Sleuth Hound
ParrotDog
- From:
- ParrotDog
- New Zealand
- Style:
- Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
- ABV:
- 6.6%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.44 | pDev: 13.66%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 02, 2015
- Added:
- Dec 26, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by SmashPants from Australia
2.81/5 rDev -18.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75
2.81/5 rDev -18.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75
Bottle: standard brown 330mL bottle with a decent craft label. A good package for a small operation. Purchased in New World Wellington during Beervana.
Appearance: pours out a dark red-brown hue with limited visible carbonation. A one-finger tan head drops away to a solid ring fairly quickly. Looks like a decent Wee Heavy.
Aroma: the aroma is quite soft, and to be honest a bit boring. Some fruit with a touch of smoke and peat.
Taste: again a very light flavour of smoke and some fruits. Pretty boring, this really needs a lot more oomph.
Aftertaste: drops away pretty quickly - really not much to this one.
Mouth feel: here is the main problem - moderate in carbonation with very little carbonation. This beer really needs more carbonation to bring some more flavour forward.
Overall: breweries like Matso's, Moon Dog and Monteith's are a bit hit or miss - for expensive breweries, some of their beers are ordinary, some fantastic. Parrotdog is even more expensive and as yet I have not had a single decent brew from them. Sleuthhound is the fifth I have tried from Parrotdog and whilst it isn't an awful beer, it is something just as bad - incredibly boring. Considering the average Parrotdog beer costs between AU$100 - AU$140 in Australia, the price is truly unacceptable. As this one is a Wee Heavy and is 6.6%, I would assume it to be at the top end of that scale. This is the last Parrotdog beer I will buy for a while - they are not good enough even if they were half the price.
Sep 24, 2014Appearance: pours out a dark red-brown hue with limited visible carbonation. A one-finger tan head drops away to a solid ring fairly quickly. Looks like a decent Wee Heavy.
Aroma: the aroma is quite soft, and to be honest a bit boring. Some fruit with a touch of smoke and peat.
Taste: again a very light flavour of smoke and some fruits. Pretty boring, this really needs a lot more oomph.
Aftertaste: drops away pretty quickly - really not much to this one.
Mouth feel: here is the main problem - moderate in carbonation with very little carbonation. This beer really needs more carbonation to bring some more flavour forward.
Overall: breweries like Matso's, Moon Dog and Monteith's are a bit hit or miss - for expensive breweries, some of their beers are ordinary, some fantastic. Parrotdog is even more expensive and as yet I have not had a single decent brew from them. Sleuthhound is the fifth I have tried from Parrotdog and whilst it isn't an awful beer, it is something just as bad - incredibly boring. Considering the average Parrotdog beer costs between AU$100 - AU$140 in Australia, the price is truly unacceptable. As this one is a Wee Heavy and is 6.6%, I would assume it to be at the top end of that scale. This is the last Parrotdog beer I will buy for a while - they are not good enough even if they were half the price.
Reviewed by ADZA from Australia
3.25/5 rDev -5.5%
3.25/5 rDev -5.5%
Pours a deep red copper hue with a two finger head and a touch of lacing here and there, the smell is fruity hops with a touch of smoke, the mouthfeel is medium bodied with above moderate carbonation and the tastes are pretty pedestrian for a scotch ale with hints of smokey peated malts but overtook with a big fruity hopfest which also rounds out the finish and overall something I wouldnt buy again and not very true to style cheers.
Sep 08, 2014
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.59/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 3.5
Purchased and consumed on North Island, NZ.
Pours clear, dark, mahogany brown with a large, creamy and durable tan head. Excellent lacing.
Very lightly smoky in the aroma, there’s a little more smoke in the taste and aftertaste. Peat smoked grain and hints of raisins and vanilla, but the flavor seemed a bit off with a hint of butter and a touch of sour too.
Feel: creamy smooth; very soft, making the medium body seem pleasingly light.
O: A very fine Scotch Ale with superb looks and feel.
Dec 26, 2013Pours clear, dark, mahogany brown with a large, creamy and durable tan head. Excellent lacing.
Very lightly smoky in the aroma, there’s a little more smoke in the taste and aftertaste. Peat smoked grain and hints of raisins and vanilla, but the flavor seemed a bit off with a hint of butter and a touch of sour too.
Feel: creamy smooth; very soft, making the medium body seem pleasingly light.
O: A very fine Scotch Ale with superb looks and feel.
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