Showing posts with label gift. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gift. Show all posts

Friday, 29 August 2025

Founders KBS Cinnamon Vanilla Cocoa (2021)

  • Name: Founders KBS Cinnamon Vanilla Cocoa (2021), 12%, United States
  • Bought: Gift from wife, 355 ml
  • Score: 4.00
  • Info: 29/8-2025, BB: ??/??-????

Friday, 8 August 2025

Bierschmiede Amboss

  • Name: Bierschmiede Amboss, 9.6%, Austria
  • Bought: Gift from wife, 330 ml
  • Score: 3.75
  • Info: 8/8-2025, BB: 31/12-2026

Thursday, 31 July 2025

Brauton & Trumer French Saison

  • Name: Brauton & Trumer French Saison, 5.5%, Austria
  • Bought: Gift from wife, 440 ml can
  • Score: 3.25
  • Info: 31/7-2025, BB: 3/12-2025

Saturday, 19 July 2025

Hofstetten / Browar Stu Mostów Friends NEIPA

  • Name: Hofstetten / Browar Stu Mostów Friends NEIPA, 6.5%, Austria 
  • Bought: Gift from wife, 330 ml
  • Score: 3.50
  • Info: 19/7-2025, BB: 18/3-2026

Friday, 18 July 2025

Next Level Yankee Gold - West Cost Pils

  • Name: Next Level Yankee Gold - West Cost Pils, 5.2%, Austria 
  • Bought: Gift from wife, 330 ml can
  • Score: 3.25
  • Info: 18/7-2025, BB: 28/2-2026

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

De Molen Sorachi & Sriracha

  • Name: De Molen Sorachi & Sriracha, 8%, Netherlands
  • Bought: Gift from wife, 330 ml
  • Score: 3.50
  • Info: 15/7-2025, BB: 27/9-2025

Friday, 14 March 2025

En Stoemelings FOSDEM 2025

  • Name: En Stoemelings FOSDEM 2025, 6.5%, Belgium
  • Appearance: Light brown, hazy to murky. Big, white head.
  • Aroma: Medium fruits, light caramel.
  • Taste: Some medium fruits, light caramel. Some yeast, light bitterness.
  • Bought: Gift from JC - thanks!, 330 ml
  • Score: 3.2 (Aroma 6/10, Appearance 3/5, Taste 7/10, Palate 3/5, Overall 13/20)
  • Info: 14/3-2025, BB: ??/??-????

Sunday, 22 December 2024

Persephone Coast Light

  • Name: Persephone Coast Light, 3.2%, Canada
  • Appearance: Very pale yellow, clear. Small, fizzy white head.
  • Aroma: Very pale malt, cereal.
  • Taste: Cereal, palest malt. Faint hops. Watery.
  • Bought: Gift from JC - thanks!, 473 ml can
  • Score: 2.7 (Aroma 5/10, Appearance 3/5, Taste 5/10, Palate 3/5, Overall 11/20)
  • Info: 22/12-2024, BB: ??/??-????

Saturday, 5 October 2024

Townsite Century Grove - Coffee Porter

New brewery:
  • Name: Townsite Century Grove - Coffee Porter, 5.6%, Canada
  • Appearance: Brewed 11/10-2023. Dark brown, seems clear. Decent, dark tan head.
  • Aroma: Dark malt, roasted. Coffee.
  • Taste: Dark malt, good amount of coffee. Roasted. Some dark chocolate. Good.
  • Bought: Gift from JC - thanks!, 473 ml can
  • Score: 3.4 (Aroma 7/10, Appearance 3/5, Taste 7/10, Palate 3/5, Overall 14/20)
  • Info: 5/10-2024, BB: ??/??-????

Thursday, 8 April 2021

Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA

  • Name: Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (Keg and Bottle), 5.3%, England
  • Appearance: Dark orange golden, crystal clear. Good amount of creamy, off-white head.
  • Aroma: Malt, bread, light fruits.
  • Taste: Light fruits, medium malt, good hops. Biscuits, perfume. Lingering bitterness.
  • Bought: Gift from wife, 500 ml
  • Score: 3.1 (Aroma 6/10, Appearance 3/5, Taste 6/10, Palate 3/5, Overall 13/20)
  • Info: 8/4-2021, BB: 31/8-2021

Saturday, 7 September 2019

Solibra Chill by Bock Citron

Radler / Shandy #15:
  • Name: Solibra Chill by Bock Citron, 2%, Ivory Coast
  • Appearance: Yellow golden, clear. Some fizzy white head.
  • Aroma: Lemonade, lemon. Slight honey.
  • Taste: Lemonade, slight beer flavour. Quite sweet, but not bad.
  • Bought: Courtesy of caribou43 - thanks!, 500 ml
  • Score: 2.7 (Aroma 5/10, Appearance 3/5, Taste 5/10, Palate 3/5, Overall 11/20)
  • Info: 7/9-2019, BB: 1/10-2019

Friday, 6 September 2019

Ivoire

New brewery:
  • Name: Ivoire, 4.8%, Ivory Coast
  • Appearance: Medium golden, clear. Fizzy. Some fizzy head.
  • Aroma: Cereals, grains, cheap pale malt.
  • Taste: Vegetables, slight sweetness, cereals, grains. Faint pale malt.
  • Bought: Courtesy of caribou43 - thanks!, 330 ml
  • Score: 2.1 (Aroma 4/10, Appearance 2/5, Taste 5/10, Palate 2/5, Overall 8/20)
  • Info: 6/9-2019, BB: 30/9-2019

Friday, 23 August 2019

New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red

Top-2 Flavored - Fruit, new brewery:
  • Name: New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red, 4%, United States
  • Appearance: Dark red, clear. Some light pink head.
  • Aroma: Strong cherry, red fruits. Sweet.
  • Taste: Wow, so much red fruits and cherries. Sweet, but still slight tartness. Very nice.
  • Bought: Gift from CC - big thanks!, 355 ml
  • Score: 3.8 (Aroma 7/10, Appearance 4/5, Taste 8/10, Palate 4/5, Overall 15/20)
  • Info: 23/8-2019, BB: ??/??-????

Wednesday, 14 August 2019

Untitled Art / Cerebral Chocolate Macaroon Imperial Stout

  • Name: Untitled Art / Cerebral Chocolate Macaroon Imperial Stout, 12%, United States
  • Appearance: Very dark brown, near black. Some dark tan head.
  • Aroma: Cake, macaroon, dark malt, chocolate.
  • Taste: Macaroon, sweetness, cake, dark malt. Very sweet. Hides alcohol very well.
  • Bought: Gift from CC - thanks!, 355 ml can
  • Score: 3.8 (Aroma 8/10, Appearance 4/5, Taste 7/10, Palate 4/5, Overall 15/20)
  • Info: 14/8-2019

Friday, 17 May 2019

Beaufort Lager (Côte d’Ivoire)

Ivory Coast #2:
  • Name: Beaufort Lager (Côte d’Ivoire), 5%, Ivory Coast
  • Appearance: Pale golden, clear. Some off-white head.
  • Aroma: Pale malt, grains. Standard.
  • Taste: Pale malt, slight grains, light fruits.
  • Bought: Courtesy of caribou43 - thanks!, 330 ml
  • Score: 1.9 (Aroma 4/10, Appearance 2/5, Taste 4/10, Palate 2/5, Overall 7/20)
  • Info: 17/5-2019, BB: 10/10-2019

Friday, 22 March 2019

Walia

New brewery, Ethiopia #3:
  • Name: Walia, 5%, Ethiopia
  • Appearance: Very clear golden, bubbles. Some fizzy white head.
  • Aroma: Pale malts, honey sweetness, some grains.
  • Taste: Medium malt, very sweet, nectar. Slight grains.
  • Bought: Gift from Mrs (bought in Fribourg restaurant), 330 ml, CHF ?.??
  • Score: 2.1 (Aroma 4/10, Appearance 2/5, Taste 4/10, Palate 2/5, Overall 9/20)
  • Info: 22/3-2019, BB: 25/6-2019

Saturday, 23 February 2019

Omnipollo Amurga

  • Name: Omnipollo Amurga, 11%, Sweden
  • Appearance: Very dark brown, near black. Some nice, dark tan head.
  • Aroma: Dark malt, vanilla, roasted.
  • Taste: Dark malt, roasted, vanilla. Slight chocolate and coffee. Some sweetness in there. A lot going on.
  • Bought: Siblings Christmas gift - thanks!, 330 ml
  • Score: 3.8 (Aroma 8/10, Appearance 4/5, Taste 7/10, Palate 4/5, Overall 15/20)
  • Info: 23/2-2019, BB: 15/12-2022

Friday, 15 February 2019

Argo Dark

Georgia #3, new brewery:
  • Name: Argo Dark, 4.8%, Georgia
  • Appearance: Dark brown, clear. Nice, creamy tan head.
  • Aroma: Dark malt, some leather, toasted.
  • Taste: Dark malt, sweetness, toasted. Decent.
  • Bought: Gift from Iva P - thanks!, 500 ml
  • Score: 3.0 (Aroma 6/10, Appearance 3/5, Taste 6/10, Palate 3/5, Overall 12/20)
  • Info: 15/2-2019, BB: 24/3-2019

Friday, 1 February 2019

Black Lion Black

Georgia #2, new brewery:
  • Name: Black Lion Black, 5.0%, Georgia
  • Appearance: Flip-top bottle. Very dark brown, near black. Small, dark tan head.
  • Aroma: Dark malt, coffee, roasted.
  • Taste: Dark malt, heavily toasted. Burnt, and not in a nice way. Maybe slightly off.
  • Bought: Gift from Iva P - thanks!, 500 ml
  • Score: 2.6 (Aroma 5/10, Appearance 3/5, Taste 5/10, Palate 3/5, Overall 10/20)
  • Info: 1/2-2019, BB: 26/2-2019

Saturday, 5 January 2019

Dark Horse Reserve Special Black Ale

New brewery:
  • Name: Dark Horse Reserve Special Black Ale, 7.5%, United States
  • Appearance: Very dark brown, near black. Small, dark tan head.
  • Aroma: Dark malt, slight tar, roasted.
  • Taste: Dark malt, heavily roasted. Burnt. Slight coffee. Lacking depth.
  • Bought: Siblings Christmas gift - thanks!, 355 ml
  • Score: 3.6 (Aroma 7/10, Appearance 3/5, Taste 8/10, Palate 3/5, Overall 15/20)
  • Info: 5/1-2019, BB: ??/??-????