4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Amber with a small white head. Apple peel and grainy malt in the nose. Dry malty flavour with diacetyl
Tried
on 16 Nov 2009
at 13:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Hobgoblin, Reading 8/11/09. Dark amber in colour with a decent white head. Sweetish, bready malts with some nuttiness, plums and a lingering bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2009
at 00:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Portcullis, Bristol, 04/10/09. Amber with a slight, off-white head. Aroma of orange blossom and caramel. Flavour started with sweet malts, citrus hops with a spicy edge and a decent dry finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Oct 2009
at 09:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Hobgoblin, Reading. Reddish copper with a thin, scummy looking, white head; fruity aroma; slightly spicy sweet red fruit flavour; long chewy malt finish with some light hops in support.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Oct 2009
at 05:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The Masons Arms, Headington Quarry, Oxford 27-09-09 Pours copper in colour, toffee, fruit and malts on the nose. Taste is quite full flavoured with plenty of the aforementioned in the mouth, some hops and bitterness add to the proceedings, all in all very nice beer, I had a couple. A7 A4 F7 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Sep 2009
at 01:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 09 ... Copper ... light malt nose ... sweet toffee light hop ... light plum ... light dry bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Sep 2009
at 08:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[Gravity cask at the Henley Show] Strange source for a beer - a solicitor’s stand at the Henley Show (not sure what it was doing there amongst the wellly sellers and dog breeders anyway) was trying to attract attention by handing out free glasses of beer and balloons - the perfect combination for me and my daughter (I had the beer...!). It poured a deep amber-chestnut with a moderate creamy head. Sweet malt is perfectly balanced against a wood, earthy bitterness. It’s simple, but well executed and tasty; it’s nice to see a darker traditional style bitter when increasingly the style is dominated by insipid, pale ones. And three cheers for the best solicitor in the world (wish I could remember their name...)
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Sep 2009
at 16:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Hobgoblin, Reading. Gold with a trace of creamy head; autumnal aroama of apples and honey; sweet and full of autumn fruit flavours; spritzy in the mouth with a touch of caramel; and a gently bitter finish. Glorious.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Sep 2009
at 10:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Cask at GBBF, London Earl’s Court, 5 Aug 2009) Dark amber colour with brief, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with nuts, apricots, caramel and dusty hops. Malty, fruity taste with notes of dried fruit, nuts, caramel and dusty hops in a bitter-sweet finish. More than medium body, some sweetness. Well balanced and tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2009
at 13:10
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask@GBBF 2009. Deep copper color, small off-white head. Aroma has diacetyl, toffee and nutty hops. Caramelly, nut hoppy flavor. A bit like some Shepherd Neame’s bitters.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2009
at 14:37