6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Hillgrove Porter Stores, Bristol 25/11/2011. Deep gold with a slight, off-white head. Sweet, caramel aroma with a touch of roastiness. Flavour had cereal malts, some red fruit and dryish finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Nov 2011
at 08:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Hillgrove Porter Stores, Bristol 25/11/2011. Deep amber with a slight, off-white head. Sweet, peanut and berry fruit aroma. Flavour had sweetish malts, nuttiness and a faint hint of roastiness, before a moderately bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Nov 2011
at 08:07
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Cask at Angleterre, 20111111) The beer poured amber and clear. Aroma had sweetness and mildly berries. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, grass, toffee and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. Not so pleasant aroma but taste was ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Nov 2011
at 05:16
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Kittys, 20111111) The beer poured amber and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had toffee and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were toffee, hops, malts, some yeastiness and quite low bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and mildly bitter. An average bitter with a little bit stronger hop flavour.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Nov 2011
at 05:01
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Cask at Kittyโs, 20111031) The beer poured brown and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts and mild roastedness. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, toffee, caramell, sweetness, grass and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet and bitter. Too sweet but clean.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Oct 2011
at 07:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Black Door, Helsinki, 20111031) The beer poured deep amber and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts and toffee. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, toffee, nuts, hops, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was nutty and bitter. Strong flavoured beer with too much sweetness.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Oct 2011
at 06:20
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF 2011. Golden with a small white head. Malty aroma with grain, biscuit and bbread crust, with a touch of grassy hops. Grainy and grassy flavour with a hint of licorice
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Oct 2011
at 13:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium to dark amber colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, fruity, nutty - earthy. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, keller, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110803]
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2011
at 09:24
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at Stortford Beer Festival 2011. A golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of fruit and yeast as well as light notes of malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of phenols and malt as well as light notes of fruit, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2011
at 10:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours dark golden with a creamy head and lacings. Hay and grain. Floral hop flavor with notes of wood and earth. Smooth.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2011
at 06:28