04/09/2021. BRIARBANK, 70 Fore Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England (BRIARBANK)
Tried
on 13 Nov 2022
at 13:17
04/09/2021. BRIARBANK, 70 Fore Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England (BRIARBANK)
Tried
on 13 Nov 2022
at 13:17
04/09/2021. BRIARBANK, 70 Fore Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England (BRIARBANK)
Tried
on 13 Nov 2022
at 13:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at the brewery. Aroma has black coffee with coconut husks and a raspberry bite. The latter being slight muted by the other elements. Fruity. The raspberry result comes through but is overly intrusive due to dark chocolate cake and coffee. Coconut throughout as well. Medium bodied. Creamy. Flat-average carbonation. Long astringent finish. Does what it says on the pump clip.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2022
at 17:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 8
Cask at the brewery. Was hoping for a Pumpkin beer but alas it's just the spice. Aroma is fruity and spicy. Hazy-opaque dark orange. Thin foamy white head thins out. Spicy. Makes me think of carrot cake or similar. Light latent bitterness. Light-medium bodied. Thin. Watery. Flat-average carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Spiced water.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2022
at 16:57
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at the brewery. Aroma has soft stone fruit. Hazy mango gold. Thin creamy white head. Medium bitter. Sour edge. Quinine and citrus. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Flat carbonation... just a light prickle. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Boring NEIPA. Lacks juice or hops. Watered down.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2022
at 16:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Briarbank Brewpub, Ipswich. Black with a small head. Quite a punchy stout for its relatively low alcohol content in this style. Has a good oaty roasted malt aroma and is slightly less stated in taste in this respect.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2022
at 17:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham!]. Darkest brown colour with minimally late awakening, small, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, dark beige head. Roasty, chocolately, dark malty and slightly yeasty fruity aroma, notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, some blueberry. Taste is roasty and chocolately, dark malty, notes of dark chocolate, coffee, cocoa, roasty bitterness, a touch of burnt coffee, marmite, very weak fruity overtones with a touch of blueberry. Slightly creamy, watery texture, smooth and soft palate, fine and soft, creamy carbonation. Quite bitter roasty, not overly complex, nice blueberry touch - decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2022
at 18:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a dark brown with a off white to tan colored head. Aroma is fruit and spices, warming to the nose, yeast, malts. Taste is dark fruits, figs, dates, yeast esters, spices, caramel, malty.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2022
at 21:27
3.7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.6
Gravity cask at Awakening Festival 2022, Gosport. Pours clear nut brown with a slim beige head. Aroma: malt, toffee, nutty. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, nutty malts, caramel, twig, little sour note. Light to medium body with light carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Apr 2022
at 21:30