5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
ambercolour , light hop touch of grassyness in nose, resh citric grassy hop, followed by low tone bitterness.
Tried
on 03 Jun 2007
at 04:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bouteille, courtoisie de Jean Marc G. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de malt rôti et légèrement terreux et aux notes fumées, de café, léger de chocolat au lait (notes lactiques), de chocolat noir et de houblon herbeux avec des notes fruitées (léger de cerises noires) de réglisse noire. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture légèrement crémeuse (notes aqueuses). Goût légèrement fruité aux faibles notes sûres (cerises noires, traces de prunes) avec un léger goût lactique de chocolat au lait et des notes de réglisse noire lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût moyennement amer de malt rôti (notes terreuses) accompagné d’un léger goût de mélasse sucrée et de fumée (boisée) puis l’on assiste à une finale légèrement plus amère de café noir accompagné d’un léger goût de houblon herbeux et de chocolat noir. Post-goût long-moyen aux notes sèches, moyennement amer de rôti, de café et aux notes de chocolat noir et fruitées (moût de cerises noires).
Tried
on 23 May 2007
at 20:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Draught at Monk’s Café, Stockholm) Black colour with creamy pale brown head. Roasted nose with notes of coffee, liquorice and some sourish citrussy hints. Roasted taste with notes of coffee and liquorice, some initial sweetness turns into a drier, rather salty finish. On the thin side. Not one of the best stouts around, but still ok.
Tried
on 03 May 2007
at 15:34
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask handpull at Penderels Oak, JDW, Holborn. Copper colour with thin beige head. Earthy bitter. Slightly syrupy with the malt. Yeasty aroma, some mineral. Some sharpness. Some green apple, too sour to be pleasant. Malt/hop/yeast is out of balance.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 May 2007
at 07:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Morrisons, Banbury, 20-04-07. Poured warm golden colour, some caramel on the nose. Taste a touch sweet (caramel again) but very easy drinking as the bottle says this is ’deceptively strong’ I was merrily gulping this without really much consideration to the abv. Less bitterness and complexity than I’d hoped but a reasonable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2007
at 01:31
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
500ml bottle from Sainsbury. Copper colour with thin beige head. Slighlty more malty than normal Pedigree on aroma, less yeasty and more toasty. Alcohol is crude and unintegrated. Some biscuity malt, but really the alcohol is just all over the place. Bit of Burton snatch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2007
at 13:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Butchers Arms, Oakerthorpe, Derbyshire. As I was born and bred in Staffordshire I’ve drunk an awful lot of this beer over the years. It seems thinner and less sharp now than I remember it to be. Nevertheless, this was a well kept pint; clear amber; a touch of sulphur; a fruity body, and a bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Apr 2007
at 10:23
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Pours a clear, amber golden with an off-white head. Nutty nose. Quite full-bodied with notes of caramel and roasted nuts - almost coffeeish. Some sweetness and quite alcoholic. 170407
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2007
at 15:35
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500 ml can. Typical nitro-can pour, slowly seperating to give a creamy off-white head above a gold body; stale, malty aroma; more flavour than most of its type, and a definite Marston’s feel to it - quite fruity and dry at the same time. Overall not bad for a nitro-bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Apr 2007
at 13:13
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask. Beautiful clear dark copper colour. Green apple flavour, a bit rough, but OK. I do not care much for the apple notes, but it seems to be more rounded than other bitters. Finishes nutty. Very standard bitter with no flaws. But boring, IMO.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Apr 2007
at 12:00