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Kriek 100% Lambic (2021)

Fresh juicy cherries, a bit of guava/prickly pear. Delightfully tart, keeps you going for more.

Spontandoubleblueberry

Yay tart, fruit juice, finishes with oak woodiness. Good body and appetising, not that funky. I could probably drink this for a long time if I had access to it.

Racine 2022

Apple cider vinegar, some grape.

Double Dippy Doo

Grassy, dry, malty finish. Carbonation helps the finish from being overly flat.

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio (2022)

Raspberryyyyyyyy

Saint Lamvinus

Thank you Mr Ong this was super tasty. Very tart.

Mash Test Yummies

A lot of cacao, some bourbon, but I’m not getting much of anything else. Appreciate that it doesn’t get too sweet as it warms. Good but I expected more from this.

Crease

Tea-like floral bitterness, short finish.

Spontanyuzu

LCI, 2016 bottle courtesy of Charlie. Some yuzu left on the nose but tastes more like hoisin sauce.

Whirl Domination

LCI from no label event. Loads of honey, light bitterness in finish. Body lacking for me. Taste profile also relatively bland compared to stated hops.

Black

Rich body, slow warming sipper. Booziness only emerges at the end, sweet decadence in the nose and on palate. Vanilla, some dark chocolate. Remarkable for how unremarkable it tastes for an 18% beer, if that even makes sense...

Hop Opera

Honey, tangerines, easy to drink.

KBS

Smooth solid stout, but generally unremarkable. Barrel missing.

KBS Maple Mackinac Fudge (2020)

Liquid dessert, dark and smooth. Sweet, bottle serving was just nice, don't think I could have drank more. ABV was hidden but did creep on me. Bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, maple. Not overly complex but super well-blended, maybe due to unintentional aging.

Ampersand: Strata

Unlike the name of the brewery, this was juicy sweet. Tasted like kombucha and did have some passionfruit and strawberry notes, except that this wasn't tart at all. LCI

Ampersand: Motueka

Also LCI. More interesting than the Strata in terms of taste. Very floral, not much juiciness or hop bitterness. Finish is chrysanthemum tea-like bitterness. Also LCI

Nasty, Brutish And Malt

Caramel. Very smooth. Dryness balanced by malt. Finishes very sweet but the ABV still warms. Great intro to Barlestone.

Resting Brew Face

More pineapple and artificial mango as it warms. Finish very short, the taste suddenly drops off. Some tea-like quality to this. Doesn't feel like 9% at all.

Spontantriplesourcherry

Not that funky or sour, closer to cherry juice. Would have liked it funkier and tarter.

Don't Bring Me Down

Pine and resin in the nose, tea-like bitterness on the palate and finish. Very light, quite tasty, but rather far from the NEIPAs I've come to know. Dryness subtle, some goji berries?

George Bourbon BA

Well-rounded gula melaka. Body heavy. Slow drink but satisfying.

Porter

Thick body for a porter, creamy and roasty. Light soy saltiness near the end?

Underground Mountain Brown

Vanilla, bourbon. A lot less sweet when warm. Quite watery. Prefer this cold.