Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating - 500ml bottle, pours dark brown with a beige head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, coffee, bread, dried fruits, lemon peel & roasted malt. Medium body. Mild bitter finish

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle thanks to AshtonMcCobb. Pours a deep cloudy red/brown with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of red fruits, wood, vinegar & grain. Medium body. Tangy yet sour finish. Enjoyable

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11/09/2021

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours clear reddish gold with a thin white head. Quite low carbonation. Aromas of light sour, tangy fruit and something woody. Taste is tangy too, light balsamic vinegar. Smooth texture, tangy sweet finish.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Appearance - deep amber and cloudy. Just an edge of red too. Very thin, just about existing white head. Nose - bread, wood, faint balsamic and fruity, brown sauce. Taste - wood and balsamic again while being a bit grainy. Palate - close to medium bodied, tangy middle and finish. Overall - seems like a mixed ferm pale. Good to see no reliance on fruit.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5

50 cl bottle thnx to Stuart. Bit over-aged perhaps, as the best by date is 2015. Not sure if still in production ? Pours clear, very dark red glow-on black. Scent is mild, roasty, rye still recognizable. Aged, quite a lot actually, but still OK to my surprise, as oxidation didn't kill this one ! Taste is thin, higher co2, oxidized, still some chocolate, roast, milder rye. Bit boring perhaps. Thin and wattery, but made a great surviving surprise after all those years.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle on 105&376, thanks to Dave, 16/07/21. Murky chestnut brown with a good sized light beige cap. Nose is dried fruits, stewed fruits, brown bread. Taste comprises brown bread, dusty fruits, dark malts, toffee. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. So so affair ... lacks depth for the ABV.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle ordered from Twisted Crow, Basingstoke. Aroma is roasty and porridgy with burnt caramel and tar. Opaque chestnut. Foamy off-white head. Medium bitter. Liquorice and coffee with a resinousstreak. Underlying burnt caramel then sweeps through like warp spasm crazed berserker. Smoky throughout. Light-medium bodied. Thin creamy mouthfeel. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long astringent finish. Enjoyable but not sure it's what valkyries would be quenching a fallen warrior's first with. That would have been mead? The basic 'oatmeal pale ale' description really doesn't give any clues ad to what the beer is actually like.