Samba King
By The Horns
- From:
- By The Horns
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Rye Beer
- ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 13.59%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 06, 2018
- Added:
- Oct 15, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.12/5 rDev -15.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.12/5 rDev -15.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
The 'Beer Info' below states that this beer is retired but it's not; I bought a bottle from [IIRC] Waitrose, London W2 last week and and the brewery website lists it as an available product.
L- Light brown, moderate haze, thin white head that recedes to lacing.
S- Distinct orange to me, with a festive spiciness to it.
T- Distinct rye taste. If someone told me that this beer had had a shot of JD whisky added to it I might believe them. It also has a dry peppery finish to it.
M- Clean and crisp, dry, but the rye edge comes with a hoppy sourness.
O- Only now have I seen the lable saying it's brewed with lemongrass and lime! I can see the lime now, but the lemongrass seems to elude me (perhaps a good thing). Interesting to try, but it has too much going on at once for me to look out for this again,
BB of 25/09/18. 330ml bottle.
Sep 06, 2018L- Light brown, moderate haze, thin white head that recedes to lacing.
S- Distinct orange to me, with a festive spiciness to it.
T- Distinct rye taste. If someone told me that this beer had had a shot of JD whisky added to it I might believe them. It also has a dry peppery finish to it.
M- Clean and crisp, dry, but the rye edge comes with a hoppy sourness.
O- Only now have I seen the lable saying it's brewed with lemongrass and lime! I can see the lime now, but the lemongrass seems to elude me (perhaps a good thing). Interesting to try, but it has too much going on at once for me to look out for this again,
BB of 25/09/18. 330ml bottle.
Reviewed by captaincoffee from Virginia
3.59/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours medium amber with full cream head and come lacing. Smell is a nice combo of hops and lemongrass, but not a pronounced or fresh as I expected (and beer is less than 30 days from bottling). Flavor...the rye spice and lemongrass hit first, then fade to something akin to licking a freshly cut lawn. Very herbal and grassy. Minimal citrus from the lime. Overall, the effect is off-balance IMHO. I appreciate they are trying something interesting, but it needs more tweaking.
Jun 18, 2015
Reviewed by soulgrowl from England
4.34/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
'London murky' orange. Nice, tall, lacy white head. Off-the-wall lemongrass aroma. Forgive the Proustian moment but it reminds me of the spas at luxury hotels in Thailand. There's a pleasant toffee apple tone to back that up, along with fresh lime, massive lychee (hops?) and a hint of strawberry. Lovely!
This beer drinks like a cocktail – it tastes 'aromatic,' for lack of a better word, with a sort of gin and tonic-like botanical character from the combination of lemongrass, lime, and hops. It does verge on savory and soapy, but only just. Smooth, rolling, voluptuous carbonation helps tie together a seemingly bizarre mix of hawthorn, lemongrass, bay, rye bread, blackcurrant, and lime flavors. Dry and tangy but never astringent or overwhelming. That rare kind of beer that is at once rambunctious and balanced. Not an everyday beer, nor an every day beer.
Potential food pairings: sweet Thai meat dishes, Vietnamese soups, chicken ramen, goat's cheese, BBQ
Oct 15, 2014This beer drinks like a cocktail – it tastes 'aromatic,' for lack of a better word, with a sort of gin and tonic-like botanical character from the combination of lemongrass, lime, and hops. It does verge on savory and soapy, but only just. Smooth, rolling, voluptuous carbonation helps tie together a seemingly bizarre mix of hawthorn, lemongrass, bay, rye bread, blackcurrant, and lime flavors. Dry and tangy but never astringent or overwhelming. That rare kind of beer that is at once rambunctious and balanced. Not an everyday beer, nor an every day beer.
Potential food pairings: sweet Thai meat dishes, Vietnamese soups, chicken ramen, goat's cheese, BBQ
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