7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from local Asda. Drunk this many a time on draught before, but not sure if I’ve ever had it bottled. Anyway, the nose really isn’t that strong, just malts and some sticky toffee pudding. Pours a golden orange with a strong white head. A lot more assertive in the mouth bitter hops kick in from the start. Sweet biscuit malts are there underneath as well if you search for them. Finish is dry and bitter. Distinctive and flavoursome – a classic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2021
at 16:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Brownish amber with a doming 2cm off white head. Malty - even slightly roasty aroma - with toast, peach, marmalade. So it tastes, with stinging bitterness at the end. Engaging enough with fine balance. Deeply refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2020
at 11:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle online from Beersniffers. Pours a very dark brown almost black colour with a medium sized throthy beige head. Faint aromas of roasted malts, brown bread and maybe a hint of chocolate. Taste has the same notes again with a little added coffee and nuts. Burnt bitter finish. Thin body, lively fizz on the palate and slightly oily mouthfeel. A roasty bitterness and not a lot else. Not very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2020
at 17:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
A very dark brown beer, a head is quite big and beige. Aroma has caramel, some bread and roasstiness. Taste has low roastiness, some sweetness of syrup, not too sweet, anyway because of some bitterness. Medium bodied. I don't know, not inspirating this time.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2020
at 14:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Bishop's Arms, Uppsala. Clear golden. Aroma of hay and citrus. Mid dry with light to medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Bread and citrus, hay and leafs. Long bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2020
at 19:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Pours copper, small head, good retention. No huge aromas but getting bread, caramel, a little roasted malt. Taste is bready malts, orange, tea, moderate sweetness. Moderate body and carbonation. Nice bitterness in the finish with a zesty tang. Not wowed but its a well balanced bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2020
at 15:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Fat på Charlies Copenhagen. En klassisk ale. Såååå fin fruktig druckit många gånger på denna otroliga bar.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2020
at 08:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Clear, deep gold with a creamy white head and a subtle fruit malt aroma. There’s a little kick of bitterness in the taste, before the smooth, fruit malt takes over, then leaves a dry, bitter finish. In my early years of drinking this was the Holy Grail, we hunted it out - still a solid bitter pale ale
Tried
from Cask
at
Nag's Head
on 10 Sep 2020
at 11:45
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottled Dec 13, 2011.
Gorgeous pour..slightly hazy 24k gold colour with a small but firm head of foam that leaves great lacing behind,
The smell is English hoppy with notes of fruit and citrus backed by a good malt profile of sweet and light grain.
The taste has the citrus up front with some other fruitiness and a balancing malt flavour that makes this so yummy. Combined with a medium mouthfeel and perfect carbonation and what I have is one of my favourite brews from the UK of all time.
Gee, I wish I could get this locally.
Gorgeous pour..slightly hazy 24k gold colour with a small but firm head of foam that leaves great lacing behind,
The smell is English hoppy with notes of fruit and citrus backed by a good malt profile of sweet and light grain.
The taste has the citrus up front with some other fruitiness and a balancing malt flavour that makes this so yummy. Combined with a medium mouthfeel and perfect carbonation and what I have is one of my favourite brews from the UK of all time.
Gee, I wish I could get this locally.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2020
at 00:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours clear amber, good sized frothy white head which leaves a reasonable retention and lacing. Aroma is quite strong of caramel malts with a mild hoppy citrus. Taste is bready malt, a little citrus but it adds rather than distracts from the malty body, moderate sweetness and bitter finish. Carbonation is soft on the palate and spot on. Superb session quality, I can see why its popular. This is an extremely well made traditional pale ale. After having a lot of modern craft hoppy brews, it was nice to try something like this. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2020
at 01:28