chimaybier (56), Redding, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 31, 2009 1 pint, 0.9 fl oz. bottle at Cost Plus in Redding, CA. Pours a medium golden color. Bouquet: You can really smell the oats in this one- it also has the classic "Bateman’s diacetyl" bouquet. Taste: mild hoppiness, breadiness with a slight tartness. Palate / finish: clean maltiness at the back of the tongue.
 gowdy (170), Ferney-Voltaire, France
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 31, 2009 Bottle at Craig’s house. Fairly standard beer. Okay for drinking. Golden colour.
cgarvieuk (4222), Edinburgh, Scotland
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Dec 31, 2009 Bottle at home ... copper thin white head ...sweet floral nose .... very floral bitter fruit hop ... very grainy ... very bagery ...
Ethereal (1707), London, Greater London, England
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 31, 2009 500ml bottle from the local store near my dad’s place in Norwich, drunk 25th Dec 09. Pours a very clear amber with a little bit of white head. As expected, grainy aroma and flavour. Errs towards sweet rather than biting bitterness but overall it’s reasonably balanced and drinkable. Some warmth too. Needs something more to make it memorable though.
after4ever (2831), Brier, Washington, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 500. Pours a crystal clear dark gold with a towering, fluffy platinum blond head. Big blended nose, as one might suspect, of cookie dough, rye bread, and, unfortunately, a bit of fusel. Creamy medium body with mild carb. Nutty, toasty, rue, doughy mid-palate. Not unpleasant. Served this one to relative acclaim at SIB this year. Not sure if this bottle is 5 months older, or what, but this isn’t quite as tasty as that experience might have suggested.
Muggus69 (566), Sydney, Australia
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Nov 21, 2009 500ml bottle.
Deep golden body, short-lived white foam.
Rather rich malty aroma; caramel, dense grain bread, biscuit, cereals and skunk. Some citrusy hops are intergrated.
Reasonably lean body, carbonation quite low, oily texture spurred on by rye and oats.
Complex grainy malts on the body, somehow reminisant of scotch whisky malt at times without the smokiness. Caramel malt in there too, hand-in-hand with lemon/orange citrus hop zest. Finishes moderately bitter, on the sweet side, with a doughy note.
Interesting beer, the texture and malt profile is certainly quite unique and adds to the overall character, but it’s a bit unexciting otherwise.
obguthr (1071), Poquoson, Virginia, USA
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Nov 14, 2009 Grain and meringue nose. Clear amber, no head. Very beery. A little metallic, grainy, not hoppy, nothing really jumps out at you. Creamy meringue finish. Clean, but a little watery. Easy to drink, but blah.
shigadeyo (2263), Harrison, Ohio, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Nov 13, 2009
11/04/2009: Bateman’s Combined Harvest... Aroma: Faint apple/pear fruit; obvious oxidation. Appearance: Nice, clear, coppery color with a frothy off-white crown. Flavor: Dry and cardboard (somewhat oxidized); lightly buttered toast; watery almond in the finish; very mild to weak finish. Palate: Soft. Overall: Somewhat stale; not exciting in any way.
1 pint, 0.9 fl. oz. bottle ( Alc. 4.7% by Vol.) shared by Tmoney99. Thanks Tom! Rating #85 for this beer.
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