6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle ordered from Beer Shop HQ, St Albans. Aroma has spicy marmalade-esque citrus with a malty streak. Clear dark gold. Thick foamy white head. Medium bitter. Resin and quinine. Very tart citrus edge. Underlying bready malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Enjoyable. Bitter and peppery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2022
at 18:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the St Albans beer festival 2022. A oily dark brown black coloured pour with a lasting halo of mid tan head. Aroma is nice sweet fudge, toffee, brown sugars, light tang,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet nutty toffee. Blackened sugar, fudge, Warming alcohol. Palate is oily. Lihjt tang moderate carbonation. Pretty good.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Sep 2022
at 14:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Watford beer festival 2022. A dark oily black brown coloured pour with a fading loose tan head. Aroma is thick chewy roast, Ash, tar, some berries, earth. Liquorice. Flavour is robust bitter roast, Ash, liquorice, char, woody bark, oil. Palate is oily, decent cask condition, robust.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2022
at 17:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Watford beer festival 2022. A clear mid gold coloured pour with a small loose white head. Aroma is sticky jammy citrus, orange rind, light toffee earthy, hedgerow hop. Flavour is composed of grassy hop, earthy hedgerow rustic bready grains, firm hop bitterness. Grass. Palate is grainy, straw, moderate cask condition. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2022
at 17:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Beer Shop, St Albans. Pours purple to berry red, small pink cap. Aroma: sour cherry, brett. Taste: sour cherry, sweet cherry, brett, sour sour apple lambic tyle vibes. Light to medium body with light carbonation. Good one
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2022
at 21:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at the Watford Tasting, 11/03/22, thanks to Fergus. Black with a tan cap that clears to a swirl. Nose is dark malts, fruit cake, dates, mellow roast, nutty. Taste comprises rich roast, light charr, spice, toffee, chocolate, dried fruit rinds, figgy jam. Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a kiss of alcohol. Decent well balanced old skool impy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2022
at 10:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda thanks to Fergus: Poured an oily sludge black with bubbles. Aroma is thick espresso coffee, cocoa, fruits, roasted malts. Taste is dark chocolate, cherries, nutty, coffee, espresso, rich malty. Alcohol is well hidden.
Tried
on 29 May 2022
at 23:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle) Pours hazy ruddy light brown with small white head. Hibiscus aroma with metallic hints. Light body with good carbonation. Nicely sour with pleasant fruity notes at the start with some burnt sugar bitterness developing later in the palate. Unusual and pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2022
at 20:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at creative juices Rickmansworth. A light hazed golden yellow coloured pour with a a lasting white froth. Aroma is floral, hedgerow hop, sweet bready grains. Flavour is composed of semi sweet earthy sweet grains, bitter grass, salt.. Palate is semi sweet, grainy, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Apr 2022
at 20:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at creative juices Rickmansworth. A opaque dark caramel brown coloured pour with a loose mid tan head. Aroma is semi sweet milk chocolate. Nutella, creamy. Palate is semi sweet, creamy, moderate carbonation ok. Flavour is composed of mellow stout, mellow roast, milk nutty roast, decent. Rounded and creamy.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Apr 2022
at 19:55