6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at CPK - Pimlico, London. Pours clear, copper-gold with a fine, beige foam head. Lots of ripe, semi-dark fruits in the nose, some wood and leather, lightly aged malts. Medium to big sweet flavor, quite boozy, lots of ripe berries, dried fruits, sugary and lightly bredy malts. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, lightly sticky, more ripe berries, warming alcohol, faint drying wood. If you told me this was 12% ABV I would believe you.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jul 2013
at 09:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at CASK. It pours hazy golden yellow with a small white head. The nose is earth, light toast, spice, rye, brown bread and a touch of sweetness. The taste is wood, resinous, brown bread, earth, spice, oily, citrus rind and decent bitterness with a very dry, bitter finish. Medium body, soft carbonation and oily mouth-feel. Decent enough, but not massively drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jul 2013
at 09:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at CPK - Pimlico, London. Pours clear red-brown with a light, creamy beige head. Ashy malts in the nose, some coffee, burnt toast. Light sweet flavor, more burnt toast, char, baking cocoa, a bit of earth and wood. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Dry roast finish, scorched earth, bitter cocoa, wet wood, coffee grounds. Fair.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jul 2013
at 09:54
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at CPK - Pimlico, London. Pours perfectly. Lear, pale yellow with a slight, foamy white head. Some floral notes in the nose, a bit of green bell pepper. Light sweet flavor with dominant green bell pepper, less any spicy kick. Some lightly doughy malts, a bit of straw and dry lemon. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Fairly dry to finish, further bell pepper, dry dough, straw. Interesting elderflower character.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jul 2013
at 09:20
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at CPK - Pimlico, London. Pours deep gold with a fine, creamy white head. Grainy malts on the nose, some dirty wheat. Light to medium sweet flavor, some sugary bread, just the faintest suggestion of berries, low bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Light bery juice sweetness in the finish, dry bread, light bitter hay. Subtle blueberry pancakes. Nothing wrong here but pretty uninspiring overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jul 2013
at 09:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Lyric, Soho. It pours hazy brown with a small beige head. The nose is earth, wood, varnish, light toast, brown bread and a touch of citrus. The taste is earth, toast, decent bitterness, pithy citrus, pepper, brown bread and a touch of caramel to bring it all together. Finishes up on a a dry, bitter note. Medium body and fine carbonation. Well balanced indeed and pretty tasty to boot. Good work.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jul 2013
at 05:35
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours amber with a small head.Nose shows herbal, earthy and piny hops with some sweet light malt underneath and a touch of bready notes.Acidic flavours, presumably slightly infected, with a soft bretty note as well. Other than that there’s some orange marmalade and biscuity malt.Body feels watery.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2013
at 20:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the caley sample rooms... Dark copper... Small tan head... Soft sweet toffee malt nose... Very sweet toffee... Rich berry fruits.... Deep rich complex berry fruits... Sweet malt roast... Juicy.. Cracking
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jul 2013
at 11:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the caley sample rooms... Amber... Thin white head... Soft toffee malt nose... Dry zezty toffee roast... Soft roast... Dry toffee roast
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jul 2013
at 11:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle split at the Pig’s Ear Cellar, Richmond, 29/06/13. Hazed dark amber with a medium sized beige head. Nose is light hops, caramel, fruits. Taste comprises bitter orange, caramel, light tartness to the fruit notes, bready malts, light hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, bitterness in the finish. Solid enough stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2013
at 07:16