6

Good strong winter ale. Pint in The Railway, West Didsbury.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Umber brown with a creamy tan head and burnt caramel on the nose. Medium bodied with sweet malt, a tiny hint of spice and a sweet finish

7.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at The Waterloo Tap 22/11/2024 New UK brewery ✅ sweet and toasted malty aroma and taste, dried fruit shred, spices, dark fruit, caramel and fudge like sweetness, medium body, soft cask mouthfeel, dried fruit and spices into the close. Nice winter warmer in this weather 🥶

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Asda. Deep, ruddy, brown in colour, with a tight and fothy, off-white, head. Aroma of brown sugar, burnt toffee red berries and a hint of leafy hop. Flavour started with similar sweetness and some chocolate depth, before full and slightly toasty malts, dried fruits and liquorice. The finish was warming and moderately bitter. A lot going on and pleasant for it.

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask, third shared with Finn at Manchester Beer & Cider Festival, Brewery Microbars. A fawn-coloured head to a near-black body. Mid-sweet malty aromas, hints of caramel. Mixed taste profile of earthy malts and caramel backed by dark fruits. Slightly roasted ending. good depth. Decent. (2nd day of the festival, 23.01.2020).

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

På Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2020. Delt med Rune. Svart. Lavt tett skum med litt farge. Nøttearoma. Smaken søt. Litt nøtter. Litt frukt. Forsiktig tørr avslutning.

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Imported from my RateBeer account as Holts Sixex Strong Ale (by Joseph Holt):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

18/IV/17 - 500ml bottle from a trade @ American BBQ Guy Tasting (ElManana+1's place) - BB: 2/I/18 (2017-462) Thanks to Val and Neill for the trade!

Clear dark brown beer, creamy irregular beige to brown head, pretty stable, adhesive. Aroma: malty, grains, bit fruity, some caramel. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: very malty, grains, bitter, bit hoppy, some chocolate. Aftertaste: soft roast, pretty bitter and hoppy, some caramel, bit medicinal, malty finish.

7.9

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

500ml bottle from Morrisons. Pours very dark clear brown with a creamy head. Aromas of burnt sugar, faint dried herbs, some sweet creaminess, boozy fruitcake. Taste is instant coffee, cream, light chocolate. Thick mouthfeel. Dry finish. Good strong ale.

4.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle shared at the tropical Croydon tasting at Paul’s. 01/07/2015. Reddy / caramel brown coloured pour with a loose light tan head. Aroma is farmyard, dirty, stale malts, malty, some alcohol. Flavour is composed of nutty malts, metallic notes, spicy rough bitterness. Some jammy fruits in the Irish. Palate is medium sweet, little papery. Bad.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle on an ASDA deal as part of budget month. Nose is muted, dark malts, some fruit cake, raisin, dry bread yeast note, slight herbal hop note. Taste is dark malts, chocolate, bread, must, raisins, slight sherry, red berry’s. The finish is dry, nutty and slightly metallic. Mouthfeel is too thin for the style.