4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
500ml bottle, take-out from Birmingham Beer Bash 2015, shared on the train home. A cross between a porter and a cider? What’s not to like? Well.. this beer. Pours black with large bubbly beige head. Thin, sweet chocolate, mild cider influence. Really couldn’t get my head around this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2015
at 15:50
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from the Vacaville BevMo. Pours brown with a beige/tan head. Somehow malt and cider are suggesting coffee a little bit. Med minus body. Flavor is a bit unusual. Seems a bit metallic. Guess putting "Thomas Hardy" on a label doesn’t make the contents of the bottle great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2015
at 18:36
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
50cl bottle from Tesco, Camberley. A deep reddish chestnut pour with a thick cream head; aroma of toffee and apple; soft chocolatey malt taste to start, but then with the apple coming through; and a rather unpleasant metallic sourness developing. A strange concept that nearly works.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2015
at 15:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from my European Secret Santa, many thanks Steve. Very dark brown color with medium beige head. Dark malt, apples in aroma. Taste, roasted malt, coffee, notes of apples in background. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2014
at 11:18
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Aroma dark malts, chocolate, dark caramel and light background apples. Very dark colour. Short lasting head. Taste is... controversial. Probably as good as cider-porter mix can get, but I call BS on this one. I dont like the combination. Rather sour, less sweet and bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2014
at 11:18
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Steve (BeersIveKnown) - Cheers! [160714]
Dark brown, frothy fluffy beige head, some lacing
Aroma of soft roast, dab of dark malts, getting dab of apple, some fruity dark malt
Taste of soft dark malts, light roast, slight chocolate, touch of berry fruits, slight apple, maybe a little rough but not bad at all
Palate - soft carb, medium body, light sweet, soft bitter roast. Finish as main flavour, slight lingering tail of apple (where it is most noticeable), dab of dry roast, cleans off palate
Overall - Memories of mixing Guinness and Strongbow years ago (which was disgusting) didn’t really put me in the right frame of mind to approach this. I thought the best way to approach it was to just treat it as a stout and forget the cider. It’s not that bad actually, an above average beer - I expect there’s more porter in this than cider
Dark brown, frothy fluffy beige head, some lacing
Aroma of soft roast, dab of dark malts, getting dab of apple, some fruity dark malt
Taste of soft dark malts, light roast, slight chocolate, touch of berry fruits, slight apple, maybe a little rough but not bad at all
Palate - soft carb, medium body, light sweet, soft bitter roast. Finish as main flavour, slight lingering tail of apple (where it is most noticeable), dab of dry roast, cleans off palate
Overall - Memories of mixing Guinness and Strongbow years ago (which was disgusting) didn’t really put me in the right frame of mind to approach this. I thought the best way to approach it was to just treat it as a stout and forget the cider. It’s not that bad actually, an above average beer - I expect there’s more porter in this than cider
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2014
at 09:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Deli Belge, Sowerby Bridge. Dark red with the porter style more dominant, especially in the colour of the ale. The cider is just about evident although it’s more apparent in its effect on the texture than taste. The nose is typically porter with a small sweetness alongside some roasted malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2014
at 15:03
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
500ml bottle from Tesco drunk at home. I must admit I’m a bit suspicious of this. I was in two minds whether to drink it when I red the contents. Black/very dark ruby coloured beers. Lasting dark beige head lasting. Roasty malt aroma. Some choc on aroma. It’s got an apple edge in the flavour definitely. Bit empty. Yes, milk chocolate up front and then some apple on the finish. It’s not terrible, it’s certainly not my type of beer. Not sure I know the point of this beer. Definitely not a fan, as it has a little bit of lactic for me. Yes, just not for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2014
at 13:28
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Black beer with a strong smooth and foamy off white head. The aroma is creamy and malty, and the flavour is bitter with large amounts of malts and sugariness, and a creamy mouth feel. Overall a nice beer, full of sweetness and some bitterness. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2014
at 16:56
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Keg @ The Slaters Arms near Skipton. A higher bitterness golden ale with a creamy head. This has a fair amount of malt in its taste but remains quite smooth tasting.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2013
at 09:21