6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - golden with a thin head. Nose - mainly malt bag. A hint of orange but not much. Taste - some orange and cereal. Palate - light to medium bodied, tangy texture and fairly good finish. Overall - better on the taste than nose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2017
at 06:40
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle from JSG Wine Merchants, Hills Road, Cambridge. Dark gold, over-carbonated. Little white head sitting proudly on the top. Sweet smell of caramel/taffy, somewhat sickly if truth be told. Taste isn’t much better: sweet and malty with a misplaced spiciness. The flavour in the finish is short, but the heavy carbonation lingers on the tongue. I just don’t care for it all that much. I should say that I’m not (usually) a fan of First Gold hops, so this was never going to appeal to me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2015
at 16:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Beer number four on a random tasting session at home with myself on 2nd July 2015. 500ml bottle labelled as Parkers Piece: BBE Feb 2016. Poured slowly into a UK pint sleeve. Mahogany hue to the body, clear with a poor, wisp head: pity, I like a decent top to my beer. Fruity nose and taste with plenty going on for the senses to chase. Taken with some Vintage Cheddar Cheese it played along nicely: it’s semi-sweet maltiness challenging the strong cheese and it’s saltiness. My sweet tooth really took to this: another fine beer from Wolf, just need some terrified wheat or something to give it a decent head!
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2015
at 15:28
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Cambridge Wine Merchants, Cambridge. Amber-orange with no head and a small carbonation. Medium bodied fruity ale with citrus orange the dominant aroma and flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2015
at 16:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
23rd April 2015: 500ml bottle shared with my wife in bright sunshine on our patio. Really enjoyed this beer: light brown body with full heads on our two half-pint glass tankards (old Home Ales countryman glasses). Malty lead with a good hop content stopping any real sweetness from showing. Fruity and interesting, belies it’s 3.7% ABV with a flavoursome taste and aroma.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2015
at 12:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Gryphon, Bristol 8/3/2015. Reddish-brown with next to no head. Sweet, caramel and plum fruits, with bready malts and a gentle finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Mar 2015
at 03:18
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Waitrose. Light brown. Clear with reasonable head & lots of lacing. Negligible aroma: bit of fruit, wood, freshly mown grass. Taste is an improvement, with a hearty hoppy bitter taste and a slight bitterness in the finish. Nothing special but certainly a drinkable bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2015
at 16:52
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from JSG Wine Merchants, Hills Road, Cambridge. Light gold, fairly flat but with the tiniest bit of head. Very little aroma. Some malt, citrus, green apple. Taste is on the bitter side, sharp and refreshing. Slight bitter aftertaste. Weak body. This is probably the template for the average beer: neither good nor bad, just there. The name says it all: drinkable only if it’s Hobsons Choice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2015
at 15:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Tesco. Clear golden colour, with white head. Hoppy aroma. Taste has slight citrus and malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2014
at 11:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Cambridge Wine Merchants, Cambridge. Copper with an amber glow and a thin head. Has a rich grainy-malt taste with a fruity sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2014
at 16:02