6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Pours ruby/brown with a small but very long-lasting head.Aromas shows predominantly roasted malt, with sweet milk chocolate and coffee beans. Nice, but faint.Flavours are very similar, with easy-going toasty and roasted malt, little in the way of hops and a very mild roasty bitterness.Carbonation is way over the top, to the point of being annoying.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2009
at 00:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours toffee/amber with a very large head.Aroma shows resiny, grassy and earthy hops - good English notes. Malt show some caramel, but not incredibly impressive.Flavours include more caramel and toasty notes, with some grassy hops, before a somewhat-unpleasant sharp bitterness shows.Pretty high carbonation for a bitter.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2009
at 00:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Amber pour with a large persistent head.Aroma shows fruity hops and some herbal notes. Green apples, pears, grapes, coriander, cinnamon and lots of sweet malt are all present.Flavours are... darker: none of the afore-mentioned fruity hops, but impressive toasty malt is quite prominent. Unfortunately the malt is left unchecked, and ends up quite strong. Again, there’s notes of cinnamon/coriander.This really needs more carbonation to balance the malt, and create a more refreshing finish.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2009
at 03:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Slightly hazy amber pour with a lasting, inch-high white head.Aroma is exceptionally sweet - both in fruity hops and malt. Lots of caramel, light brown sugar, passion fruit, confectionery, pear, etc, etc. Definitely a sweet-tooths beer. Or a sweet-nose’s beer, rather.Strong malt sweetness carries through in the taste, but with less fruit. Mild bitterness partially balances the beer. Still, way over the top in the malt department!Body is a bit watery, and I would have like more carbonation to dry things out.
Tried
on 05 Nov 2009
at 01:46