[1] Review by Phishpond417 from Madtown, Wisc, USA who has tried this beer once. (11/14/2008 2:20:09 PM)
"On draught: Pours a bright golden colour with a medium sized white head. Aroma has pleasent hoppy notes with some noticeable spice as well. Grapefruit, strong pine scent and floral as well. Taste is hopped, slightly tart with generous amounts of hops- which definately suprised me (in a good way). Slightly sour finish, but all around pretty nicebeer."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.5)
Sampled: Forced Draught Sample Size: 16oz @ $5 Unit Cost: $5 per Pint
[2] Review by Oiznop from Pittsburgh, PA, USA who has tried this beer once. (1/13/2008 12:30:23 AM)
"This newbie, tried at the Sharp Edge Creekhouse, had a firm rocky/fluffy white head that sat on top of a foggy golden to light amber colored liquid. The schnoz detected huge perfumy/flowery notes with noticeable yeast and citrus. XX Bitter's tastes, however, were hoppy and unimpressive. I found it to be very bitter (go figure), weak and dry. I was expecting it to be much sweeter, given the bold perfume aromas. The aftertaste was way over the top for me with too much hop bite. Not as bad as an IPA, but I thought it could have been better.
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Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
3/10
Flavor:
3/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.8)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[3] Review by rainman from Alexandria, VA, USA who has tried this beer once. (9/15/2007 11:55:26 AM)
"At the Pizzeria Paradiso Georgetown: Included this in my first sampler flight. Nice lacing, but lacking in aroma. Good hoppy bitters edge. Tasty and drinkable, but with perhaps a bit of dirty tongue. A smidge more caramel would balance it out."
Aroma:
6/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.6)
Sampled: Forced Draught Sample Size: 5oz @ $2 Unit Cost: $6.4 per Pint
[4] Review by beercronic from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada who has tried this beer a couple times. (9/11/2007 3:00:21 AM)
"I wasn't too impressed the first time I had this so I had to give it another try and this time I was more prepared for it. BBD Aug 2011??? Poured out a huge white cap that leaves excellent thick sticky lacing and has great retention. The beer looked lilke it might have a bit of haze in it but doesn't. Lots of effervecence and appears straw / gold in colour - that was until I dumped all the sludge from the bottle into my glass - now it is more like weak metamucil. The aroma is odd - musty fruit, strong dusty wheat, yeast, floral, a bit of spice and at has the smell of orange juice gone bad (thanks Aracauna, that is dead on). That smell does fade in strength during the warming process. Taste is suprisingly mellow when you get past the large ammount of hops with notes of apricots (weak) and pepper . However, even with the heavy bitter flavour it still seems sort of flat or watery....interesting. The mouthfeel is also very good with lots of soft carbonation and a notable malty middle with the hop hammer at the end giving a very long finish. I'm not sure why I enjoyed this much more this time around but I will get more for the odd casual drink and cellaring. A 3.9 on my own personal rate scale is very debatable."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.9)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 330ml @ $3.38 Unit Cost: $4.85 per Pint
[5] Review by mmmmBeer from Edmonton, Canada who has tried this beer once. (5/8/2007 2:24:04 PM)
"Body of the beer appears to be beige slight orange, and is cloudier then London ( can’t believe how lame that sounds ). Very nice pillowy head that has some awesome retention, lacing was acceptable, beer looks good not great just good. Beer smells like nuts, sour stinky nuts sweaty if you would, and that’s pretty much all I can smell is sour nuts it’s not really offensive but it’s not making me want to drink this be either. The longer I sniff this beer the more I smell something that reminds me of hand cream and that’s just not a sent I want in my beer. Taste is strong sour and vile, it taste very soapy to me. This is just nasty did I get a bad bottle? A very yeasty back bone to the flavor buts its way to strong for my liking. Not enjoying this very strong flavored brew to aggressive with its vile sour soapiness. Nasty beer I got no enjoyment out of this, I’m finding myself having to force myself to finish it, horrid beer but there are worse out there."
Aroma:
4/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
3/10
Overall:
3/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.4)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 330ml @ $2.54 Unit Cost: $3.64 per Pint
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