7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask, handpump at FFTMC, Oxford 17.04.11 Pours straw in colour with a white head, good clarity. Some tropical flavours in a nice hoppy beer, good stuff. A6 A5 T7 P4 Ov13 3.5
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Apr 2011
at 21:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium yellow orange color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, fruity, light to moderate hoppy, grass. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100806]
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Apr 2011
at 06:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Deep dark brown coloured body with a thin tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, a lot of nuts and a touch of toffee. Medium-bodied; Pungent malty flavour with a lot of caramel and chocolate tastes followed by a little bit of cardboardie maltiness and some light earth notes. Aftertaste shows some good consistent flavours of nuts and caramel with a lot of malt and a touch of alcohol noticeable. Overall, a good beer - and since i’ve never seen it for sale here in Washington - good to sample! I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased from CommonWealth Gastropub in Columbia Heights, Washington, DC on 05-April-2009.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2011
at 18:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From cask at Cross Keys. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is citrusy and crisp orange fruity hoppy. Dense grapefruity and pinewood hoppy flavoured. Citrusy and fruity into a crisp hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Mar 2011
at 11:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the FFTMC beer festival, Oxford, 26.03.11 Pours gold and in sparklingly good nick, much like the other beers had here today. Touch of soapy hop, quite bitter, touch strung out, drying at end, good stuff. Loz preferred this to the Elland, I liked them the other way around. A6 A5 T7 P4 Ov13 3.5
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Mar 2011
at 00:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pre-Ølmesse at YNWA. Black with a lasting off-white head. Aroma has lots of licorice along with some spice and toffee. Dry and somewhat thin flavour of malt and licorice with a touch of more roasted character
Tried
on 26 Mar 2011
at 13:42
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask@Market Porter
Clear deep golden color, steady white creamy head. Very light and honeyish aroma. Light palate. Flavor is slightly honeyish with light lemony hoppyness. Leading to slightly sweetish and hoppy aftertaste. Boring. (6/2/5/2/9 2.4)
Cask@Kitty’s, Helsinki
Pale amber color, small white head. Piney-apricot fruity aroma. Light palate. Piney hoppy flavor with dry woodyness and grapefruit. Lingering bitterness in the aftertaste. Simple but in better condition than one I sampled a year ago. (7/3/7/2/11 3.0)
Clear deep golden color, steady white creamy head. Very light and honeyish aroma. Light palate. Flavor is slightly honeyish with light lemony hoppyness. Leading to slightly sweetish and hoppy aftertaste. Boring. (6/2/5/2/9 2.4)
Cask@Kitty’s, Helsinki
Pale amber color, small white head. Piney-apricot fruity aroma. Light palate. Piney hoppy flavor with dry woodyness and grapefruit. Lingering bitterness in the aftertaste. Simple but in better condition than one I sampled a year ago. (7/3/7/2/11 3.0)
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Mar 2011
at 07:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask, Fly in the Loaf, Liverpool. Clear golden looks with a middling white head. Nose had some decent hoppage and citrus fruit. Flavour followed along similar lines with some balancing malts. Dryish gently bitter finish. Easy drinking and plenty of character for a 4 percenter.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Mar 2011
at 10:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Victoria station, Wetherspoons, London. A golden coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, citrus fruit aroma. Tastes of citrus fruit, slight bitterness, hoppy, malty. Decent session ale but I don’t consider this to be a Christmas beer!
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Mar 2011
at 04:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On gravity at the Three Tuns, Bristol 4/03/2011. Near black in colour with no head. Sweetish, dark fruit and chocolate aroma with a touch of citrus hop. Roasty coffee flavour with more chocolate and fruit before a dryish finish. Good.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2011
at 03:29