6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Bargain shelf purchase from Hilliers Garden Centre, Sunningdale. Hazy dark orange. Foamy white head. Aroma has a chewy malt led Aroma, with light sweet citrus and possibly faded hops. Flavourwise it got bitter and sour citrus with a hint of resin. Low key underlying sweet fruit juice. Dusty bready hops. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Hmm, not great modern beer from a brewery that's jumped on the craft bandwagon? Most probably. Also faded? A charitable probably.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2026
at 22:37
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 5
Overall 4
£1 can from Longacres, Sunningdale (think it's Bagshot but the latter presumably sounds posh like). Pours clear light gols. Foamy white head. Aroma has sweet peach and a bitter edge which don't quite mask the underlying cardboard and damp mattress musk. Flavourwise it's very sweet and certainly peachy (as in the fruit rather than how I feel about it). Underlying veg soup and doughy malts. Light. Thin. Soft-fizzy carbonation Long dry finish. I wonder if the Brewski Peach Lager they also push is pretty indistinguishable from this shite.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2026
at 18:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Vinny & Ted, Beaconsfield , 23/12/2025.
Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a lasting beige head.
Nose is big on mince pies, faint liquorice, dried fruit rinds.
Taste comprises light spice, mince pie mix, raisins, sultanas, herb.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Fun mild ... gets the mince pie message across well.
Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a lasting beige head.
Nose is big on mince pies, faint liquorice, dried fruit rinds.
Taste comprises light spice, mince pie mix, raisins, sultanas, herb.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Fun mild ... gets the mince pie message across well.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2025
at 17:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Vinny Beaconsfield. Dark brown. Inky. Beige head. Flavourwise it had coffee and cream with a tangy edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Bland.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Nov 2025
at 08:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at Vinny & Ted, Beaconsfield. Thanks Mark (I think?) for sharing. Black with a thin beige head. Creamy coffee and liquorice. A bit sour in the finish. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
at
Vinny & Ted
on 21 Nov 2025
at 19:10
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Keg at Vinny & Ted, Beaconsfield, 21/11/2025.
Light black with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is dark malts, charr, cocoa powder.
Taste comprises dried fruit rinds, ashen nip, roast malts, cocoa sprinkle.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
No frills easy drinking stout.
Light black with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is dark malts, charr, cocoa powder.
Taste comprises dried fruit rinds, ashen nip, roast malts, cocoa sprinkle.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
No frills easy drinking stout.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2025
at 17:02
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at the Nags Head, Reading.] A pale amber pour with a ring of translucent head; fruity aroma; dry fruity taste - tropical, but don’t recognise it as guava; and a dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Nags Head
on 16 Oct 2025
at 13:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Alexandra, Derby. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small tan head and good lacing. There’s a strong aroma of cherries and roasted malts. In the mouth it is initially quite sweet and smooth with a little underlying sharpness that gradually increases. Chewy red cherries are the main flavour with hints of biscuits, honey and spice as well. Chocolate comes through quite strongly later on leading to a somewhat sharp and fruity finish. This is decent – provided you like cherries !
Tried
from Cask
at
Alexandra Hotel (Castle Rock)
on 25 Sep 2025
at 14:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[On tap at the Nags Head, Reading.] A hazy amber pour with a tight white head; quite a muddled aroma with citrus and tropical fruit along with some pine; milkshake body with an offsweet taste of slightly underripe tropical fruit; then a dry creamy finish with a touch of peppery bitterness. An interesting hop.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Nags Head
on 19 Aug 2025
at 13:46
4.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 3.5
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle from a random Waitrose on the south coast. Opened while roasting a chicken to feed the family. I haven't done a proper roast for a while, what with it being summer and all that, so it was time..... Doing sausages too. Anyway, the beer is meh, with a side order of a sour taste which I really don't think should be present. But what do I know! Anyway, don't bother with this.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations)
on 17 Aug 2025
at 17:03