6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours a slightly hazy golden amber with a medium sized foamy almost white head and good lacing. The aroma is pretty faint. Just hops at first but some citrus coming through later. In the mouth it is sweet and smooth with floral hops, tangerine and citrus. Hints of lemon and stone fruits too after a while. Sweetness lasts into the slightly dry finish. This is reasonable but not really an IPA.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Picture House (JDW)
on 30 Jan 2025
at 00:00
--- Beer merged from original tick of New Forest on 17 Jan 2025 at 10:28
Tried
from Cask
at
Imperial (JDW)
on 17 Jan 2025
at 10:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A slightly hazy golden amber pour with tight cream head; sour grainy aroma; dry in the mouth with a sour grainy taste and some butterscotch and honey; then a herbal bitterness and a little spice to finish. An odd IPA.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 09 Jan 2025
at 15:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Bottle from LCB, 1 month still in date. Pours amber brown, clear, with small off white head with some spotted retention. Aroma of brown bread, nuts, apple. Taste has that brown bread and nuts but there is a fruity apple and blackberry, hint of caramel and minerals. Nice balance of flavours. Body is sessionable but a touch too thin. Tasty though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Figure of Eight, Birmingham. Pours a dark ruby / near black with small beige head. This has a brioche malt character with some leafy hop and a finish if coffee, chocolate and a slight berry tang. Smooth. Moreish.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Snakecatcher, Brockenhurst. Aroma is sweet. Caramel and fruit. Clear golden brown. Translucent white foamy head recedes to the rim. Flava mirrors aroma. Sweet juice and caramel. A sour citrus edge. Underlying malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Flat-soft carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Nice enough. Not too sweet so sessionable.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jun 2024
at 11:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Ever growing off white tight foamy head on a finely carbonated deep amber coloured body. Malt & Bitter aroma. Medium bodied, foamy dry & clean. Toffee, caramel, fruity & berry tastes with a tangy finish. Not bad.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2024
at 17:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from the Low Cost Beer online shop. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of toffee, apple, biscuit. Taste is nutty, apple again. Thin finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2024
at 19:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Moon Under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours “bitter brown” with a small off-white head and good lacing. The aroma is traditional hops mixed with ripe fruit. In the mouth it has a general sweetness and plenty of malts, but this is offset by spices and tropical fruits. Old school hops are below the surface as well plus hints of plums and lychees leading to a slightly dry and spicy finish. This is a decent premium bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Feb 2024
at 23:01
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Moon Under water, Wolverhampton. Pours lemon yellow with a small white head. There’s smooth citrus in the aroma, plus some hints of hops. In the mouth it is briefly sweet to start off with, before restrained bitterness and floral hops take over. Hints of grains, herbs and spices and a zesty feeling overall. Finish is slightly dry and sticky. It’s decent and certainly swiggable – if a little bland.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Sep 2023
at 20:44