7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
cask at the blue blazer ...hazy amber ...small off white head ... soft dry floral fruit nose ...Light sweet caramel apricot ...
Tried
on 18 Mar 2026
at 16:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Dull orangey-amber with a thin off-white head and a light carbonation. Decent condition as usual for this 'Spoons. Malty with toasted brown bread and a little caramel. Some light marmalade and blackberry notes. Dry finish. More like a bitter than a brown ale, but grew on me after a meh start.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hope Tap
on 18 Mar 2026
at 12:41
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can from Oban Beer Seller. It pours dark brown to black with a decent beige head. The aroma is dark roasted malt, charred, umami, salty liquorice, coffee grounds, cacao nibs, dark chocolate, malt loaf and molasses. The taste is firmly dry, bitter, charred, burnt toast, umami, liquorice, ashy, dark chocolate, cacao nibs, espresso coffee, light acidity, cracked black pepper and tar with a bitter, dark roasted finish. Medium body and average carbonation. Inspected.a bit more support from the nitro carbonation, maybe the keg version would.be better. Decent, if a touch too charred and ashy.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2026
at 13:45
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[Cask at The Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] A dull copper coloured pour with a white rim; sweet toasted malt aroma; quite sweet and syrupy in the mouth with some red fruits and malts; then a dry bready finish with a tart berry bitterness and bramble aftertaste. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
at
Old Manor
on 12 Mar 2026
at 11:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Third of a pint on cask at the red lion jdw.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
at
Red Lion (JDW)
on 11 Mar 2026
at 18:40
7.5/10
Star and Garter Bromley pub London
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Mar 2026
at 21:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Creamy off white head on a mahogany coloured body.
Malt, toffee & liquorice aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a lightly carbonated clean back.
Liquorice, berry, toffee & malt with a tangy finish.
Good stuff.
Malt, toffee & liquorice aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a lightly carbonated clean back.
Liquorice, berry, toffee & malt with a tangy finish.
Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2026
at 17:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2026, Beer#16. Very mildly hazed deeper golden coloured ale. Hoppy-sweet, but undistinguished beyond this.
Tried
from Cask
at
Waterhouse
on 07 Mar 2026
at 20:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Third of a pint in my local Spoons on 7th March 2026. Light haze to the amber body, off white crust on top. Malty front with a subtle hop centre, light mixed fruit salad finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
William Withering
on 07 Mar 2026
at 17:20
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask handpull at Metropolitan Bar JDW London. Clear amber colour lasting off white head its a light malty pale ale. Quite tasty. Decent temperature. Decent sweetish malt. Some ale yeast esters fruits. Decent enough. Packs flavour for a lower anv beer.
Tried
from Cask
at
Metropolitan Bar
on 07 Mar 2026
at 11:50