7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Dukes B&Q, Haggerston - 20/04/12. Off-black brown with a thin beige head. Charred wood on the nose fairly mild in this respect followed on by dark fruit and licquorice. Taste is sweet malt, toffee, dark berry fruit and a subtle smoked flavour. Medium body but fairly wet and went down easily for mid 5%. A good stab at a smoked beer for a start up brewery!
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2012
at 14:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Cloudy orange pour with a white head. Mango and pineapple aroma. Quite a herby taste, bit of mint in there. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2012
at 06:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Black pour with a light tan head. Aromas of butterscotch, caramel, vanilla and a little smoke. burnt toast and chocolate flavour with some licorice notes. Malty-smoky finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2012
at 06:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled@Duke’s, London. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral and mild grainy notes. Flaovur is fruity, floral and also has some earthy and crisp malty notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2012
at 22:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from City Beverage Company. It pours clear golden yellow, with a medium white head. The nose is grapefruit, peach, plastic, bubblegum even, pine and grass. The taste is juicy tangerine, grapefruit, apricot, pithy, grassy bitterness, varnish and resin, with a bitter, citric finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Flavoursome and very drinkable. An impressive start from this new brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2012
at 13:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home 11th August 2012. Aroma is good and hoppy on cracking it. Looks a murky reddish colour, palate and CO2 is fine, taste is very bitter, fairly interesting, does not blow me away, OK beer
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2012
at 23:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask @ Cask and Barrel South, Edinburgh 270712
Golden yellow, hazy, creamy white head, good lacing
Aroma - light pale malts, soft pale fruits
Taste - fruity pale malts, apricot, soft cereals, some floral hops, touch herbal, slightly spicy
Palate - soft carb, medium body, bit powdery texture. Finish dry, bitterish fruity hops
Overall - This is a good rye PA - the rye is understated here.
Golden yellow, hazy, creamy white head, good lacing
Aroma - light pale malts, soft pale fruits
Taste - fruity pale malts, apricot, soft cereals, some floral hops, touch herbal, slightly spicy
Palate - soft carb, medium body, bit powdery texture. Finish dry, bitterish fruity hops
Overall - This is a good rye PA - the rye is understated here.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2012
at 17:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at The Cleveland Arms, London. Pours a very faintly fuzzy orange-gold with a small, frothy white foam head. Aroma holds bits of citrus, orange especially, and some lightly toasted malts. Light to medium sweet with light, toasty-doughy malts, orange citrus, very mild piney grass. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately sweet finish with some mild doughy malts, more orange citrus, very mild earth. It’s exceptionally well balanced, though not terribly hoppy. Great drinking beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jul 2012
at 07:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Pours black with a large head. Aroma is smoked ham and leather. Taste has mild smoked ham to start with a leathery, smoked finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2012
at 17:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Duke’s, London. Pours black-brown with a very tight, creamy tan cap. Nose holds a bit of burnt earth, subtle smoke, and some dark berries. Flavor is full and medium sweet, with sturdy and true smoke, some fire and light minerals, dark fruits and dark sugars. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Mild sticky sweet finish with lasting smoke punch, modest dirt and earth, light tangy berries, some charcoal, hints of ham and brown sugar. Quite sweet but pretty dynamic and well balanced overall. Probably the best British-made smoked beer I’ve encountered.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jul 2012
at 00:30