This strong brown ale is brewed to a 19th century recipe and fermented in traditional open vats. A blend of premium ale malts and the finest of English hops combine to produce a fruity and complex character.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 50 cl. Clear orangey brown with a small off-white head. Sweet roasted malt in the nose. Medium body, roasted malt and burned caramel with a surprisingly hoppy finish. 060710
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2010
at 13:41
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, 5% at Kร10. Mild fruity aroma. Clear dark chestnut brown colour. The flavour is mildly fruity. A little grainy in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2010
at 01:30
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium red brown color with a small, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, roasted, caramel, toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100506]
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2010
at 11:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden amber with a small tan head. Aroma is fruity and slight roasted malty. Roasted malt and slight bitterness comin through. Light overripe fruity note. Nice breadish too. Mellow malty and subdued sweet finish with a good level of bitterness. Ends dry and malty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2010
at 01:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hazy brownish with a tiny beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and hints of toffee. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, caramel, grassy hops and hints of chocolate.
Tried
on 07 May 2010
at 00:40
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. DArk amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Light bitter week roasted flavor. Light chocolate notes. Short light bitter finish. Watery palate. Not a very good brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2010
at 01:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Nice creamy head with good duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are malt, caramel, nuts and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2010
at 00:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Cains Brewery tap. Deep, ruby coloured body. Tiny off-white head. Smell of roasted coffee malts. Nutty malts and raisin in flavour. Bitter tail. Moderately sweet, and medium on the palate. Decent version of the style (shared with friends on the train from Liverpool to Euston, 05.05.2009).
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2009
at 15:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tesco, Melwood, Liverpool. Poured a dark reddy tinged brown. Fastly vanishing head. Aroma and flavour were sweet(ish), fruity and malty leadng to a slightly bitter finish. Not bad at all.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2009
at 13:01
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle from Booths. Ruby colour with thin beige head. In cask form this is a very good beer. As a pasteurised and filtered bottle itโs not as good. Some decent malt, but the rest is just a bit dour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2007
at 09:46