5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
(bottle) Pitch black colour with a huge and brown foamy head, slowly lacing. Intensively malty, moderately roasted aroma with hints of liquorice, leather, chocolate and coffee. Quite sour flavour with a light bitterness, light to medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Roasty malty and berry-fruity taste with shy hints of chocolate and liquorice; sourish and slightly toasty malty finish. Deserves a re-rate. 11.XI.09
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2010
at 15:44
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(bottle) Hazy, dark amber colour with a big but loose tanned frothy head. Yeasty and slightly acidic roast-malty aroma with hoppy and phenolic spice, accompanied by notes of caramel. Sour and slightly bitter flavour, light to medium bodied with a moderate carbonation. Roast-malty and fruity taste; sourish and slightly hop bitter finish. Most probably this one was already over the edge. 07.X.09
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2010
at 15:44
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
bottle, bought at the brewery, shared with Allen. Deep black colour, creamy beige head, leaving lacework. Lovely nose of roasetd malts, caramel and espresso coffee. Astringent mouthfeel, only very shy malt flavours, rather dry, with hints of coffee and very dark chocolate. Certainly interesting and wel-crafted, but not my cup of tea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2010
at 07:50
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
[Cask the the Back of Beyond, Reading] Dark amber, slight white head. Toffee, mint and an unpleasantly bitter earthy finish with the odd flash of metal. The hops fight the malts rather then complementing them. Not great.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Feb 2010
at 12:31
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
10th November 2008. Clear gold - no head - low carbonation. Very mild - very slightly dusty feel. Light toffee and subtle apple malt. A little estery pear in the finish. A bit flat.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2010
at 06:29
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Moon under Water (JDW), Watford. A rather plain and ordinary bitter. Amber with a thin cream head; malty aroma; caramel flavour; moderately bitter with some ginger and citrus to the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jan 2010
at 01:19
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask@The Wenlock Arms, London. Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is fruits,some sour wood, mild floral hops as well as some rather sweet malyness. Flavour is fruits, some sour wood and mild herbal notes as well.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jan 2010
at 09:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpump at The Victory, Hereford (brewpub home of the Spinning Dog Brewery) 28-12-09 Pours dark reddy brown with a thin white rim for a head. Sweet and malty on both nose and in mouth, lacks much life or sparkle, that said its ok and a huge improvement on Lozโs Spinning Dog Original Bitter. A6 A4 F6 P3 Ov12 3.1
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Dec 2009
at 08:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle many thanks to Lozโs sister Jude for getting me this for my birthday, consumed 22-11-09 Pours dark brown with not much of a head. Fruity in the mouth, not as bitter as expected, some dryness, tangy, itโs fine. A6 A3 F6 P3 Ov12
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2009
at 10:35
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle (thanx to Q.-D.!): Literally black, no idea if hazy or not; sourish-fruity and roast-malty nose with a tinge of turpentine-like necrotic yeast; relatively sour-bitter flavour, light to medium bodied; turpentine again in the dry sourish and roasty finish. Over the top.........
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2009
at 05:38