6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Baxter’s Court, JDW - Hackney, London. Pours clear gold with a creamy head. The nose holds toasty bread, toffee, light cocoa. Light to medium sweet flavor with toasty bread, more toffee, some leaves, dried orange and grains. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation; decent condition. Finishes with grainy bread, more toffee, some brown sugar, grains and mild leafy bitterness. An OK, classically-styled bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Nov 2014
at 00:30
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried at JDW the Royal Hop Pole Twekesbury. An average bitter. Colour is pale Amber with a thin almost nonexistent head. Aroma has a touch of malt caramel and the taste is similar.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2014
at 09:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pint from the Royal Hop Pole, Tewkesbury. Pale golden colour with foamy white head. Aroma has malts, and hops, but it was a bit drainy. Taste has more hops and Malts with a good balance.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2014
at 10:05
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; clear amber pour with a frothy white head, malt aroma, taste is malty quite sweet caramel, with slight bitter grapefruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Sep 2014
at 09:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Hop Pole Twekesbury (JDW). Slightly hazy gold with off white head and slight lacing. Aroma of malts and caramel, the taste is the same with a touch of spice and a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Sep 2014
at 12:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (Alehouse, Reading) - Golden with a white head. Lemon and biscuity malt in the aroma. Earthy and biscuity taste with lemon, biscuity malt and a faint hint of tea.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2014
at 23:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Three Legged Mare, York. Pours hazy gold, thin white head. Caramel malt, light grassy hops. Not much going on, standard bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Mar 2014
at 11:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Tesco - Amber to gold coloured body, frothy bubbly head. Bit of a gusher to be honest. Nose is sweet caramel and toffee, with a malty bitter taste. Pretty average beer really.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2014
at 06:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Amber-brown. Bubbly, loose cask head. Very earthy caramelly nose. Rich earthy taste, only a shade thin but it just makes it more drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Feb 2014
at 18:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Two hand-pulled pints after the Carols in The Crown Inn, Oakengates on 21st Dec 2013. Pours a lovely deep, dark amber, a large white head sits majestically on top. Malty and spicy, this is one of the better Christmas beers I’ve had from a UK brewer this year. The aroma was warming, as the malty molasses mingled with the cinnamon and other wintery stuff they’ve added to the brew. This warm feeling carried on into the taste as the flavours married in the mash tun celebrated their release into a glass via a barrel. Good depth of flavours and a rich, almost heavy body for the ABV. A very pleasant end to the day and I’m glad I saved this beer as my swan song after the Carols.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2013
at 07:56