7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Harvey’s Yarmouth. Deep amber colour with a thick white head. Aroma and taste are classic west coast malty, citrus pine. And bittersweet to bitter. Quite herbal. Rich body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2022
at 17:10
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle bought on the isle of wight ferry. Deep amber brown colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste chocolate mslty. Slight nutty. Smooth light bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2022
at 16:06
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Harvey’s in Yarmouth. Deep golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are sweet caramel and slight citrus. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2022
at 20:25
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home – gift from my brother. Pours a golden amber with a small frothy off-white head. Malts and honey combine to give a pleasant aroma. Pretty much the same in the mouth, where the low carbonation is a bonus. Some nuts and caramel in the flavour too, and after a while bitter hops come through to dominate. Finish is dry and quite bitter. This is a really good strong bitter – lovely ! --- Beer merged from original tick of Duck's Folly on 03 Mar 2025 at 00:00 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5.5. Original review text: Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours a dark copper with a small scummy cream head and good lacing. Has a rather muted aroma of traditional hops and spices. In the mouth there is a brief initial burst of sweetness before bitterness come to dominate. Flavour has traditional hops, marmite and spices pls hnts of ginger. Finish is somewhat dry. This is reasonable though not particularly memorable !
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2022
at 21:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Half pint from the cask at Hope Tap in Reading. Pours clear golden brown with a thin white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, sour note. Taste is watery, toasted malt, very faintly sour. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2021
at 13:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
This is a solid, decent best bitter. Pours a clear chestnut/amber, with a bubbly off-white head and a sweet malt aroma. There’s an initial kick of spicy bitterness followed by a smooth fruit malt taste with some mild hop bitterness. IoW tick!!!
Tried
on 06 Feb 2021
at 19:14
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Panda at home thanks to Shig. A clear pale golden coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is pale golden malts, stale bread, damp hay some earth. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, stale grains, damp hay, fizzy, some chalk, dirty grass, squeeze of lemon, Palate is little thin, little grainy, fizzy carbonation. ok. Passable.
Tried
on 19 Jan 2021
at 21:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Panda thanks to SHIG. A clear mid amber coloured pour with a lasting fine off white head. Aroma is nutty malts, some twig, ginger biscuit, earth, light soapy. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty malts, some stale grassy earthy hops, grass, biscuit, light jammy fruits, Victoria sponge vibes. Palate is semi sweet, light carbonation, rounded, Good.
Tried
on 19 Jan 2021
at 21:09
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a coppery with a white frothy head. Aroma is malty with a light fruit. Taste is light fruity, caramel sweet malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2021
at 22:28
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle: Poured a golden with a white creamy frothy head. Aroma is grainy, corny, malts. Taste is super grainy, some fruit, but malts really.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2021
at 22:11