Subsidiaries
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Butlers Bell, Stafford. Pours a slightly hazy golden amber with a small almost white head and good lacing. The aroma is slightly yeasty with autumn fruits prominent. In the mouth it is sweet with a creamy texture and some juiciness, Flavour has marmalade and some traditional hops. A little bitterness comes through later, leading to a slightly dry finish. This is reasonable , but somewhat boring – and bears no relation to a modern IPA !
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2024
at 20:55
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
On tap at Butlers Bell, Stafford. Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow with a small almost white foamy head. Not much of an aroma – just some malty hints. In the mouth it is sweet with malts and just a trace of hops. Some bitterness and summer fruits comes through later. It’s OK, but terribly bland and forgettable.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2024
at 20:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at Butlers Bell, Stafford (at 4.2%). Pours golden amber with a small scummy off-white head and good lacing. Hops are the mainstay of the aroma, giving both fruity tones and bitterness. In the mouth it starts off with malts, traditional hops and dried fruit. After a while it becomes quite bitter with this lasting into the slightly dry finish. Overall this is a reasonable bitter – but somewhat boring.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 May 2024
at 21:32
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask at Butlers Bell, Stafford. Pours golden yellow with a small off-white head and good lacing. Not much of an aroma – just vague hints of floral hops. In the mouth it fluctuates between sweet and bitter – but not much in either direction. Flavour has hops, grains and ginger plus hints of spice and citrus. Finish is quite bitter. Very highly carbonated – I’m wondering if it was a keg beer served through a hand pump ? Whatever, it’s OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Feb 2024
at 23:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Copied my rating and that didn't work. Originally rated as Highgate Dark Mild and then realised that the Davenports version was different. Score it 3.5 and enjoyed it.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2023
at 21:41
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Quuens Head, Birmingham. Aroma has caramel and that's it. Clear light chestnut. Thin creamy beige head. Tangy. Sout. Berries and a light caramel and rye edge. Slightly off sour element and malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Pretty poor stuff.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2023
at 17:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Queens Head, Birmingham. Aroma has caramel and berries. Cleat copper gold. Frothy blotchy white head. Medium bitter. Grainy. Big citrus streak. Thin. Slick to thin. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Decent Bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jan 2023
at 17:24
21/03/2008. RAVEN, 7 Queen Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 12 Dec 2022
at 11:37
24/09/2010. GREY FRIAR, 144 Friargate, PRESTON, Lancashire, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 12 Dec 2022
at 11:29
12/05/1977. AUSTRALIAN BAR, 48 Bromsgrove Street, BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands, England (DAVENPORTS). Ah, those were the days.....
Tried
on 23 Nov 2022
at 13:58