6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
440ml can as part of a delivery from the brewery. Dark brown and mostly opaque with a large loose khaki head. Chocolate aroma, some soapy notes. The taste has more of the orange and raspberry alongside some floral notes, with a fruity sourness which cuts through the sweetness of the stout. It doesn't have a great balance though, and the sourness jars rather than complements. Medium body with carbonation on the heavy side. Odd beer, doesn't really work but it's certainly drinkable enough, even agreeable.
Tried
from Can
on 24 May 2022
at 21:43
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg draught at the Ale Stone, Aylestone, Leicester. Golden brown and mostly clear with an off-white head. Light tangerine aroma, some papaya. A little bit of metal. Sweet taste at first with the rapid onset of a medicinal bitterness. More tropical fruit in the aftertaste. This is a diety old fashioned DIPA. Hard not to revel in it.
Tried
on 29 Mar 2022
at 18:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
440ml can in a delivery from the brewery and drunk at home. Light to mid-golden and clear with a spotty film of off-white head. Some apricot, lemon cream and dried grass notes in the aroma, a little bit of fresh astringency. Taste is pretty bitter, you expect the brief initial sweetness to last but it doesn’t. The astringent bitterness lasts through to the long finish. Soft to medium carbonation, a light oily body. A mixed bag.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2022
at 23:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
330ml can delivered from the hewer, drunk at home.dark orange/gold and hazy with a small white head. Smells of light citrus, some melon, vanilla, a little bit of plastic. Intense bitter taste. They say it is low bitterness... no way, man this is bitter. Which is fine but it's marred by an odd plastic note. Medicinal finish, bit of bile in the aftertaste. This was a struggle unfortunately.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Feb 2022
at 22:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Bailey Head. Pours dark, good beige collar. Roasted malt aroma. Taste delivers roast, coffee and liquorice softened up with mild butterscotch hints. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Dec 2021
at 21:42
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Crafty Merlin's. Pours black with a thick tan head. Aromas of coffee, chocolate and vanilla. Taste is more of the same. Very rich and creamy texture. Creamy finish too.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2021
at 13:41
6.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Keg tap at the Salmon, Leicester. Dark brown, impenetrable with a small ring of head. Some salted chocolate and yeast extract join the treacle-laden aroma. Very nice. Taste garners fewer accolades from me: it's nutty, sourish and a bit vegetal, none of which I expected. Light bitterness in the finish. Heavy carbonation. Odd beer, very hard to get into.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Sep 2021
at 18:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can from Campervan brewery. Hazy golden body with a few flecks beneath a thin white head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of mint and pineapple. Flavour of grass, cigarette paper and bitter lemon. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. It’s fine but I’d hoped for more of a hoppy hit.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Sep 2021
at 22:09
7/10
Tried
on 20 Jul 2021
at 20:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Craft Beer Oasis, Crewe – at 7.2%. Pours pretty mich jet black with a small cream head. Has roasted malts and some lactose in the aroma. In the mouth it is fairly sweet and milky, with plenty of liquorice and hints of dark fruits, chocolate and coffee. Quite nice and very drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jul 2021
at 20:26