7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask@JDW, Hoylake. A dark brown ruby tinged affair with a medium sized foamy, lingering tan head. Aroma was candy sweet with fruit and coconut notes. Flavour was pretty decent, once again sweetish, with plenty of roast and chocolate, tasty hop bitterness mingling nicely with.... yes sir, some coconut. Liked it plenty. From Maui to Wolverhampton - Maui wowie.....
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Apr 2010
at 08:23
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 5
cask at standing order JDW ... yellow amber ... creamy white head ...dull fruit nose ... musty odd dull hop ... dont like at all ... not getting the honey the others mention ... bit grassy ...
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Apr 2010
at 04:53
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at The Penny Black, JDW, Bicester, Oxon 10-04-10 in company of Craig and family and Loz of course. Pours amber with a small white head. Got to be honest I was bitterly dissapointed with this expectation was hig but reality was that it was pretty poor, in its defecnce it was getting towards the end of the cask so I was told, but still it had such little taste, no real bite, the fruitiness that was there was really shallow, in fact it was like everything in the aroma and flavour department had been turned down to zero, hoppy profile was lacking, aroma was pretty non-existent apart for a vague chemical taint (but to be fair that could have been a dishwashered glass) poor. A5 A3 F4 P3 Ov9 2.4
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Apr 2010
at 00:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
cask at penny black ... JDW .... copper ... no head ... light hop nose .... soft almost flat ... little blackcurrent ... little toffee malt ...little woody 3.2
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Apr 2010
at 11:50
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Counting House, JDW. Clear amber colour, dense white head. Nose is slightly hoppy, sweet malts. Flavour is sweet toasted malts, some fruits, ash, biscuit. Watery, sweet. Slightly bitter, fairly dry.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Apr 2010
at 08:44
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 8/04/10. Gold in colour with a slight, white head. Butterscotch and honey aroma with a touch of grassy hop. Flavour was sickly sweet to the point of being unpleasant, with butter malts and a short, bitter finish. my least favourite beer of the current festival by a considerable margin.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Apr 2010
at 01:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Shakespeare’s Head (JDW), Kingsway 9/04/10 at 5% ABV. Near black in colour with a decent, tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, coconut, roasted malts and rum. Flavour was sweet, with plenty more coconut and chocolate, and black coffee leading to a dry finish. Enjoyable, but a half pint was probably enough - the coconut was becoming more prominent by the end of the glass.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Apr 2010
at 00:38
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Lord Moon of the Mall, London 9/04/10. Slightly cloudy gold in colour with a decent white head. Sweet, yeasty aroma with some floral hops. Flavours of sweet, grainy malts and peach, with a dryish, hoppy finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Apr 2010
at 00:27
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask @ Society Room, JDW. Clear golden colour, thin white head. Aroma of biscuit malts. Flavour is sour, grassy, toasty. Not good.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Apr 2010
at 06:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Society Room, JDW. Dark brown colour, tan head. Aroma of roasted malts and chocolate, hint of vanilla. Flavour of roasted malts, slight chocolate, vanilla. Later coconut coming through. Fairly dry and slightly bitter finish. Light bodied.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Apr 2010
at 06:27