Subsidiaries
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Amber with a thin white head; woody, herbal aroma; smooth texture with sweet vanilla flavours over a clean fresh bitterness, and a disappointingly short finish. Interesting.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jun 2009
at 09:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, Rockliffe Arms, Whitley Bay. Bronze colour with a thin head, medium lace. Caramel malt/toffee aroma with some decent fruit and hop in there too. Gently bitter. Reasonably balanced and quite drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 May 2009
at 18:01
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask handpull at The Hope Tap, JDW, Reading. Gold, lasting thick off white head. Looking forward to this as I like Roosters. Fragrant spice runs through it, doesn’t dominate but definite presence. Subtle perfumed spice on aroma, bit of caramel in flavour. Finish is pretty muted. Not very hoppy.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 May 2009
at 12:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, half pint served at the very right drinking temperature at The Wheatsheaf Bar in Stoke. Well kept beer with a delicious aroma of floral hops. Mild spiced taste with a discreet touch of soft grapefruits. Short bitter endnotes. Rather thin on the swallow. Golden-amber body with no head. Great aroma, but weaker in flavour (JDWs Real Ale Festival, 02.05.2009).
Tried
from Cask
on 06 May 2009
at 16:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at W’Spoons Northwood Hills. Golden beer with a slight head. Fresh, fruity, citrus. Hops were not overpowering. Overall not bad for a festival beer at Spoons one of the better offerings.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2009
at 15:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at JDW Standing order Edinburgh ... yellow ... thin white head ... light zezty fruit ... bright fruity hop with a little bite .... some lemon and mandarin in linger ... quite complex...
Tried
from Cask
on 02 May 2009
at 05:53
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Straw with a thin white head; light citrus aroma; citrus flavours - lemon and lime, fruit sweetness and a touch of cloves.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2009
at 12:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[Gravity cask at Back of Beyond, Reading] Golden amber. Initial taste of straw and farmyard, slight carbonation. Flavour grows to reveal earth and then a spicy tingle, which I couldn’t identify as coriander particularly but was nevertheless quite pleasant. Some fruit, smoke and bitter citrus in finish. After disliking this initially, I grew to like it quite a lot. c5
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2009
at 07:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Ye Olde Mitre, Hatton Garden, London, 15 Apr 2009) Dark amber colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, nutty nose with notes of dried fruit, nuts and earthy hops. Malty, nutty taste with dark fruit, dried figs and dusty hops. A decent, fairly standard bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Apr 2009
at 14:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ 3 Judges. Clear dark golden colour, off-white head. Aroma caramel malts and distinct smell of strawberry and citrus fruits. Flavour is fruity, some caramel malts and lemonade. Dry finish. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Apr 2009
at 17:40