6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Pours a nice cascading copper hue with a large nitro head. A sweet dusty aroma. A nice ESB with floral hops, sweet marmalade, some earthy caramel malts. Easygoing.
Tried
from Can
on 24 May 2013
at 18:57
7/10
Tried
on 23 May 2013
at 20:14
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Dark with a red glow and thick creamy head. Has a high bitterness level for a mild in both aroma and taste.
Tried
on 10 May 2013
at 12:41
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Amber, creamy white head. Low carbonation, hoppy aroma, light bitter finish, not much flavour at all.
Tried
on 15 Apr 2013
at 01:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On cask at British Oak, Wakefield - A very pretty golden body, with rich creamy head. The nose is pretty boring really, faint herbs, citrus, but nothing that shouts. The taste is pretty much similar, but has a refreshing feel to it all. Nice creamy body, but that’s it. No doubt this will be trumpeted as the future of cask beer in the UK by Carlsberg, but it is just "some beer" really.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Apr 2013
at 07:36
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On keg, British Oak, Wakefield - Took quite a bit of time to settle, lively, but levelled out to reveal a ruby black body with a thin white creamy head. Slight roasted malt in the aroma with a creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Slight nutty texture with a hint of plain chocolate and dry dusty malt with a not too dry bitter aftertaste.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2013
at 07:15
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
Two half-pints in Blackfriers Theatre (Boston, Lincolnshire) before and at half-time during ’Sleeping Beauty’ by The Vienna Festival Ballet on 31 Mar 2013. Dark amber body with a full creamy head that stayed the distance on both halves. It looked pretty good to be honest. Too cold to have an aroma at first, as it warmed a malty molasses and mixed dark fruits smell began to appear. The taste took its time to arrive because of the coldness, but it turns out the beer is slightly malty and semi-sweet throughout. Fairly smooth in texture as the name suggests, although I think smoothbland rather than smoothflow would suit it more.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2013
at 09:33
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
440ml can (Smoothflow) from Smiths
Appearance: Clear golden with a big off-white head, good lacing
Aroma: English malts, bitter and spicy. Flavors is malty, yeast, bitters and dry. A decent beer. Easy drinking.
Appearance: Clear golden with a big off-white head, good lacing
Aroma: English malts, bitter and spicy. Flavors is malty, yeast, bitters and dry. A decent beer. Easy drinking.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2013
at 20:41
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Mild hoppy scent and the flavour is also a bit hoppy but sweet too. There’s nothing wrong with it but it’s very middle of the road.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2013
at 06:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A dark amber beer with a thin head. The aroma is malt and hop while the taste is malt too but with an almost burnt edge. There are hints of fruit too but they’re almost drowned out by the toastiness of the malt. Very drinkable but I think if it’d been slightly sweeter it would have been that bit better. Often, however, these Christmas ales are far too sickly with malt and spice so perhaps they got this one just right.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2013
at 06:33