with hops and a faint hint of butterscotch
Taste
Chewy malt at first with butterscotch and just as think it may get to sweet the hops come in to balance with a touch of peppercorns. The finish is surprisingly dry with light toasted grain the bitter hint of pepper hops and a bit of tangy citrus.
Overall
This is beer is a really good pint well balanced and subtle.
8.5/10
Today's offering is a French trappings beer brewed with the help of chimay
Appearance
Cloudy orangy chestnut with large off white head
Aroma
Orange like citrus with a good helping of peppery hops.
Taste
Malt starts but is reigned in first by orange acidity and building earthy hops. The finish is long with peppery hops and earthy hops with grain likemalt and still the citrus.
Overall
I think this beer will age well, a good beer but just missing the complexity of other trappists.
8/10
Apperance
Chestnut with a lot of orange white small but lasting head.
Aroma
Biscuit malt touch of earthy hops
Taste
Slighty sweet malt balanced by earth hops. The finish is slightly bitter and moreish.
Overall
As it aims to be a great traditional English ale. A proper pint.
8/10
Apperance
Dark brown or black with fast disappearing light brown cream head
Aroma
Peat smoke and treacle with a touch of sultarnas
Taste
Dark roasted grain with a bitterness tempered with a touch of vinous fruits and a slight metallic taste, think stilton and a touch of lambic wet hay. The finish is sneaky the taste fade and you think no finish and then it grows with Smokey bitterness.
Overall
Think I over chilled this one, and not the weather for this beer but this is a nice stout.
8/10
Apperance
Golden almost like a lager good white head
Aroma
Biscuit malt with a touch of nettles and honey like sweetness
Taste
Light taste touch of malt and bitterness from hops. The finish is bitter but not much really
Overall
Very disappointed with this just lacks taste
4/10
Apperance
Pale gold with white head
Aroma
Elderflower and lychee with a good backing of grain and malt.
Taste
Peppery hops soon give way to bitter hops and tea finally some fruitless comes in to the background. The finish is mouth dryingly bitter with a strong tea flavour but strangely moreish.
Overall
Not what I was expecting but very moreish
8/10
Apperance
Light slighty cloudy gold with fastfood disappearing head.
Aroma
Biscuit malt and touch of elderflower
Taste
Start bitter then a honey like sweatness comes across to balance. The finish is honey sweetness with a nice balance of bitterness.
Overall
Lovely pint smooth
7/10
