Tasting notes so far, think I have a few bottles left.
It's been great to have so many different beers to try, and
thanks to all who have taken part in the swap, some really
nice ones there.
16. Schwarzbier
Pours a nice dark ruby, small head
Aroma of fairly strong malt, almost vinuous meybe
Tastes nice, solid malt with restrained roast.
Very clean, dry and malty, thouroghly sessionable.
Yum.
9. Bender Brown Ale
Aroma malty, and something else a little strange.
Flavour some nice malt, but something else, the
same as what I was getitng in the aroma, this
kind of gets in the way of me really enjoying
this beer.
4. Northern English Brown
Lovely nose, light fresh and malty.
Flavour smooth, nutty and lightly malty.
Easy to drink - perhaps could have some stronger
malty flavours there, no strike that, i've
just had another sip - it's great.
goes very well with freshly made sausages.
18 Vienna Lager
Great head retention
Aroma of clean malt, light sweet aroma.
Perhaps a touch of diacetyl, perhaps slightly
sweet. No big standout flavours, and perhaps
a little dominated by sweetness
6. American Stout
Pours very black, fast disapearing head
Aroma - primarily hops
Flavour, some nice malt, and primarily roast
as far as malt flavours I can taste.
Some nice malt, silky, but quite hops dominant.
Nice beer, but personally would have liked to have some
more malt flavours show through.
5. English Pale
Sweet aroma, nice tight head
Smoth malt on aroma, quite balanced.
(sorry, somehow notes got cut off here )
14. Helles Bock
Very clear, small head
Quite strong alcohol on the aroma, and some sweet malt.
Took about 4-5 seconds till i sensed the flavours after the first
sip. Very clean lager taste, quite dry, nice deep malt(relatively subtle), significant alchol.
Nice strong dry lager - personally I would have liked some more
malt depth and complexity in this beer to go with the sensation of alcohol
it has, but impressive.
7. Cali Common
Crystal clear, lovely tight head
Aroma fresh, light, hopy and enticing
Flavour clean, lots of tingle from high carbonation.
Very clean, quite hoppy, refreshing and pleasant drinking.
20. 10 min Chinook Greenbelt IP
Pours amber/red, small fluffy head
Aroma - deep, smooth hops, very fruity, strawberrys and cherry
Nice flavour, but something strange in there that I can't really
put my finger on and dominates a bit.
13. Pale Ale
Pours a murky light amber, small head
very light, fresh floral hop aroma just floats out of the glass.
Flavour is relatively subdued.
I loved the aroma here, would like some more yum's in the flavour though.
17. Chocolot Stout
Pours nice clean, very dark ruby. Nice packed tan head.
Aroma of dark cherry black forest, touch licorice, quite rich but fresh.
Flavour - oh yeah, solid malt, quite dry, chocolate and some roast.
Well proportioned, and balanced stout, very sessionable, very tasty and
some really top flavour without being overpowering, leaves me looking
for another one.
23. Pale
Aroma fresh, hoppy, champagne like, and appely nose (coopers like)
Great fluffy white head.
Brilliantly clear, light in color, med-high carb.
Tastes quite subtle, no big flavours, but also quite clean and dry.
Although the flavour is subtle, for me this is a very enjoyable beer,
and doesn't have anything to really detract from it. Although you could
argue that it could have some stronger flavour, I'm pretty impressed by
it's simplicity. Nice clean light and dry.
3. English Pale
Pours light amber.
Aroma quite sweet, perhaps overly sweet
Flavour full, nutty, nice and malty
Nice malty english ale.
1. Oatmeal Stout
Pours deep and dark
small head - gone.
Aroma rich...molasses.
Nice soft malt, some silkyness, very clear, lingering roasty notes.
Very moreish. Love how it packs in the flavour whilst not overpowering and
still quite dry.
Delicious.
19 American Pale
Big floral aroma
Pours very light gold, quite clear.
Fantastic big tight white fluffy head
Medium body, little on the sweet side, would like a little dryer
Nice drinking, lingering hops at the back of the throat.
I'd probably stop at one of these(but i enjoyed it), but I would imagine the
hop lovers quickly back for more of this one.
12 Sweet Stout
Mmm, malt, quite intense, perhaps even some dark raisins/vinuous quality.
Small tight heat.
Soft on the pallett, some roast, very smooth.
Nice.
2. American Amber
Not carbed, but my fault for not waiting.
Aroma a bit cloyingly sweet, quite estery (or meybe it's the hops ..)
For me this was a little too sweet.
10. Cali Common
Nice aroma, very clear.
Great head.
Nice clean taste, well balanced and moreish
Enjoying each glass more and more.
24 Brown Porter
Nice and soft, very low carb (very much like cask ale)
quite clear, fully bodied, reasonably rich.
Very nice.
15. 60 Min IPA
Wonderful floral nose, some nice malt.
Nice, although somehting a little grating about the hoppiness
just at the end.
18. Robust Porter
Unexpectedly found one of these in the garage when I thought
they were all gone, so my thoughts were..
Although I expected this might taste overly sweet, I really didn't
find this when I tried it, maybe the med-high carb covered it
a little, or some time in the bottle..
Reasonably clean, malty, chocolate and some roast.
Probably overdid it on the chocolate malt here with the
color very dark. I'd have liked to get some more fruity notes in there and a bit more aroma,
and next time dry it out more, but reasonably happy with it.
