Subsidiaries
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Hazy yellow colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour have quite skunky old sweaty hops. Disappointing.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2024
at 19:33
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Clear pale yellow colour with thin head. Mildly flavoured. Just a hint of sweet pale malt. Almost no hop presence or bitterness.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2024
at 19:33
6/10
On cask at the SO. Appearance - mat black, beige head. Nose - milk chocolate mainly. Taste - grapefruit and orange but then not much chocolate. Palate - light to medium bodied, then fresh finish. Overall - maybe want more from the base beer to stand up to the adjuncts.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Oct 2024
at 14:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Standing Order. Pours black with a thin beige head. Aromas of chocolate orange. Taste is more of the same. Pretty much as expected. Nowt wrong with it.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Oct 2024
at 14:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Shrewsbury Hotel. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small tan head. The aroma is mainly malts with some fruity hints. In the mouth it is on the cusp between sweet and bitter and fluctuates between the two. It has a creamy texture but is also somewhat watery. Flavour of roasted malts and chocolate plus later on some hints of oranges and raspberries. Sweetness wins out in the finish. This is quite decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2024
at 20:12
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Near black with a frothy/creamy tan head. Hints of chocolate orange on the nose, smooth and silky with sweet orange and chocolate balanced out by slightly bitter roasted malt, some liquorice in the mix ahead of a very dry finish
Tried
from Cask
at
Shrewsbury Hotel
on 10 Oct 2024
at 16:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A glossy black pour with a ruby gleam and a tight tan head; fruity aroma; rather thin with a smooth malty body and a blood orange taste; then a dry finish with some bitter roasted malts.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 10 Oct 2024
at 15:04
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried at Trent bridge. Off black colour with a white tan head. Subtle orange and chocolate. Light to medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Oct 2024
at 13:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the White Swan JDW, Solihull. Poured almost black in colour with a lasting frothy, light tan head. The aroma is roasty malt, light orange. The flavour is moderate to light liquorice bitter, with a smooth, somewhat light, roasty, light orange, earthy, light liquorice bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2024
at 21:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap. Pours amber with moderate head. Aromas of fruity floral hops, pine and toasted malts. Flavors of biscuity malts, orange candy and a little pine. Finishes soapy and doughy.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Oct 2024
at 14:29