Homebrew Review : Tubedinoz Cherry Rye Porter

Homebrew Review : Tubedinoz Cherry Rye Porter
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Appearance:
Beers opens with a good hiss, pours nice and dark with a tight  tan head. Keeps a decent head for a bit then dies down in the glass to keep a tight bubbles cap. Very dark and opaque, more like a stout in appearance than a porter.

Aroma:
I have let this beer sit out for a while so that it can warm up. Served at just cool to the touch. The nose on the beer is fantastic! I pick up coffee/roast/spice/fruitiness with a vanilla/smoky finish. A nice complex bouquet which keeps on developing as the beer warms. There is a slight hint of alcohol heat, but you really have to look for it, and I mean really have to look.

Mouthfeel:
Nice carbonation, nice and low but has an effervescent quality, which keep the flavours moving around the palate. The body of the beer is light to medium leaning more towards medium. Body coats the palate and leaves those complex flavours to linger.

Flavour:
The flavour of the beer is similar to the nose. Complex and moreish. Nice smooth, upfront bitterness which eases into a complex spicy malt finish with a hint of the cherry fruitiness. First thoughts, big coffee notes, vanilla, spice and smoke. As the beer continues to warm up, the coffee subsides and the smoky finish is more prominent. There is a subtle alcohol heat on the finish behind the smoky/fruity flavour.

Overall:
Another cracker of a brew from Dean. Very easy drinking, only "fault" I can pick up is a hint of alcohol, but you really have to look for it. The beer is complex and a great sipping sessionable beer. The flavours just keep on coming and developing, coffee/vanilla/smoky/fruitiness and a subtle cheery fruitiness. Would I buy this at the bottle store? Yes I would! Would I tell Dean to brew it again? Hell yes!

Homebrew Review First Impressions: Tubedinoz 100% Green Fresh Hop Pale Ale

Homebrew Review First Impressions: Tubedinoz 100% Green Fresh Hop Pale Ale
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Appearance:
Opens with a satisfying "hssst", pours a burnt orange with gold highlights. The beer is pretty much crystal clear with a mere hint of haze. Pours a pure white head with tight streaming bubbles. A great and refreshing looking beer.

Aroma:
Has the typical Nelson hop aroma, dank/grape funk/overripe melon/gooseberry with a hint of tropical fruit/tangerine. Which is backed up but a clean malt back bone. The nose is hop dominate and the Nelson hops really shine! No off flavours on the nose that I can detect, Just a clean/bright hop aroma and subtle malt back bone.

Mouthfeel:
Mouth feel has a medium fell, with a nice dry finish that cleans the palate. The medium body gives some chewiness to balance the tingling hops. Great carbonation, tight small bubbles that give a tingle to the taste buds. The dry finish cleans the palate of the malts but leave a nice fruity flavour.

Flavour:
A crisp upfront bitterness, like fresh orange peel, which eases into a smooth malt, bready/biscuity and with a hint of caramel. Like the nose the hops are the main feature, dank/grape funk/overripe melon/gooseberry with a hint of tangerine. Nice dry finish with a fruity aftertaste. Leave the taste buds wanting more. Clean/crisp with bright hop flavours balanced with a malt sweetness/chewiness. Very refreshing and moreish!

Overall:
This beer is a Nelson hop bomb. If you like the Nelson Sauvin hops this beer delivers. Dank/grape funk/overripe melon/gooseberry, clean bright hop flavours on both the nose and flavour. No off flavours, clean and crisp. The beer is more hop forward, but the malt backbone is balanced with the hop bitterness/freshness.
Fantastic and refreshing beer, going down so well. Overall a great beer! Makes me want to brew a beer with just Nelson!

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Homebrew Review First Impressions: Wagon Brewing Co Fresh Hop Pale Ale

Homebrew Review First Impressions: Wagon Brewing Co Fresh Hop Pale Ale
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Appearance:
Opens with a satisfying "hssst", the beer pours a burn orange/copper colour with yellow highlights at the edges of the glass. Pure white head with tight bubble. Not much of head retention but keeps a nice small cap. The beer does have a bit of chill haze/hop haze which is understanable with the amount of hops assed to the  beer.

Aroma:
Nose is more nelson centric at first, with the grape/dank/overripe melon aromas. As the beer warms up you start picking up the sweet hop characteristics from the Motueka, pineapple/passion fruit/tropical fruit mix. The nose is more hop dominate, with a good malt back bone of caramel/bready tones. As the beer warms up a diacetyl note becomes more apparent, which was first a caramel aroma, but has now turned into a more butterscotch. Even so, the hops work quite well with the diacetyl.

Mouthfeel:
mouth feel is where the beer is at its weakest for me. The body of the beer is a bit light, when a bit of chewiness would have been nice to compliment the hops. The carbonation is pretty nice, with a slight effervescence on the palate with keep the fruity hop characters dancing on the palate. The beer has a nice dry finish which cleans the plate and gets it ready for the next hop assault.

Flavour:
Smooth upfront bitterness which quickly eases into a caramel/bread malt back bone. The Motueka hops come more out on the palate, with the passion fruit/tropical fruit mix keeping the taste buds tingling. I do pick up a bit of diacetyl, which comes across as butterscotch/caramel. A very tasty beer with the hops keeping you guess on what fruits you are picking up. The dry finish keeps the palate wanting more and cleaning it for the next sip.

Overall:
I like this beer, its fresh and fruity, the hops keep you guess on what fruit flavours you can pick out. The beer is more hop dominate, and the hops deliver. The only comment  I have  is that there is some diacetyl which comes across as a caramel at first, but as the beer warms up, turns more into a butterscotch. Now this does not make this a bad beer, if anything, the butterscotch plays very well with the dankness of the Nelson and the tropical fruit tones of the Motueka. I feel the body could have a bit more chewiness just to back up the hops a bit more and to give a bit more mouthfeel.
On a crappy raining day, doing chores around the house, the beer is going down smooth and really hitting the spot. I feel that  it has great potential and looking forward to next years batch!

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Zane Maxwell's(Rookie Brew) Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone Homebrew Review

Zane Maxwell's(Rookie Brew) Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone Homebrew Review
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Appearance:
Pours with a burnt orange/yellow straw colour. The straw colour coming through on the highlights. Pure white head with tight bubbles. Slight chill haze, but clearing out slowly. It's a good looking beer.

Aroma:
Now I am not sure how old the beer is, but there is a decent hop character on the nose. Quite a fruity nose, I pick up ripe mango/strawberry, a bit of grass/onion notes and a bit of dankness. All followed up by a good malt/bready backbone.

Mouthfeel:
A good solid mouthfeel, bit on the meaty/chewy end, which I quite enjoy. Carbonation is spot on, vigorous but not overpowering. Keeps the flavours dancing on the palate. Nice sweet finish with a hint of dryness on the end.

Flavour:
Good upfront bitterness, which eases into a sweet malt/bready finish. There is a bit of residue sweetness on the palate as the beer goes down, leaving a subtle bitterness which make the beer moreish. Fruity hops on the palate, kiwi fruit/grass/hint of mango and strawberry. The flavour is a bit more malt and bitterness driven with subtle fruit hop character.

Overall:
The beer has a great hop forward nose, while on the palate is is more malt/bitterness driven with fruity hop highlights. I would love to have had this beer fresher so that the hops could shine, but even now the hop character is good, sweet/dry finish and malt backbone, the beer is very moreish and goes down smoothly. Great beer Zane!

Scott Bennison's Citra APA Homebrew Review

Scott Bennison's Citra APA Homebrew Review
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Appearance:
Opens with a satisfying "Hsst", pours a straw to copper/amber colour, leaning more towards the copper/Amber with a straw/gold highlights. Off white/subtle tan cap with creamy tight bubbles.

Aroma:
Damn nice nose on the beer. Citrus/grapefruit/resin, which is balanced with the sweet malt backbone. If given a vigorous swirl you pick up fresh lemon zest. A great citrus hop bomb with distinct hop character. Great aroma on this beer!

Mouthfeel:
Nice light to medium mouthfeel, leaning more towards the light side. Carbonation was a bit subtle, but I suspect it was bottled from the keg. Very easy drinking and is a fantastic summer session beer. Dry finish really helps the moreishness of the beer.

Flavour:
Nice smooth upfront bitterness, reminds me of orange zest bitterness, which eases into a nice malt character. The beer is hop dominate, with the malt balancing out the hop character/bitterness with  the malt sweetness. Very Palatable. The only small fault I can pick up is a subtle butterscotch on the back end. But nothing that takes away or distract's from the beer. If the beer was super fresh you would not even pick up on it. Other than that the flavour of this beer is fantastic, hop character/bitterness to sweet malt is balanced and tasty.

Overall:
This beer is a balanced citrus hop bomb, which is light and very easy drinking. The beer went down so smooth on a hot summer's day and left me with a profound feeling of "I want more" and honestly I cant say more than that. Its a great beer and I feel privileged to have tried it.

Scott Bennison's Pinefruit XPA Homebrew Review

Scott Bennison's Pinefruit XPA Homebrew Review
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Appearance:
Opens with a small “hsst”, the beer is keg conditioned so not expecting any fireworks. The beer pours crystal clear and a fantastic amber/orange colour, really great looking beer in the glass. Has a pure white head with tight small bubbles. The beer keeps a small cap, but does generate a small decent head once swirled. Some great lacing on the beer though, so it might just be a dirty glass.

Aroma:
This is a very complex aroma, fantastic and complex. Major pine notes with a sweet resin back bone with just a bit of dankness in there for complexity. Pungent comes to mind, but in the best possible way. The malt does not come through on the nose, very hop dominant! And it's great! And just to note, I have as light head cold while drinking this brew, but the pine and resin are coming through in spades.

Mouthfeel:
The beer has decent carbonation, if not a bit on the light side.  Mouth feel is light to medium leaning more towards the light side. The low carbonation lets the resinous flavour coat your taste buds and lets those hops shine on the palate.

Flavour:
The beer is hop dominated by far, upfront bitterness that's lingers once swallowed. The pine/resin hop character lingers on the palate, leaving the drinker with the feeling of a face full of pine cones, but in the best possible way. The malts come through on the finish with a sweet malt, just to help ease the palate from the pine/resin assault. There seems to be subtle kiwi fruit hop fruitiness behind the more dominate hop character.

Overall:
As I mentioned above, I have a slight head cold,  it this beer is not letting that get in the way, the hops are coming through in spades. The brew is hop forward and those hops dominate! The beer is very easy drinking and going down well chilling on the patio. My overall verdict is not going to be long as I want to get it over so, I can just relax and enjoy the beer. To me, there is no better verdict or "dammit, let's get this finished so I can just enjoy the beer!"

Callum Oliver RIPA Homebrew Review

Callum Oliver RIPA
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Appearance:
Cracked open with a good "hsst", pours a deep dark red, which almost looks black. Vigorous head which died down to a tan cap. The beer looks quite dark like a deep chocolate/mahogany but when held up to the light, that's when the magic happens. A ruby red, crystal clear beer, fantastic colour!

Aroma:
The aroma is more malt focused than hop. Dark stone fruit/raisin being the more dominant aromas, with a sweet malt back bone. The beer is a Red IPA, but I am not picking up much hop character at all. It is more malt focused with the hops hardly there at all. I would say from a aroma point of view this beer is more a red ale than Red IPA.

Mouthfeel:
The mouth feel feels good, medium body with just a bit of stickiness to keep the malt flavours on the palate. Carbonation was quite vigorous when first opened, but settled into a subtle carbonation that lets the aromas and flavours  linger on the palate.

Flavour:
As with the aroma, the beer is more malt orientated than hop. Nice smooth bitterness that eases into a lush malt flavour. Picking up raisin/plum/dark stone fruits with a sweet caramel and a bit of chocolate backbone. Hint of an alcohol sweet ness in the background, but a nicely balanced beer with initial bitterness.

Overall:
I think this is a great beer, very complex but easy drinking. My biggest issues with the beer is that it is not a RIPA, it is not hoppy enough, but change the label and call it a red ale, then damn, now that's a different matter. The beer is smooth, good upfront bitterness to balance the malt sweetness that follows. Great malt flavours and easy drinking. Need I say more?

Ben Mayn's Belgian Styled Ale Homebrew Review

Ben Mayn's Belgian Styled Ale
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Appearance:
Opened with a good "shhttp", pours a burnt mahogany with burnt orange highlights. A large copious head which has tight bubbles, reminded me of a chocolate meringue. The beer has a bit of haze as the beer had a bit of oomph when opened which disturbed the yeast, but still a nice looking beer.

Aroma:
The beer has a nice spicy aroma, chocolate/cinnamon/clove/dark fruit. I do not pick up any hop character in the beer, just a Belgium/spicy/funk.

Mouthfeel:
Light to medium mouth feel, carbonation is spot on. The bubbles keep the flavours dancing on the palate. Light, fluffy and effervescent, carbonation is perfect for the beer and really helps the flavours get to all the taste buds.

Flavour:
The flavour comes across as chocolate/cinnamon/clove/dark fruit and typical Belgium funk which has a dry finish and chocolate aftertaste. Has a nice bitterness that balances the sweetness of the beer but could be reduced slightly. The abv of the beer is well hidden with the spiciness and sweetness of the beer, and for a 8% abv, it goes down very well, no burn at all. I cannot pick up any off flavours, no stressed yeast or diacetyl. A Very nicely brewed beer!

Overall:
A very solid beer, it's spicy/funky and goes down very smooth. The abv is well hidden and does not distract from the flavour or aroma of the beer. I am not the biggest fan of Belgium beers, but this beer by Ben is grand, it is easy drinking, spicy/funky and hides a whollop. I am very impressed with the spiciness that he got out of the us04 yeast. If he did not tell me, I would have thought he used a Belgium strain of yeast.

Grant Bakers Wife's Pale Ale Homebrew Review

Grant Bakers Wife's Pale Ale
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Appearance:
Pours a beautiful burnt copper colour with a pure white head. A really good looking beer, crystal clear and the colour on it, wow, it's a really great looking beer.

Aroma:
I am not sure how old the beer is, but I would say is a wee bit old as the hops are very subtle. What I do pickup is piney/resiny aromas backed up by a sweet malt character of biscuit/caramel. I do pick up a bit of diacetyl in the beer, which does not take anything away from the beer, but it is there. Does add a nice butterscotch/caramel aroma to the beer though.

Mouthfeel:
Medium mouth feel with good carbonation. Small tight bubbles streaming up the glass which keeps the beer with a nice fat white cap. Carbonation is spot on which keep the flavours moving around the palate.

Flavour:
A nice assertive bitterness up front which smooth out into a nice caramel/biscuit aftertaste. Pine and resin with a bit of citrus, with the caramel/biscuit combination the hop and malt comes across as marmalade flavour. Very fresh tasting beer, what the nose lacked the flavour makes up. There is still a slight bit of diacetyl but in the background and does not take away from the beer but add to it.

Overall:
This is a fantastic looking beer, the colour on it is amazing, I can waste an hour just watching the carbonation stream up the beer. The aroma is dying off which show the diacetyl in the beer, but which also does not distract from the beer flavours. Piney/resin/marmalade/caramel and biscuit, this is what I pick up in the beer and they go so very well together. In the end this beer is great to drink after mowing the lawn and just wanting to chill out. Great beer! Thanks to Grant Baker for sending it to me to try, really do appreciate it!

Choice Bros Experimental Creme Brûlée Stout Homebrew Review

Choice Bros Experimental Creme Brûlée Stout
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Appearance:
Pours dark and thick, tan pillowy head with nice tight bubbles. Head lingers and looks like chocolate meringue. Very good looking beer.

Aroma:
Sweet malt/caramel/chocolate/vanilla/spice/coffee/coconut which all mingle together to a creme brûlée aroma. The aroma is very subtle and delicate, this is a very pleasing beer to bring up to the nose. What is also great is picking up the different aromas as the beer warms up. Aroma starts of delicate and then just become brûlée to the face.

Mouthfeel:
Mouthfeel is good, medium to full, Coats the mouth which helps the flavours linger on the palate. Carbonation once opened was a bit aggressive, but eases off into a nice light tingle on the tongue.

Flavour:
A very complex beer, sweet and rich. Vanilla/caramel/coffee/toffee/sweet malt, not much bitterness for the hops more of a dark malt bitterness, would say this is more of a dessert beer and at 9% it is very easy to drink. There is still a bit of alcohol burn, but with age, would mellow and smooth out. Not saying that it is not smooth now, but with dark beers, age does wonderful things.

Overall:
This beer is going down on a crap rainy/windy day very well. The brew is a great sipping beer. I am really enjoying the different aromas/flavours as this beer warms up, it's complex and moreish. At 9% it is not a sessionable beer but so very tasty and easy drinking! The beer is very enjoyable and I am quite honoured to get a bottle to try. I would love to try this beer aged for a year, just to see what flavours come out from behind the high abv.
At the end of the day this beer is big, sweet and very moreish. Damn tasty, and oh so good!

Casket Ale V1.1 (Mosaic SMASH) Pre-Carbonation Taste Test

Appearance:
I have crash chilled for 2 days at 2c but the beer is still pretty cloudy, maybe should chill for longer next batch or use gelatin. The beer is quite light but with a peach/orange appearance.

Aroma:
The aroma of the beer straight off the bat is much more pronounced, I get Lemon meringue/peach/mango with a bit of juicy fruit bubble gum. A sweet malt is there but the hops are the more dominant. The nose is great, it should get better as the brew is a bit cold, the beer has just come out of the fermentor at 2c.

Flavour:
The taste of the beer is very much hop dominate. The flavours of the hops mirror the aroma, with but with a more peach/passion fruit. Very refreshing and will be great on a hot day, reminds me of a tropical fruit punch.

Mouthfeel:
I can't really say much about the mouthfeel, as the carbonation will help the body of the beer. What I can say is that it is very smooth, more on the light side. Very easy drinking!

Overall:
So far I am pretty happy with the beer, once it has carbonated a bit I think it will be better, with the carbonation helping the body and the aroma of the beer. I am still holding judgment if the brewing salts worked but I think it's safe to say I am going to be adding brewing salts to all my beers from now on.
This is a thirst quencher of a beer, reminiscent of tropical fruit punch fruit juice than a beer, which might cause some issues on a hot summers day when you hit quite a few back.

Tubedinoz Wai-iti SMASH Homebrew Review

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Appearance:
Pours a fantastic burnt orange colour with honey highlights has a slight chill haze, but great looking beer specially for a single malt beer. Tight pure white head with great lacing.

Aroma:
sweet melon/marmalade/honey/grassy - very subtle hop aroma on the beer with a bready backbone. Unfortunately I think the beer was bottled too soon as it haze the case of the Big D. Has quite a prominent butter/butterscotch aroma to the beer.

Mouthfeel:
Light to medium body, leaning more to light, but which is quite nice as it lead the beer to a more sessionable quality. Carbonation is great with a pure white cap and small tight bubbles streaming up the glass.

Flavour:
A nice smooth bitterness that eases into a nice smooth sweetness. The melon for the hops is subtle, but unfortunately the Big D is more prominent and dominates majority of the flavours of the beer. Still a decent balanced beer with sweetness to bitterness but the diacetyl just dominates a bit too much.

Overall:
A very nice and smooth session beer which will be great for summer. There is a great sweet melon hop character with which is refreshing but delicate. The biggest problem I think with this beer is that it was bottled too soon as the diacetyl is strong with this one. It is still a great session beer and will go down great after mowing the lawn. Thanks to Dean for sharing with me, it is going down a great on a hot summer Sunday!

Hoppy Pale Ale by Reidybrews

Hoppy Pale Ale by Reidybrews
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Appearance:
The brew pours a beautiful burnt copper colour with a finger width off white/tan head. Has a slight bit of chill/hop haze but otherwise a very good looking beer, the colour is fantastic, deep burnt copper with bright orange highlights. Head retention is not quite there, head falls away quite quickly but does leave a nice off white/tan cap.

Aroma:
Quite a sweet smelling beer. I am picking up some pine/dankness/tangelo/sweet hop aroma. Has quite a sweet malt aroma coming off the beer, which might be the caramalts used or it might be a bit of diacetyl, or a bit of both. The sweet malt over powers the hop aromas just a bit and makes the beer more malt dominate than hop. I think it has a good hop combo, but the sweet malts need to be reduce just a little to let the hops shine more.

Flavour:
Off the bat the beer is quite sweet, the bitterness is there but needs some more "oomph". Has quite a gentle dryness on the palate with a nutty aftertaste. I think maybe a British yeast was used, as it has some fruity esters and gentle dry finish. The only off flavour I can pick up is a bit of diacetyl, which gets amplified by the sweetness of the beer. The hops are there, but the sweet malt is dominating them. The pineyness and dankness is there but quite subtle. For a 6.5% beer it is going down smooth!

Mouthfeel:
Mouth feels good, could do with a tad bit more carbonation, unless this is going for a British type ale. Light to medium body, leaning more to medium than light, if it had a little bit more carbonation the body would be more medium and suite the beer.

Overall:
Overall the beer is good, it feels to be a more of a English pale ale than American, with more malt forward than hop. My personal preference says to me that this beer, as a American Pale Ale, with more hop forward, clean yeast character and dry finish would be amazing. I love the hop combination that Reidybrews has in this beer, I want them to stand out more. The beer is a tad bit sweet for me, which is not a bad thing if you like that, personally I like my beers a bit dryer. Everything I mentioned is my personal preference, the only thing I could pick up in the beer was a bit of diacetyl, which comes across as a sweet butterscotch flavour, which all beers have to a certain degree, which even my own beers suffer from, but is easy remedied with a D rest.
The beer is a solid brew. Malt forward with a sweet malt and a backup of piney/dank hops. I am enjoying it on a hot spring Sunday and it s going down a treat. Thank you very much to Reidybrews and hopefully he will send a few more my way!

Tubedinoz Jessica Sim's-coe Toasted Pale Ale

Tubedinoz Jessica Sim's-coe Toasted Pale Ale
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Appearance:
Pours a beautiful burn orange/copper colour with a tan head. Has a tad bit of chill haze, but quite clear. Small tight, pure white bubbles for the head. A very nice beer with some great colour for a SMASH beer.

Aroma:
Dank, piney with a hint of grapefruit. The beer has a great hop aroma with a subtle malt backbone and a touch of toastiness. No off flavours on the nose just a great simcoe hop flavour.

Mouthfeel:
Good carbonation, keeps it light and let's the flavours move over the palate. Nice dry finish, that could do with just a bit of residual sweetness.

Flavour:
Smooth bitterness that leads to a good mixture of the dank/piney flavours of the simcoe hops and toasted malt backbone. Has quite a dry finish, I feel that it could do with just a small amount of residual sweetness to balance the toasted malt/dry finish of the beer. The beer has a nice complexity  for a single malt. Toasting the malt really gives extra flavour in the beer that you do not expect.

Overall:
As always Tubedinoz has produced a a great beer. For a smash beer, it is complex in the malt character and balanced with the hops. The toasting of the malt really adds to the beer, the only thing I can think of with this beer, is to add a bit of crystal to add a small amount of sweetness to balance out the roasted malt flavour and dry finish. I think Tubedinoz is onto a great pale ale recipe here, which is moreish and refreshing.

Casket Ale (Mosaic SMASH) v1.0 Homebrew Review

Appearance:
Pure white head with a golden to coppery colour. Has a bit of chill haze, but clearing up slowly. Will have to work on the clarity on a later version. Has some decent lacing for a single malt beer, with small tight white bubbles.

Aroma:
First off you get a lot of mango and tropical fruit on the nose. The malt is there, but quite subtle. The aroma is good, but I think the hops could pop more and be more distinct.

Flavour:
Mango and tropical fruit. This is a hop dominate beer, with mangrove and tropical fruit mix being the more distinct flavour. There is a nice malty flavour on the after taste. Even with the hops being quite distinct, there could be more defined and could pop a bit more.

Body:
Medium to light body, decently carbonated which helps give a decent mouthfeel that keeps the flavours moving.

Overall:
This is the first in my series for the casket ale, and I think it's off to a great start. I don't detect any off flavours, except maybe some diacytl if I really look. It's easy drinking and very moorish. The hop aroma and flavour is very summer like, with mango and mixed tropical fruit. The flavour is very hop forward with the fruity flavours matching the aroma. I feel that as good as the hop flavour/aroma is, they could be more distinct and have more pop. So what an I say about the beer? I like it. It will be interesting to see how the changes will do to this beer.

Potion Beercraft Blonde Addiction Homebrew Review

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Appearance:
pours out a beautifully clear golden colour. Has a pure white pillowy head with tight bubbles. Great looking beer, just looks like something that you want to knock back.

Aroma:
Great hop character on the beer, a bit of peach, tropical fruits with a sweet malt back bone. The hops come across great, really adds to the "I need to drink it now" feeling.

Flavour:
A very smooth bitterness in the beginning of the beer. The bitterness to malt/hop ratio feels balanced to me. Starts off with the smooth bitterness, closely flowered by the peach/tropical fruit notes from the hops. The malt is subtle and in the background of the beer, does balance the hops nicely, but this is a hop forward beer. Has a nice dry finish that makes you want to drink more!

Mouthfeel.
Carbonation is perfect for the beer, balances the malt and hops nicely. Mouth feel is light and dry, I think it could do with a tad bit more body,but that is my opinion. For an extract beer, very nice indeed.

Overall:
I think this is a great beer, very nicely balanced and some great hop character. This is a hop forward beer, so don't expect much maltiness from this beer. It could have a tad bit more body, I think an all grain version of this beer would be fantastic. Overall this beer is damn good, very session able and would suit summer to a T. Well done man! Well done!

Tubedinoz Winters Grip Vanilla Oatmeal Stout Homebrew Review

Tubedinoz Winters Grip Vanilla Oatmeal Stout Homebrew Review
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Appearance:
The stout pours out rich and dark, with a tan head. The brew is nice and dark and near opaque, when held up to the light the beer has a deep rich ruby colour. The head is pillowy and soft, almost creamy, leaves great lacing on the glass. Overall the beer looks great, dark and rich looking with a tan head. When held up to the light the beer is crystal clear and has a  deep ruby red colour.

aroma:
Aroma of the beer is very subtle, will see how it develops as it warms up. What I do get is a rich sweet malt, chocolate, roasted malt. I do not pick up any off flavours at all in the aroma. It's malty sweet and chocolatly. Smells great!

Flavour:
A clean bitterness upfront followed by sweet malt, roasted malt and chocolate. The vanilla is very subtle and leave a milt chocolate after taste on the palate. Nice dry finish on the beer. Only thing I pick up in the beer is aslight astringent feel on the tongue which comes from the roasted malt I would suspect.

Mouthfeel:
Smooth and silky, carbonation is a bit high for the beer, I think it could with a wee bit less priming sugar. The body is a medium to light, I feel it could have a bit more body to keeps those great flavours to linger on the palate a bit more.

Overall:
I think this is a great beer, it's malty, roasty and chocolate goodness in a glass. It's very easy drinking and would be great if you were after a few beers on a cold winters day. It is slightly over carbonated, but the next batch will be even better, if I know Tubedinoz at all! The flavours are distinct and work great together, the vanilla is a hard flavour to work with as you need a lot of vanilla to get that distinct flavour. The flavour in the brew comes across as a milk chocolate after taste. So what do I think about the beer? I thinks it's a great session able stout, that has great flavours and is very easy drinking.