Marble Beers
Reviewed by MT
They say you shouldn't mix grape and grain, but what if it's a grain with a hint of grape?
4.2% ABV
My fourth and final #beerswap review!
Colour: Clear golden colour with a reasonable white head.
Nose: A sweet citrus hop blast. You can smell the bready malt on the side of it but there’s [...click the heading to read more]
Dunham Massey
Massey business
Reviewed by MT
4.7% ABV
Colour: A cloudy copper colour, quite busy with a nice amount of head on it.
Nose: Citrus edge to this and a strong hop smell to it.
Taste: Strong bitter hop flavour is prominent here with a slight biscuit malt taste but perhaps not enough of it.
Overall Experience: The 3rd of [...click the heading to read more]
Marble Beers
I wish the Marble Arch was my local.
5.7% ABV
Reviewed by MT
Colour: This poured a copper colour with a creamy off-white head.
Nose: A toffee penny smell following a blast of citrus. Strong on the nose but very exciting! This had me brimming with anticipation!
Taste: Nutty. Massively nutty! Behind that is the caramel malt and [...click the heading to read more]
Dunham Massey
A beer swap beer all the way from Altrincham!
5.2% ABV
Reviewed by MT
Colour: As dark as they come! Black, kind of like the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey…. but with less wailing. Average amount of head for a bottled ale which is an off-white colour.
Nose: A smoke rich November 5th style aroma and occasionally [...click the heading to read more]
Meantime
It's a pretty good stout, but hold off on the carbonation.
This was the fifth and final bottle plucked out of my Beer Swap box from Dylan at Beerviking.com
4.5% ABV
Reviewed by RD
Colour: Darkest ruby red with a hint of copper as you hold it up to the light. Foamy off white head
Nose: Chocolate roasted malt, dry [...click the heading to read more]
Dark Star Brewing Co
A great brewery and a decent ale
This was the yet another offering from my Beer Swap box, sent to me by Dylan of Beerviking.com
4.8% ABV
Reviewed by RD
Colour: Plenty of smoke! (Joe D loves it, but what dose it actually signifiy?) Very pale with a slight tint of yellow and a few bubbles. [...click the heading to read more]
Ascot Ales
A pale ale with little bite…get it? Alligator…Bite? Oh forget it!
This was the second Beer Swap beer sent to me by Dylan of Beerviking.com
4.6% ABV
Reviewed by RD
Colour: A very clean pale amber ale. A foamy white head appeared on top for a very brief spell then disappeared.
Nose: I picked up some sweet, floral cascade [...click the heading to read more]
Nøgne Ø
Brewed by Vikings, bought buy an American who lives in London.
Beer Swap, for everyone who knows what it is, was a stressfull but ultimatly a satifying experience.The rules were simple, buy 4 bottles of beer from within 30 mile radius of where you live. You were then given the name and address of another [...click the heading to read more]
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