6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Kings Head, Leicester. Mid- to dark gold and clear with a loose uneven off-white head. Slight metallic aroma with ripe tangerine and kiwi. Taste is more bitter than I'd expected but there's a nice fruity sweetness. Bitter finish. Surprisingly so. Medium body with soft carbonation. Not their best.
Tried
from Cask
at
King's Head
on 09 Dec 2025
at 18:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate, cherry, molasses. Taste is sweet, chocolatey, cherries, dark malts, molasses, bittersweet. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
from RAD Beer
on 23 Nov 2025
at 22:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half pint on cask at the Leopard.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
The Leopard
on 21 Nov 2025
at 17:54
6.5/10
Slight sweet with light fruit. Light body.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Strugglers Inn
on 21 Nov 2025
at 12:29
8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a sizable foamy cream head and good lacing. There’s malts and chocolate in the aroma. In the mouth it is basically sweet, but with a little added bitterness. Main flavours are a deep rich maltiness and some dark fruits and lactose. Plenty of other tastes come through eventually to some degree – coffee, gingerbread, spice and plums. Finish is somewhat sweet and slightly fruity. This is rather nice !
Tried
from Cask
at
Shrewsbury Arms
on 20 Nov 2025
at 14:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Queens Head, Stourbridge. Pours pale gold with a small head. Aroma is light tropical fruit, straw and banana. Taste has straw throughout with a touch of lemon. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Nov 2025
at 20:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Amber gold with a frothy / creamy off-white head and a sweet fruity aroma. Soft and a touch creamy, sweet fruity notes, a touch of citrus bitterness with delicate biscuit malt underneath, finishes dry and a little bitter.
Tried
from Cask
at
Prince of Wales
on 12 Nov 2025
at 17:30
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pale gold with a frothy white head and a tangerine aroma. Smooth and clean, slightly tart citrus bitterness up front, softens and levels out to finish dry and a touch bitter, soft biscuit malt lurking underneath it all.
Tried
from Cask
at
Salopian Bar
on 08 Nov 2025
at 12:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Victorian Craft Beer Cafe Back In Black Beer Festival 2025, Beer#8. All black and a gaseous dark-malty beer, quite sweet in this respect too, but not overly so in general terms. Most booziest in aroma, but not very. Decent body. Fine ale but without portfolio really.
Tried
from Cask
at
Victorian Craft Beer Cafe
on 07 Nov 2025
at 18:24
7/10
Some berry fruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Nov 2025
at 14:23