7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
on 14 Feb 2026
at 00:05
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 5
Overall 7.5
(Cask at Craft Beer Co Covent Garden, London, 19 Nov 2025) Golden colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with notes of citrus, lemon peel and grass. Fruity, hoppy taste with citrus, lemon peel, grapefruit, grass, wheat crackers and a balanced citric/grassy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Hoppy, refreshing and highly drinkable. Very nice.
Tried
from Cask
at
Craft Beer Co - Covent Garden
on 13 Feb 2026
at 22:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home, from HOTM online, 12/02/2026.
Deep mahogany brown topped with a lasting frothy tan head.
Nose is dark malts, roast, charr, dried red berries, pine nip, herb.
Taste comprises cocoa nibs, a good roasted cloak, charr, pine needle, dark malts, dried fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spattered with earthy hop bitterness.
Solid CDA.
Deep mahogany brown topped with a lasting frothy tan head.
Nose is dark malts, roast, charr, dried red berries, pine nip, herb.
Taste comprises cocoa nibs, a good roasted cloak, charr, pine needle, dark malts, dried fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spattered with earthy hop bitterness.
Solid CDA.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2026
at 18:44
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can at Elusive, shared with Dad and James, 7th February 2026. Pours thick and black. Aroma is roasted malts and chocolate, taste is bitter, roasted malts and chocolate, coffee, bitter and sweet.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2026
at 20:38
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Elusive, with Dad and James, 7th February 2026. Pours a clearish golden, aroma is pith, citrus and aromatic. Taste is super fresh, bitter, aromatic, citrus and a little pine - good and bitter
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Feb 2026
at 20:34
8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Against The Grain. Hazy golden body with a thin white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of pineapple and mint. Flavour of grapefruit, tangerine and pineapple. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. A bright and juicy IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Feb 2026
at 17:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery tap, with James, 30th January 2026. Pours clear golden. Aroma is pine and citrus. Taste is clean, resinous, aromatic, bitter, I would have liked more bitterness, but over all nice one
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Feb 2026
at 11:22
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Against The Grain. Hazy amber/brown body with a beige head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of toffee, Twiglets and coffee. Flavour of blueberry and plum. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. The colour is more brown than black but this is a tasty beer. I prefer black IPAs with a higher ABV.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jan 2026
at 22:30
Tried
from Cask
at
Sickle
on 31 Jan 2026
at 12:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 8
30/1/2026. Cask at the 17th Colchester Winter Ale Festival.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jan 2026
at 16:45