6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ 28th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2011, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, EnglandClear medium to dark amber orange color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, nutty, chestnuts !, tea, light toasted and caramel. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light bitter with a long duration, phenol - hop oil, wood, rush mats. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. To much tea for me ;O( [20111207]
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jan 2013
at 11:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gravity dispense at the twelfth Twickenham Beer Festival - 18/10/12. Very dark mahogony brown vergeing on black with a very thin tan head. Nose is black forest gateux, light chocolate, cherry. Tastes as nose, slightly tarte and sour tones of cherry. Medium bodied with a slightly astringent finish,
Tried
on 19 Oct 2012
at 14:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Grape and Grain Autumn beer festival, Crystal Palace. Black pour with a beige head. Coffee, vanilla and chocolate aroma. Cream coffee and dark chocolate flavour. Long dry roast coffee finish. Tasty stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2012
at 06:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
cask at BSF GBBF 2012 ... deep black ... soft dark fruits ... soft cherry roast ... dark malts ..soft toffee ... soft juicy toffee fruits ... mellow and soft ...
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2012
at 10:26
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity dispense at Ascot Racecourse Beer Festival 2012 - 06/10/12. Clear golden with no head. Nose is a little vegetal, peas, sweet caramel and fruit tones, some soap. Tastes of caramel, toffee, fruit. Medium bodied with low carbonation. Distinctly average.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2012
at 06:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Minehead Beer Festival, 8/09/2012. Dark brown with a decent, off-whit head. Aroma of dark fruits, with a hint of coffee and demerara sugar. Flavour had more fruit, with some roastiness and gently bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Sep 2012
at 08:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask@GBBF2012. Black colour, small head. Aroma is roasted malts, mild cherries, also some vanilla and mild fruity and floral notes. Flavour is fruity, some cherry pips, liquorice, roasted malts as well as some vanilla and mild fruityness.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Aug 2012
at 23:18
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Served via gravity dispense at the Battersea Beer Festival (Feb โ12). Pours a mid clear golden colour with a thin white head clearing quickly to a few bubbles. Slight caramel nose and a little malt in the background, but not powerful enough aromaโs in my opininion, when compared to other beers of this style! The taste also lacked for me. Hop bitterness on the palate and in the aftertaste, and a little fruit in there as well, but largely bland! Medium body, low carbonation, bitter dry aftertaste. Overall a pretty average beer and not one I would bother going back to, certainly not at a beer festival, but may perhaps try again if I see it in cask in a pub!?!
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Aug 2012
at 02:06
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at Kent BF 2012. Hmmm not sure about this. Funny aroma maybe some grape then some hop on finish but not sure this is quite ready to be drunk. Pepper hop finish is ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jul 2012
at 06:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
7th December 2011
Cask at Pigs Ear. Hazy amber beer, little white head. Smooth but dry palate. Semi crisp. Slightly odd taste. Resinous hops. Tart orange with what tastes like lemongrass and spices. Initially a bit jarring but improves as the palate gets over the shock. Dry finish, mildly bitter aftertaste.
Cask at Pigs Ear. Hazy amber beer, little white head. Smooth but dry palate. Semi crisp. Slightly odd taste. Resinous hops. Tart orange with what tastes like lemongrass and spices. Initially a bit jarring but improves as the palate gets over the shock. Dry finish, mildly bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Apr 2012
at 09:38