4.1/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Cask at Richard John Blackler, Liverpool. Pours a murky dark chestnut with medium sized off-white head. The nose is creamy with malts. In the mouth it is sweet with a creamy texture – on second thoughts more like gravy ! Flavour is a bit of sickly nothingness. There’s some autumn fruits and an underlying nuttiness, plus hints of alcoholic strength. This is pretty awful !
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Oct 2022
at 20:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Square Bottle, Chester. Pours a dark burgundy with a small cream head and good lacing. Aroma is creamy with roast malts and some hints of liquorice. In the mouth the liquorice is very much to the fore. It is smooth with a slightly watery texture and some traces of dark fruits. Later on it becomes sweeter with hints of danelion and burdock, leading to a dry finish. Not bad but a bit too much liquorice.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2022
at 20:57
6/10
Tried
on 27 Aug 2022
at 12:15
6/10
Tried
on 27 Aug 2022
at 11:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Swan Inn, Blackheath. Poured a clear golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is big malt, woody hops. The flavour is over moderate bitter, with a smooth, rich, yeasty, light citrus, woody hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jul 2022
at 21:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Bull & Stirrup, Chester – advertised as “Bavarian cask lager”. Pours a golden yellow with a small white head and good lacing. There’s malts and berry fruits in the aroma. In the mouth it is quite sweet with summer fruits and apples being the most immediate flavours. Later on some floral hops and oranges come into play. Finish is slightly bitter. This is reasonable but doesn’t have much lager characteristic.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jun 2022
at 20:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Bird in Hand, Stafford. Pours a golden amber with a medium sized off-white head. Aroma has biscuits and floral hops. In the mouth it has a creamy texture and starts off malty. Later on some autumn fruits and floral hops come through. Finish is dry and hoppy. As others have said it’s not an APA but I’m not sure how to categorise it. Somewhere between a best bitter and an IPA. Anyway, it’s rather nice !
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Mar 2022
at 23:26
6/10
Smooth, citrus, grainy, barley grains, mild
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Feb 2022
at 13:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Cask at the Queens Head, Stourbridge. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is fruity liquorice and Ribena. Taste has Ribena and liquorice to start with coffee on the finish. A little watery.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Feb 2022
at 20:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a clear dark reddish brown colour with an everlasting frothy off-white head. The aroma is roasty malt and ashtray. The flavour is moderate to light liqourice bitter, with a smooth, roasty, smoky. ashtray, herbal, light liqourice bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Wellington
on 08 Feb 2022
at 20:59