6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask at PoW, Farnborough. Aroma? Maybe some malts. Light gold. Looks thin. Thin bubbly translucent white head. Light bitter with a citrus sour edge. Develops some underlying sweetness but also somewhat undone by a streak of boiled veg. To be fair, as I drink more the hop becomes more evident. Light-medium bodied. Slick if thin. Average. Long slightly astringent finish. Drinkable enough but definable a British IPA from an oldschool brewery in that the hop is almost an afterthought.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Apr 2019
at 11:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Hope and Champion, Beaconsfield. Poured a hazy golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light yeasty, dry hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light malt, dry floral hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Not great. I suspect the cask was about to die.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Mar 2019
at 19:14
5/10
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Feb 2019
at 17:18
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On cask at Four-Ale Taproom, Gosport. Pours straw golden with a white head. Aroma: yeast, citrus, herbal. Taste is similar. Light bitter, lemon citrus, herbal, subtle hints of Belgian farmhouse in the background. Light bodied, fine carb, dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jan 2019
at 20:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Four-Ale, Gosport. Citrus, herbs and a vinous element in the aroma. Light gold. Thin frothy white head. Light bitter with pepper and a sour edge. Medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Dry finish. Not too bad. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jan 2019
at 12:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (Bitter Virtue, Southampton) - Golden with a white head. Citrus and some herbal notes in the aroma. Slightly spicy taste with notes of lemon, grass, tea and faint notes of coriander.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Dec 2018
at 19:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle; BB 17th Aug 2020. Poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard at home on 24th Nov 2018. Clean and clear golden body, full white crown and lacing as the beer level fell in the glass. Floral, grassy nose, semi-sweet taste but with more hop bitterness than malty sweetness flavours. Liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2018
at 20:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
23/11/2018. Cask at the Harwich and Parkeston Winter Ale Festival 2018. Pours dark amber brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of malt, hops, biscuit, fruit and toffee. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Dry, malt biscuit finish. Grew on me.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Nov 2018
at 12:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
23/11/2018. Cask at the Harwich and Parkeston Winter Ale Festival 2018. Pours pale straw gold with a lasting bubbly white head. Aroma of citrus, hops, light tropical fruits, grass and light herbs. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, average to soft carbonation. Finish’s quite dry, fruity with nice lingering bitterness. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Nov 2018
at 12:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
275ml bottle conditioned, poured into one of my old 'Home Ales' half-pint glass countryman tankards at home on 22nd Nov 2018. Slightly out of date on opening. I allowed the sediment to leave the bottle, so I got a mini-haze and some 'bits' in my light golden body. Nice blend actually, semi-sweet malty molasses and some fruity hop notes in both the nose and taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2018
at 11:57