5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Victorian Craft Beer Café, Halifax. Very dark red with a thin off-white head. It’s very light in terms of ’stout’ character, but is an inoffensive easy to drink darker malts ale. Maybe a touch thin.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jan 2016
at 10:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Bottle Baron. Dark brown body with a thin beige head. Excellent lacing. Aroma of charred wood, black pepper plum and chocolate. Flavour of chocolate lime, roasted malt and menthol. Medium body with a creamy texture. Soft fizz. An interesting Porter with lots going on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2016
at 14:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask. Shakespeares, Sheffield. As Cloudwater Winter Range - Bitter. Hazy, light brown. Thick, bubbly, off white head. Certainly doesn’t smell like a traditional bitter. This has lemon and grapefruit. Some peachy notes. Lots of new world hoppage. Taste is light, juicy bitter. Crisp palate. Light, fruity bitter finish. Like a bitter, minus the farty malts. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2016
at 10:02
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Urban 1/4, Kelham Island. Light yellow, hazy. Plentiful carbonation but little head. Slightly musty grapefruit, candy sugar and sourdough bouquet. Sweet fruity taste with enough bitterness in the finish for balance. Pear drops in the aftertaste. A masterpiece.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2016
at 09:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle - from notes. Nose was surprisingly bitter and off-style, with a citrus and tangerine aroma, alongside caramel and grass notes. Tastes were caramel, grass, honey, biscuit, but and uneven and pronounced hop pine bitterness in the finish. Not a bad beer, but suffers from the same problem of other Cloudwater beers I’ve had, where it feels like a load of modern hops have been dumped into the beer, with little consideration for the effect and the beer was dreadfully unbalanced as a consequence.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2016
at 14:59
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle picked up at Cotteridge Wines, Cotteridge, Birmingham last weekend, consumed at home Saturday 9th January 2016 Pours Hazy gold edging towards orange with a large billowing head of foam. Mango and pineapple cubes combine on a very tropical nose. In the mouth this is really juicy, dangerously drinkable for 8%, the pineapple dominates in the mouth with a little sweet orange. Lovely bitterness, great beer.A8 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 4.0 I had this again at Merton Winter Beer Festival Fri & Sat 26th & 27th Feb’ 2016 in Keykeg. I don’t have much more to add to comments above, other than to say this is a really superb beer, wonderful mouthfeel, the tropical fruits are just singing in the aroma, great beer, score upped as a result. A8 A4 T9 P5 Ov16 4.2
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2016
at 12:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the bottle shop druid street. Bright yellow coloured pour with a fading frothy white head. Aroma is light grains, straw, rustic grains, fresh citrus, tropical notes. Flavour is composed of crisp pils grains, light straw, lemon. Palate is composed if crisp light grains, refreshing, highish carbonation. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2016
at 09:44
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
1st December 2015
Pigs Ear Day 1. Cask. Almost opaque dark brown beer, tidy pale tan head. Palate is slightly viscous. Decent fine carbonation, semi dry. Rich dark malts, spicy licorice. Rich tangy dark fruits. Light finish, dry and spicy. Nice.
Pigs Ear Day 1. Cask. Almost opaque dark brown beer, tidy pale tan head. Palate is slightly viscous. Decent fine carbonation, semi dry. Rich dark malts, spicy licorice. Rich tangy dark fruits. Light finish, dry and spicy. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jan 2016
at 09:08
8/10
Tried
on 09 Jan 2016
at 08:09
8/10
Tried
on 09 Jan 2016
at 07:43