3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 minutemat (2787) - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, ENGLAND - OCT 9, 2015
330ml bottle from Beer Merchants. Pours hazy reddish brown with decent off-white head. Aroma is bizarre, oily, herbal, perfumed, unclear. Taste is pretty interesting, aloi vera, pine, pear drops, organic gluten free hand-wash, I guess thats the sandalwood providing all of this. Interesting and complex with some interesting evolving layers as you journey through. Definitely loving Chorltons approach to their beers so far.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 leaparsons (8984) - Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND - SEP 25, 2015
Bottle. Golden brown with an off white foam. Toffee with strong sandalwood and pine. Peppery with woody yeast. Detergent soapiness with grapefruit pith bitterness. Good.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 RichTheVillan (4883) - West Midlands, ENGLAND - AUG 22, 2015
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; hazy copper pour with a creamy beige head, aroma is very floral with almost a parmar violet like character, taste has light caramel loads of floral action almost like perfume, varnish and pledge, a strange but not an unlikeable brew.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 shoulderbroken (2963) - Tokyo, JAPAN - AUG 16, 2015
Bottle from Mother Kellys. Aroma is very floral, sweet, perfume like. Sandalwood I guess. Taste has quite a bit of sweet fruitiness, liquorice at the finish, wood, perfume again. Quite different. Guess the barrrel is a bit overpowering. Not sure about it, but I think I like it. Cant stop thinking about aromatherapy oils.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20 Stuu666 (7343) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - AUG 11, 2015
Bottle at ashs. Pours hazy orange, nose is sandalwood, soapy, taste is dry, woody, harsh, varnish
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 AshtonMcCobb (4136) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - AUG 11, 2015
Bottle thanks to Stuu666.
Appearance - deep golden with a nice lacy head.
Nose - oranges and herbs. .
Taste - woody, herby and soapy again.
Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish.
Overall - a bit soapy.
1.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20 allmyvinyl (7048) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - AUG 11, 2015
Bottle at Ashton McCobbs. Pours hazy amber with a thin white head. Aromas of municipal swimming pool, pot pourri, strong fairy liquid vibe. Taste is soapy. Jings. Not for me.
Last wee tasting of the summer
1.2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 4/20 Scottishchris (476) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - AUG 7, 2015
Bottle from Beerhive. Copper red haze. Big craggy foamy off white head. Leather, wood, moth balls nose. Medium thin body. Lowish carbonation. Leather, Polish, perfume, aftershave. More and more as it warms. Really off putting. Not nice. Sorry.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 Scopey (9796) - Croydon, Greater London, ENGLAND - AUG 6, 2015
Bottle from Caps & Taps. It pours hazy reddish brown with a decent yellow - white head. The nose is rich, unctuous, olily, perfumed, crazy sandalwood character, old leather sofa and old - school after shave. The taste is rich, massive sandalwood character, oily, leather, toffee, varnish, stewed orange, peppery spice and ambergris with a lingering dry, woody finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Rich and completely bonkers. I like it, but it may be too much for others.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 madmitch76 (18996) - , Essex, ENGLAND - JUN 28, 2015
27th June 2015 Very hazy amber - brown beer, good cream colour head. Palate is light, airy and fairly dry. Decent fine carbonation. Light and sweetish malts. Sandalwood kicks in fast and completely dominates. Dry, perfumey and mildly bitter. Just traces of pine and floralness. Dry finish leaves a perfume linger. Mmmmm - challenging! Like Brazilian Amburana, Sandalwood is big, strong and perfumey. Really needs something else here to balance things out. Certainly interesting, just low on drinkability.
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