5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
From cask at Nags Head, Reading, Berkshire, on tour to 22 southern counties with OGJ and EE 02.01.19. Served withour sparkler. Translucent copper amber. Aroma and taste of raw malt, mash, chocolate biscuits, dark caramel and dark syrup.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2019
at 23:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle – Pours a hazy orange yellow colour with a thick medium sized lasting near white head. A fresh fruity aroma, some spice. Light and dry in the mouth, not a lot of sweetness but an earthy ginger root flavour without the heat. A latent astringent hop bitterness that doesn’t really work with the ginger, lacks balance and not for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2018
at 15:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Pours hazy dark orange with a small head. Aroma is creamy banana and wheat. Taste has raisin and banana to start. Burnt wheat finish. Noticeable alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2018
at 20:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Sidmouth Wines. Black with a beige head. Lots of coffee in nose and on the palate, well balanced, smooth and pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2018
at 21:10
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle from Sidmouth Wines. Deep black, Almost no head. Aroma of coffee and star anise. Roasts with coffee and aniseed. Almost no carbonation, unfortunately.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2018
at 21:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Sidmouth Wines. Hazy yellow, tall fluffy white head. Light-to medium-bodied, crisp malty flavours, a shy yeasty fruity touch and a herbal-piney hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2018
at 20:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Sidmouth Wines. Hazy strawy golden yellow, small white head. Light-bodied, quite a lot of herbal bitterness, no fruity hints.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2018
at 20:58
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle from Darkplace Colyton. Surprisingly pale yellow, huge fluffy white head. Highly carbonated, sour-malty flavours with a yeasty touch and some citrusy hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2018
at 20:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Blue Boar, Leicester at 5.3%. Hazy gold with a slightly loose white head. Quite a lot of visible natural carbonation. Light aroma, some orange peel, some floral perfume, a little bit of lemongrass. Sweet taste just at first turns to an impressive bitter with a dollop of astringency in the finish. More light citrus peel in the aftertaste. Very decent if not world-changing, quite old school.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jul 2018
at 17:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2016, [ Great British Beer Festival 2016 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Gyle 59 Freedom Hiker ].Clear medium yellow - amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, caramel, earthy - nutty. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160810] 6-3-7-3-14
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Apr 2018
at 18:36