Hops & Kisses - Smooth, Dark & Passionate
Geltsdale Brewery
- From:
- Geltsdale Brewery
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.2 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 21, 2011
- Added:
- Dec 21, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by TappaKeggaBrew from Virginia
3.2/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.2/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
(Note: This is reportedly the same beer as "Hell Beck" by Geltsdale, but under a different name. I could not verify this through the brewery, and have listed it separately as a limited-availability brew.)
A: Poured a clear, dark reddish-brown. Head was thin, but lingered decently. No appreciable lacing.
S: Bready malt at first. Also sweet malts. A faint whiff of citrussy hops as well.
T: Strong, toasted malt up front, with some burnt malt as well. No sweetness in this one. The bitterness of hops is there in the finish, but there's another bitter taste I can't quite identify. Almost like burnt rubber -- not strong enough to ruin it, but enough to detract from the experience.
M: Decent carbonation and crispness.
O: Not as good as Geltsdale's other products I've tasted - not even close, to be honest. That unpleasant rubbery flavor in the finish really took a potentially fine bitter and made it merely passable. I wonder if I got a bad bottle, although I checked the freshness date and it was within the good range.
Hopefully they did something different to this limited-edition version, as I'd hate to think that the Hell Beck is just like it.
Dec 21, 2011A: Poured a clear, dark reddish-brown. Head was thin, but lingered decently. No appreciable lacing.
S: Bready malt at first. Also sweet malts. A faint whiff of citrussy hops as well.
T: Strong, toasted malt up front, with some burnt malt as well. No sweetness in this one. The bitterness of hops is there in the finish, but there's another bitter taste I can't quite identify. Almost like burnt rubber -- not strong enough to ruin it, but enough to detract from the experience.
M: Decent carbonation and crispness.
O: Not as good as Geltsdale's other products I've tasted - not even close, to be honest. That unpleasant rubbery flavor in the finish really took a potentially fine bitter and made it merely passable. I wonder if I got a bad bottle, although I checked the freshness date and it was within the good range.
Hopefully they did something different to this limited-edition version, as I'd hate to think that the Hell Beck is just like it.
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