Reviews of individual beers.
The first in the Freaky Franchise series, released to celebrate Brew Yorks 5th birthday. Its a Coffee, Blueberry, Cacao, Walnut and Vanilla imperial breakfast stout. Brewed in collab with Amundsen. It is absolutely cracking. You can taste all of the individual elements of it, so tasty and complex. A real treat. Cant wait to try the rest.
Sampled from: Can
ABV – 11%
Would I recommend? Absolutely
Would I buy again? Of course (if I could afford it!)
Rating: 5/5
A mango and lime milkshake IPA. I was a little let down by this one, its super fruity, and thick, dark yellow in colour and initially tasted really good, but. . . the after taste is a bit minging. I think its the lime, but it doesn’t taste like lime if you know what I mean, it was an odd, tarty almost artificial flavour that I wasn’t keen on.
Sampled from: Can
ABV – 6.2%
Would I recommend? Yes
Would I buy again? No
Rating: 2.5/5
A gooseberry fool pastry sour.
Its very tart, but refreshing and fruity. A nice, example of a sour.
Sampled from: Can
ABV – 5.3%
Would I recommend? Yes, if you like sours.
Would I buy again? Possibly
Rating: 2.5/5
A nice and refreshing zesty orange Gose, which is quite sour, but nice. A lot of sediment, but ultimately I think this is the best Gose I have tried.
Sampled from: Can
Country of Origin: Denmark
ABV – 3.8%
Would I recommend? Yes
Would I buy again? Yes
Rating: 3.5/5
Amarillo and Citra Hopped IPA. Its hazy, fruity, soft and nice. A lovely, well rounded beer.
Sampled from: Can
ABV – 6%
Would I recommend? Yes
Would I buy again? Yes
Rating: 4/5
The 3rd in the series of Brew Yorks state of mind series. This one is a testiment to the Terrys Chocolate Orange, which was invented in York. Its matured in Masala Wine casks, and is superb. It literally tastes of Chocolate Orange.
Sampled from: Can
ABV – 7.5%
Would I recommend? Yes
Would I buy again? Absolutely
Rating: 5/5
A nice, fruity pale ale, not too dissimilar to an English pale / golden ale. Nice and refreshing, fruity and sweet.
Sampled from: Bottle
Country of Origin: Czech Republic
ABV – 5%
Would I recommend? Yes
Would I buy again? Yes
Rating: 4/5
The first I have tried of the exclusive Tesco Cloudwater collaboration set (Beer with big ideas). Its dry hopped with Mosaic hops. Its quite light and floral, with the distinctive cloudwater hazy undertones. Not bad.
Sampled from: Can
ABV – 6%
Would I recommend? Its OK
Would I buy again? Maybe
Rating: 3.5/5
This tastes very similar again to the other two new cloudwater beers I have tried from Tesco. Pretty disappointed, theres nothing wrong with it, but I feel a bit hoodwinked, like they have released 4x beers that are basically the same, or super similar.
Sampled from: Can
ABV – 3.7%
Would I recommend? Yes
Would I buy again? Maybe
Rating: 3.5/5
A really nice, fruity, hoppy, strong beer. Its (to me) a bvit like a stronger, richer version of Punk.
Sampled from: Can
ABV – 9.2%
Would I recommend? Yes
Would I buy again? Yes
Rating: 4/5
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