5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
[i] [b] Bottle picked up farm shop somewhere between Hereford and Loz’s sister’s at Winforton [/i] [/b] Erupts with an Etna like larval flow, pumping and oozing white billows of larval beer and foam. Looks for all the world like a watered down oxtail soup with yeasty floaters zipping around in this larval flow, neither Loz or her mum thought that I should drink it and to be honest I can’t blame them for the advice but never the coward I decided to get stuck in. This tasted amazingly better than its looks suggested, ok so it was fairly uninspiring sweet, malty, slightly tangy oxtail soup and served cold Gazpach style but I happily drank most of it, it was ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2008
at 01:40
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask handpull at County Hotel, Ashford. Gold, thin beige head. Some butter toffee. Lots of peppery hop on end. Good condition. Hops are excellent, bit of diacetyl I suppose.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Mar 2008
at 08:27
1.9/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 1
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Cask handpull at Crosse Keys, JDW, London. Hazy gold, disappearing white head. Rubbery aroma. OK in mouth. More rubber/bleach on end. Nasty, couldn’t even finish a 1/3 pint
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2008
at 06:42
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask-conditioned at the Robin Hoods Retreat, Bristol 30/10/07. Pale hazy gold with a moderate white head. Sweet malt aroma with a trace of floral hops. Flavour was distinctly strange, like sucking flints soaked in grapefruit juice. I also noticed a slightly metallic finish. Odd, and not in a positive way.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2007
at 19:35
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 11/9/07. Pale gold colour with next to no head. Faint aroma of sweet malt. Flavour also started sweet with a bit of a dry finish. Unremarkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Sep 2007
at 13:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
BCA picked up at ’Home and Gardens’ Garden Centre, off A49 between Leominster and Hereford 09-03-07. This was a fine stout, ferociously dry and intensely bitter, loads of burnt roasted malty and bitter coffee tastes, very dark in colour with a light brown head. I didn’t really like this on first tasting because I found it a little to ’in yer face’ and was expecting something smoother and much simpler, but as it slipped down I began to really appreciate what was a very fine stout.
Tried
on 10 Mar 2007
at 12:06
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
BCA, picked up from Home and Garden’s, Garden Centre, between Hereford and Leominster 09-03-07. Poured light amber in colour, taste was unspectacular and whilst ok, it lacked in all departments, a touch thin and watery with a slight metallic edge, some citrusyness but for me it suffered from that sort of home brew feel to it.
Tried
on 10 Mar 2007
at 03:03
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask sampled with Finn at Glasshouse, Norwich. Golden brown in colour. Small level of foam. Dried fruity aroma. Flavour of caramel mixed with hop fruitiness. Very standard bitter (26.09.2006).
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Oct 2006
at 02:00
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask at The Glasshouse (JDW) Norwich 26 Sep 2006. Golden brown/coloured. A tiny head. Some dry malty flavour but otherwise bland.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2006
at 07:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at The Market Porter London SE1 15 Sep 06. Bright golden coloured. A tiny tanned head. Sourish spicy aroma. Fruity impression. Pineapple? Sweet dry aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2006
at 12:13