5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark nut brown. This has a medium head. On the nose, this is thin and nutty, not really a good look. You always want to pick up some nice sugars. Far too much carbonation, especially for something billed as English Ale. Thin, light brown sugar notes but not much nuance. Not a whole lot going on, unfortunately.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2016
at 22:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle - Juicy grapefruit and some orange peel. Clearish dark copper gold with a small beige head. Grapefruit and pith with a nice bit of bitterness. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2016
at 22:42
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Hazy, dark amber. This has a really strong canned peach aroma, with some of those pears. Gotta be some higher alcohols in here. Moderate bitterness, more of those canned fruits, It’s not that great - all the elements are there but they aren’t necessarily coming together all that well.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Oct 2016
at 22:32
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
650mL bottle, pours a deep dark amber with a small white head. Aroma brings out resinous hops, caramel malt, and residual candied sweetness. Flavour is quite sweet, with lots of caramel bready malt upfront, followed by resinous hops, finishing with a candied, sort of cough syrupy sweetness. Not elegant by any means, but it's not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2016
at 22:28
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 5.5
Tasting at Matt’s, 4% ABVHazy amber color. The aroma is strong, very estery, some British character. Initially it seems to have some British flavor too, but then this turns into too much vegetable bitterness, quite unpleasant in the final.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2016
at 18:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Townhouse Brewery & Pub. Pours a clear amber gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a combination of light flora, grass and grains with a hint of caramel underlying. Flavor has more grass with a touch of pine and sweet grain supporting.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Oct 2016
at 11:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Harbour View Inn, Smiths Cove NS. A reddish amber pour with a thick cream head; full bodied with a sweet fruity taste that’s nicely balanced by the hops, which give a spicy edge that’s not typical of red ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2016
at 04:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at Harbour View Inn, Smiths Cove NS. A clear amber pour with a billowing white head; floral aroma; grainy body with some citrus and then green tea in the finish. A crisp and refreshing pale ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2016
at 04:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Grand Bankers, Lunenberg NS. A peaty brown coloured pour with a trace of white head; piney aroma; rather thin in the mouth with a dry taste from the well roasted grains; and some smoke and coffee in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Oct 2016
at 03:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at Maxwell’s Plum. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has grass and light pine with a grain backbone. Flavor has some grains with light pine and grass plus a hint if citrus.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2016
at 16:37