6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Dean Swift, Tower Bridge, London, 23 April 2016) Amber colour with creamy, beige head. Malty nose with caramel, bread and toffee. Malty, slightly fruity taste with notes of caramel, toast, citrus and a balanced, slightly metallic bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Well balanced bitter. Quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 May 2016
at 10:06
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Haymarket. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of caramel, light apple. Taste has a mineral tang, toffee. Creamy texture. Clean finish, if a tad appley.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2016
at 10:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On cask at the Haymarket. Appearance - deep amber tored with a nice head. Lovely tight bubbles. Nose - creamy toffee. Taste - loads of caramel and toffee. The malt at the back is a bit astringent. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy yet tangy texture and a long dry tangy finish. A touch astringent but decent. Overall - interesting and solid
Tried
from Cask
on 02 May 2016
at 07:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Old Contemptible’s; light amber pour with a creamy off white, aroma has smokey malts and a hint of fruit, taste has some fruit action and sweet malts, some sweet caramel.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Apr 2016
at 07:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
33cl bottle at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. An unattractive hazy amber pour with a scummy cream head; aroma of tropical fruit and rye bread; a smooth and grainy body with lots of hops, but unfortunately a conflict between the fruity ones and the resinous ones that doesn’t resolve itself in a good way; this fight is followed by a pleasant, dry and bitter grapefruit finish. It’s nice to see West Berks try this style of beer, but unfortunately it doesn’t quite work for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2016
at 12:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle reduced to clear at Tesco - Dark murky brown, off-white head. Nose is peppery, a bit of caramel, dried cake fruit. Taste is toffee, liquorice, dry on the way out. Okay beer, but not very yuletide-y.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2016
at 12:27
4/10
Tried
on 10 Mar 2016
at 16:32
6/10
Tried
on 28 Feb 2016
at 13:43
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml. @ [ Pre-Borefts Ratebeer evening ] - ABC Beers, Korte Koediefstraat 5, Den Haag, Netherlands 2511CE. [ As West Berkshire Maharajas IPA ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, cookie, biscuit, sweet malt, pale malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, biscuit, cookie. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150924]
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2016
at 05:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Queens Head, Reading. Deep gold with a large white head and a light fizz. Light pine and citrus set against a light caramel background. So, pretty mild whilst drinking, but pleasantly clean and crisp in the finish leaving a nice sweet pine aftertaste. The finish makes this better than it would otherwise be.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2016
at 16:17