6

keg at the Great Exhibition ...soft sweet floral beach wood smoke . soft fruit ..soft sweet fruit big soft beechwood ..soft fruit actual surprisingly solid

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pint at The Independent in Brighton. Amber color, creamy off white head. Nutty and malty nose, smoked almond, a little metal. Flavor is sweet with malt and caramel, smoked almonds, some earth notes, sausage. Creamy finish. Delightful.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

330ml bottle from Baccanalia, Cambridge. Supped watching a French documentary on the DGSE. Pours a hazed deep amber, off-white head. Welcoming smoked malt aroma. Flavour profile presents a nicely balanced smoky character, good smoked malt presence, gentle caramel with firewood, barrel, mild smoked pork. Not as intense as some, but all the better for it. Excellent drinkability.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at London Craft Beer Festival 2023. Glowing hazy orange with a lacy head. Light smoke, ham, salmon, caramel. Nice smoky flavor. Less than Bamberg level. Woody, caramel, bacon. Good stuff.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft @ Tilquin English Beer Festival '23.
Couleur pâle/orange oscillant vers l'ambre, col crémeux blanc-cassé bien tenace.
Arôme est frais malté, léger fumé, léger bouquet de malts caramel, pâle avec un houblonné délicat noble en rétro-nasal.
Palais reste sur une approche malté caramel avec une fine douceur de cécérales. Le tout ponctuié par un malt fumé en fin de bouche et qui se prête bien à l'amertume des houblons nobles.
Plus que correcte dans une lignée allemande de Bamberg mais un petit cran en-dessous. Le côté 'beachwood' hêtre apporte peut-être ce côté délicat et plus subtile de fumé (voire de fine douceur).

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

29/IV/23 - on tap @ Tilquin English Beer Fest, BB: n/a (2023-363) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!

Clear deep orange beer, creamy white head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: nice, subtle smoky character, very malty, gains, caramel, hay. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, malty, sweet malty backbone, nice smoky character, gentle bitterness, some banana. Aftertaste: a touch of diacetyl, malty, banana, bitter, a bit sweet and malty, good smoky finish.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

18/3/2022. Bottle from Hoptimism. Train beer on the way to a day out in Northampton. Pours clear dark amber brown with a small creamy off-white head. Aroma is smoky, meaty, wood-chip, malt, bonfire. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily, quite fizzy. Good, though not really a style I relish.

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Hoptimism and Day 11 of the advent calendar. Deep amber colour with an off white head, and a big maltiness. sweet and smokey. Crisp body.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

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