4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled. Black with beige head. Vague coffee aroma. Light bodied, roasty and sweet. The mouthfeel is thin and sharp, and the finish drier and with a hint of metal. Better than any other Marston I can think of, but still I have a hard time enjoying this beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2003
at 15:23
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 4
Bottled. Amber coloured. Sweet and artificial vanilla aroma. Thin, gassy and metallic, lightly sulfury with sharp, bitterish finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2003
at 12:31
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle conditioned, opaque black (= very dark brown), pours with a good tan head that does not last long. Surprisingly fruity and vinous complex aroma of plums / prunes with notes of seaweed, cocoa, Colombian coffee and cigars. Light bodied for a stout, but very refreshing. Moderate roast coffee flavour, quite dry, moderate roast bitterness in the aftertaste, a bit short. Must be a good accompaniment with all kinds of food - not only oysters.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2003
at 12:10
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Orange-amber color. Light hop aroma, a bit fruity. Too poor flavor and palate.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2003
at 02:45
2.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 3
Bottled. Deep golden, small head. Sweet, sugary and lightly sulphury. Bland with mellow body and low bitterness. Crap, if you ask me...
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2003
at 00:36
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Amber, foxy colour, clear. Nice white head. Nose is weedy, as fresh nettles, vines - and hopplant maybe, certainly not what we're used to recognise as hoppy. Taste is rather malty at first (coloured, ambrée malts); but not sweet. Quite bitter and metallic palate and finish. Malt gives good body; a bit spritzy. Aftertaste is bitter - resembling hoppy, different in some weedy way. Long bitterness. Nice 'experiment', succeeded in many ways, but two questions remain. WHY the clear glass bottles, and WHY no bottle-conditioning?
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2003
at 11:22
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Keg, 2003-02-01, 4-4-4-3-10=25. Light amber color, creamy head. Very light character, smooth. Just a note in the background...
Tried
on 01 Feb 2003
at 14:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Black with medium brown head. Sweet nose. Sweet malt flavor with roasted dry finish
Tried
on 08 Jan 2003
at 20:24
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
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Tried
on 08 Jan 2003
at 20:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Brown,lasting tan head. Good malt nose. Interesting malt palate with light yeast aftertaste
Tried
on 16 Dec 2002
at 13:58