7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 28 May 2018
at 16:11
7/10
Refreshing in this heat.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 May 2018
at 15:44
6/10
Tried
on 25 May 2018
at 10:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Bell, Waltham St Lawrence. A pale amber oour with a ring of white head; heavily perfumed aroma; sweet floral taste with some tea leafs and an underlying grainy body; then fruity for a while before a somewhat drier finish. Elegant, and with a definite Earl Grey taste, but it doesn't make me want to rush back to the bar for another one.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 May 2018
at 18:01
7/10
Mango citrus sour, very tasty
Tried
from Draft
on 17 May 2018
at 15:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keykeg at the Reading Beer Festival - first time they've offered keykeg at this fest. The keykeg bar seemed very quiet compared to the cask one, so don't know if they'll offer it in future. Anyway, this beer was hazy gold with a mild fizz. Taste of sour lemon with some sweetness behind. Didn't get any of the rosemary it was supposed to have in it. Pretty standard modern sour, a little one-dimensional but refreshing and pleasant. Saw someone review this on Untappd as a "Super-easy drinking shandy", which is, um, an interesting point of view, and certainly challenges my view of what shandies are!
Tried
from Cask
on 07 May 2018
at 18:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2nd May 2018
Can. Hazy amber beer, small cream colour head. Palate is smooth and mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth dry malts, caramel and cream. Spicy mid. Ripe sweet fruits. A little more spice before a light dry finish. Somewhat clunky but okay.
Can. Hazy amber beer, small cream colour head. Palate is smooth and mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth dry malts, caramel and cream. Spicy mid. Ripe sweet fruits. A little more spice before a light dry finish. Somewhat clunky but okay.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2018
at 22:59
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at PoW, Farnborough. Low key fruit juice aroma. Opaque peachy amber. Thin white head just bubbles around the rim. Light-medoum bitter with some citrus sourness. Pretty juicy but not exactly explosive. Mango and peaches I guess. Light-medium bodied. More flatvthan soft carbonation. Abrupt finish other than some citrus aftertaste. Alright. Could be fruit juice. But bland.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Apr 2018
at 11:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from O'Brien's, Athlone [010318]
A3, N7, T6, P3, O13
Dark amber, soft haze, thin bubbly white head
Aroma of sweet fruity malts, wild earthy raspberry, red fruits, slight herbal edge
Taste of red fruit caramel malts, bitter zest hops, some bitter spicy hops, but there is a slight plasticy note
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, bitterness gets more intense with the drinking. Finish is fairly dry, bitter zest, spicy bitter linger
Overall - Quite decent, some nice spicy bitterness in there
A3, N7, T6, P3, O13
Dark amber, soft haze, thin bubbly white head
Aroma of sweet fruity malts, wild earthy raspberry, red fruits, slight herbal edge
Taste of red fruit caramel malts, bitter zest hops, some bitter spicy hops, but there is a slight plasticy note
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, bitterness gets more intense with the drinking. Finish is fairly dry, bitter zest, spicy bitter linger
Overall - Quite decent, some nice spicy bitterness in there
Tried
from Can
on 28 Apr 2018
at 22:26
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from O'Brien's, Athlone [230418]
A3, N5, T6, P3, O12
Orange, creamy, opaque, frothy white head
Aroma of soft tropical fruits, soft grassy hops
Taste of soft citrus, grassy hops, light herbal notes, hint of grain, yeast, bit dull
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, light bitter. Finish has a grassy linger
Overall - OK...but not one of my favourite hops
A3, N5, T6, P3, O12
Orange, creamy, opaque, frothy white head
Aroma of soft tropical fruits, soft grassy hops
Taste of soft citrus, grassy hops, light herbal notes, hint of grain, yeast, bit dull
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, light bitter. Finish has a grassy linger
Overall - OK...but not one of my favourite hops
Tried
from Can
on 28 Apr 2018
at 22:08