6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle split at the level 42 tasting, thanks to Kenvold, 09/03/16. Hazed yellow orange with a decent off white head. Nose is week old flower water, herbal, lemon zap, petals, pissy, damp straw, on the turn melon. Taste comprises light funk, pissy straw, lemon rind, musty wood, light pear jus, slightest of Early Greydom. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok to average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2016
at 12:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
75cl bottle @ Shrewsbury Beer Share, March 16, thanks to Paolo. Pours black, creamy tan head. Aroma is sweet caramel and roast. Continues to the taste with cocoa, layered malts, brittle cinder toffee and brown sugar on the finish. Complex and delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2016
at 11:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried at colonna, and hunter, bath. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma sweet flat coke and my mums chocolate after dinner mints. taste spicy liquorice, but nasal minty. buzzy and hard work to drink just a third.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2016
at 16:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines and drunk at home. Black beer, lasting beige head. Aroma of dark fruits like raisins and currants. Touch of hop on the aroma too. I mean it’s more like a modern hoppy dark lager than a schwarzbier. In fact it tastes like a hoppy stout. I don’’t know about the lager bit. Very bitter and hoppy on the finish. No idea why this is classed as a premium lager. Mind you I have no idea what style it is. Dark chocolate flavour is good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2016
at 15:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle picked up from Cotteridge Wines, Cotteridge, Birmingham and consumed at home Tuesday 8th March 2016 Crystal clear gold, super clarity with a nice white head atop. Steely aroma, touch flinty it’s very nice. Dry finish. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2016
at 14:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at the Cotteridge Convention - 2016 edition. Cheers for this one! Pours rich brown with a creamy, tan head. Great aroma, with toasted biscuits, light roast, pithy grapefruit poking through. Medium sweet flavour with good citrus qualities, light piney bitterness, some orange rind. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Good balance on the finish, with more toast, light chocolate, subtle resinous pine, cocoa. Excellent CDA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2016
at 14:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Nice and tasty bipa!
Almost complete black, and a fine beige head. Ok lacing. Good intensity in the aroma. Medium + body and a fine carbonation. Ok balance between sweetness and bitterness. Semi dry texture. Pine, grapefruit hoppy, coffee, mild roast, licorice, mild tropical fruity and some chocolate.
[On tap at Clove Hitch / 23 Club in Liverpool, England]
Almost complete black, and a fine beige head. Ok lacing. Good intensity in the aroma. Medium + body and a fine carbonation. Ok balance between sweetness and bitterness. Semi dry texture. Pine, grapefruit hoppy, coffee, mild roast, licorice, mild tropical fruity and some chocolate.
[On tap at Clove Hitch / 23 Club in Liverpool, England]
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Mar 2016
at 06:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home in London - picked up at the Bottle Shop, Bermondsey. Pours perfectly clear yellow, effervescent, with a foamy white head that recedes a little quickly. There’s a good dose of smoke up front in the nose, and the rooibos follows quickly thereafter, along with notes of lemon, hay and maybe a little pineapple. Lightly sweet with quenching lemony tartness and mellow acidity, all underscored by a restrained smokiness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Lightly drying, tart and acidic on the finish, with touches of wheat bread, faint grass and straw, more rooibus, mild smoke. The flavour combinations seem a little disparate and jarring at first, but the more I drink of this the more I think it really comes together. Nicely harmonised and refreshing. Excellent work.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2016
at 14:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Hazy pale golden body with a thin white head. Steady carbonation. No lacing. Aroma of freshly cut oranges, tonic water and cucumber. Flavour of lemon zest, tonic water, oranges and minerals. Abrupt but clean finish. Thin body with a watery texture. Light fizz. Very refreshing and not overly sour. An ideal breakfast beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2016
at 13:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Turner’s, Sheffield. Clear, pale gold. Thin, lasting, white head. Nose has sweet, grassy, lemony malts. Lightly spicy, floral hop. Some notes of fruity hop. Taste is initially soft sweet. Some dryness. Minimal bitterness. Clean, fresh mouthfeel. Nicely spritzy. More sweetness on the finish, tempered by a soft, spicy bitter close. Clean and drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2016
at 13:04