5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a small, virtually none appearance, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, toffee, moderate buttery. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (030508)
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jun 2008
at 02:11
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Very dark brown with a small off-white head. Fruit and caramel in the aroma. Dry with roast malt and caramel flavours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2008
at 13:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ thewolf-and-his-flock-of-sheep tasting session. Clear brown color, short head. Aroma of malt, roasted, bit coffee, rye. Soft fruity and malty taste. Hint of blackcurrant. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2008
at 11:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500 ml bottle. Reddish, dark copper body with a thin beige head. Very nice aroma of roasted malt, coffee and caramel. Flavor is sweet roasted malt, fruity, coffee and a good bitterness. A pleasant and well-balanced porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2008
at 15:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle@TheWolf. Pours copper/amber with a off white head. Aroma is mild of chocolate & dried fruits. Body is medium to weak. Drinkable but nothing speciel!
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2008
at 02:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[on draught at the 3B’s, Reading] Poured a golden colour with a moderate, very white head which slowly reduced - appearance of a pilsener (my friends actually said "how come you’ve bought a lager then?"). The carbonation is pleasantly soft. A sweet malty aroma and foretaste were quickly overtaken by a soaring bitterness with oaky overtones, reminding me more of an IPA than a bitter. I’m not usually a fan of very bitter ales, but this one worked really well for me - a very refreshing summer ale; great work guys.
Tried
on 16 May 2008
at 18:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Tesco. Dark brown with a slight tan head and moderate carbonation. Aroma had some roastiness, chocolate and raisins. Slightly oily mouth feel, with flavours of milk chocolate, coffee and a decent bitter finish. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2008
at 13:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, bristol 1/4/08. Deep gold colour with a decent white head. Aroma was pretty fruity with some apricots, mandarins and earthy hops. Flavour had some sweet biscuit malt before an enjoyably bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Apr 2008
at 14:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.0%. Amber coloured beer, large off-white head. Moderate aroma of hops with a little malts, toffee and fruit. The flavour has decent hops and a little toffee and nuts, on a tolerable malty base. Dry and slightly woody finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2008
at 17:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 5.3%. Black colour, moderate to low greyish brown head. Nice aroma, some roastiness, coffee and chocolate, hints of tobacco and dark fruits. The flavour is moderately roasty, coffee and chocolate again, with a slight fruitiness. Smooth and pleasant to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2008
at 17:05