6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[50cl bottle from Sainsbury’s, Bracknell.] A glossy near black pour with a fast fading caramel coloured head; aroma of roasted grains; rich in the mouth with a sweet roasted grain taste and a touch of coffee; than a dry earthy finish with a light hoppy bitterness and lingering treacle toffee. A nice mild.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2024
at 19:22
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bradford Beer Festival 2024. Clear copper-gold, but more of latter in appearance. Certainly a more hoppy version in both aroma and taste, allowing a pretty good fruitiness through to compliment its bitterness.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2024
at 05:42
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. An almost clear one, golden in color, with a small white head. Toffee, bread and some generic fruityness in the aroma. It's medium to full-bodied, a bit heavily carbonated, with a decent bitterness and sweetness combo. Caramel, toffee, dried fruit hints, honey corn and hay hints and a grassy touch. Medium length finish. Super dull. British. 240319
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2024
at 17:36
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Mar 2024
at 18:07
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
500 ml bottle, at Cardinal, Stavanger. ABV is 4.2%. Blonde / pale straw colour, moderate white head. Fresh aroma of citrus fruits and flowers, hints of honey. Citric and refreshing flavour, a hint of honey again, but not too sweet. Moderate herbal hops in the finish. A nice beer, particularly for the spring and summer months.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Cardinal
on 07 Mar 2024
at 19:38
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
March 2002: Excellent cask ale! Rule Britannia!......................................... - which means that this is a well balanced and refreshing ale where sufficient malts are accompanied by a distinct hoppy bitterness, like you expect it from a good British bitter.
Rerate, cask as guest ale at the Fuller's pub in Euston Street, London: Still solid hops and malts, but drinking experience partly ruined by the fact that the beer was served at room temperature (20-22 degrees C) - a beer like this should definitely be served at cellar temperature (10-12 degr. C). Well, most ales should be served at that temperature, actually. But the American waitress who served us was gorgeous!
Rerate, cask as guest ale at the Fuller's pub in Euston Street, London: Still solid hops and malts, but drinking experience partly ruined by the fact that the beer was served at room temperature (20-22 degrees C) - a beer like this should definitely be served at cellar temperature (10-12 degr. C). Well, most ales should be served at that temperature, actually. But the American waitress who served us was gorgeous!
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2024
at 14:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
500 ml bottle, at Cardinal, Stavanger. ABV is 4.1%. Clear and deep golden colour, huge white head. Aroma of malts and toffee, hints of herbal and earthy hops. The flavour has the same elements, with a hint of caramelized berries, the earthy hops are now quite distinct, leading to a bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Cardinal
on 06 Mar 2024
at 14:07
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
October 2016: Cask 1/3 pint, gravity dispense, at the 16th Twickenham Beer & Cider Festival. Copper colour. Sourish aroma, dodgy, not in perfect nick. Tolerably hoppy flavour, but not as good as I hoped.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Mar 2024
at 22:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
500 ml bottle, at Cardinal, Stavanger. ABV is 4.2%. Clear deep golden colour, huge white head. Pleasant aroma of malts and toffee, hints of stewed fruits and earthy hops. The flavour is not very sweet, but has still some hints of toffee and caramel, followed by distinct and sharp-ish earthy hops.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Cardinal
on 05 Mar 2024
at 22:56
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2024
at 16:44