Subsidiaries
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Orange beer with olive shine; yellowish-orange head, not lasting. Creamy nose, bit dull, spicey. It’s definitely Fuggles; with some decent American hop in this concentration, aroma had gone trough the roof. Snif. A bit honeyish. Quite bitter taste, but uniform, unidimensional. Just a little crystal malt, toasted maybe underneath. Bitterness diminishes gradually, fading with no new aftertaste. Bit burning MF, light to medium bodied. Empty palate for an IPA. Timid, apart from the bitterness. Americans, leave the Fuggles/Goldings and above all the Maris Otter to the Brits. There’s enough of that dead-boring stuff around.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2005
at 14:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2005 bottle. Very strong yellow-gold appearance, not watered down looking. Slight copper-brass tone to it. Lightly hazy with a moderate amount of head, fairly well-retained. Aroma of wheat, light soap, a touch of sour yeast and a bit of light vienna malt. Grainy huskiness in the flavor, with a smooth torrefied wheatiness. Crisp, lightly citric hops and a good deal of body, relative to style. Very drinkable, refreshing, no off-flavors. Peppery carbonation, a touch of honey, drinkable to the extreme and light-bodied, but not watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2005
at 16:45
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
2004 bottle. Clear golden body, with a slight orange tinge to it. White head is not long retained. Aroma has a dirty, soily hops smell, but overal, not very strong (even from a tulip). Begins with a little bit of light caramel and honey and you quickly get some light fuzzy, leafy hops bitterness and flavor. It’s fairly dry and only a little bit juicy. Lots of bitterness on the end, but the hops flavor never really gets intense, funky, smoky or terribly flavorful. Medium body, no wateriness or thinning, but it’s not real full to begin with.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2005
at 08:58
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
An amber beer with a small head. The aroma is sweet with notes of caramel and hints of hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and a dry hoppy end.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2005
at 15:21
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2006-10-23, 6-3-7-3-14=33
Amber color. Some malt aroma. Malt and caramel flavor, with a light but nice hoppy touch, and a reasonable ending bitterness.
2005-03-09, 6-3-5-3-10=27
Golden to amber color. Some fudge aroma, light caramel and paper. The flavor is lacking of malt and hop, but the body is quite strong and the bitterness high.
Amber color. Some malt aroma. Malt and caramel flavor, with a light but nice hoppy touch, and a reasonable ending bitterness.
2005-03-09, 6-3-5-3-10=27
Golden to amber color. Some fudge aroma, light caramel and paper. The flavor is lacking of malt and hop, but the body is quite strong and the bitterness high.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2005
at 10:58
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled. Brownish amber, brief head. Light citrusy nose with a hint of metal. Dry with clean, hard, primitive malt character. Some toffee and oranges. Grassy, salty finish with medium bitterness. Nice flavourwise, but the mouthfeel is fizzy and harsh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2005
at 15:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Orange/brown amber with a big whitish head. Fruit malt aroma. Caramel malt flavoe with some hop fruitiness. Low bitterness. It’s a pretty good rendition of a Brittish style strong bitter without going to thick.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2005
at 08:29
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
I am only slowly getting to try this brewer’s products. This was my first tasting of this beer. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer pours a caramel color with a medium sized yellow-tan head. The aroma is sweet and vaguely nutty. The flavor is sharp and has a strong macro sour malt element with a nut undertone. The end result is rather vile and I ended up pouring this one down the drain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2005
at 21:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pour is a deep yellow with a white head. Aroma is slightly hoppy but nothing really stands out. Flavor is kind of bready and hoppy but again nothing stands out for you to notice. Ok beer,somthing easy to drink and not offensive.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2005
at 22:32
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Clear light amber body, thin off-white head. Earthy, slightly cardboardy aroma. Earthy hops and light sweet biscuity malt flavor. Has a light leafy (tobacco) kick at the end. Not very impressive or interesting.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2005
at 00:18