7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours golden yellow with a small scummy off-white head and good lacing. ?The aroma is a bit thin – just hints of floral hops, citrus and melon. In the mouth it is fairly bitter but with a little underlying sweetness, and a zesty and creamy texture. Floral hops dominate the flavour, but there’s also lemon, pine resin and tropical fruit. Later on there are hints of spice and grass. Bitterness lasts into the dry finish. This is decent – hides its strength well.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hops
on 22 May 2026
at 12:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Can at home picked up from Morrisons. A clearr plae oglden coloured pour with a fluffy white head. Aroma is peach melba, mango flavouring, adjunct, clean grains. Bit artificial on the nose. Flavour is composed of semi crisp, rounded grains, peach melba, mango flavouring, Palate is semi sweet, light alcohol bite, mellow carbonation. passable.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2026
at 21:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Hand pulled half pint in the Market Cat on 20th May 2026. Dark with a decent coffee nose and taste.
Tried
from Cask
at
Market Cat
on 20 May 2026
at 14:00
8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can: Poured a black color stout with a nice large brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of black chocolate notes with some cocoa notes. Taste is a mix of roasted black chocolate notes offset by cocoa notes and light residual sugar notes. Body is about average with a creamy feel and good carbonation. Enjoyable chocolate forward stout.
Tried
from Can
on 19 May 2026
at 20:41
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Wild Swan. It pours clear pale blond with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is freshly baked bread, biscuit, toasty grains, quite soft and orchard fruits The taste is crisp, dryish, smooth, fragrant, floral, toasty grains, grassy, snappy biscuit and a touch of soapiness. Light body and well appointed cask cask carbonation. A decent beer in great condition. Perhaps a touch forgettable though
Tried
from Cask
at
Wild Swan
on 16 May 2026
at 14:10
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Large tight white foamy head left a rocky creamy top on a clear pale amber coloured body.
Musty, herbal & bitter aroma.
Medium bodied, soft on the tongue with a foamy sharp dry clean back.
Tropical, orange, herbal & grapefruit tastes with a bitterly hopped peppery finish.
Deece.
Musty, herbal & bitter aroma.
Medium bodied, soft on the tongue with a foamy sharp dry clean back.
Tropical, orange, herbal & grapefruit tastes with a bitterly hopped peppery finish.
Deece.
Tried
from Can
at
Thornbridge Brewery Tap
on 14 May 2026
at 21:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Bottle at The Wild Swan. It pours clear golden - blonde with a fluffy white head. The aroma is freshly baked bread, baked goods, bitter - sweet, fragrant, floral, crunchy digestive biscuit, oatcake and wood. The taste is firmly dry, bitter, crisp biscuity malt, toasty grains, varnished wood, leather, light tannin, earthy, pithy, zesty, twist of citrus, rather floral, grassy and summer meadow with a drying, floral finale. Medium body and fairly high (for Thornbridge) foamy carbonation. A very interesting offering. Rich, crisp, biscuity and floral. Nice depth of flavour. Would love to give this a go on cask
Tried
from Bottle
at
Wild Swan
on 14 May 2026
at 11:24
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at The Wild Swan, London. It pours clear golden with a dense white head. The aroma is zingy, tangy, bitter - sweet, lemon sherbet, sweaty, pissy hops, grapefruit, pomelo and lemon cheesecake. The taste is crisp, dry, snappy, pleasing bitterness, pine needles, pithy, zesty, grapefruit, bitter peel, lemonade, slightly soapy, nip of alcohol and a clean malt base with a drying, zesty finish. Average body and moderate+ foamy carbonation. Decent west coaster.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Wild Swan
on 14 May 2026
at 11:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can picked up from Beyond Beer webshop Hamburg and consumed at home Wednesday 13th May 2026. We have a Gorgonzola Mac & Cheese for tea tonight, listening to Huw Stephens on 6Music. Pours very dark brown with a garnet glint and beige head. Chocolate, coconut and a pleasant bitterness, actually more roasty toastiness, nice mouthfeel. This is very good. Score: 7.8
Tried
from Can
from Beyond Beer
on 13 May 2026
at 17:44