7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask Stillage (Bitter Virtue, Southampton) - Brown in colour. Spicy malt aroma with some nutty hints. Roasted malt taste with some strong nutty (chestnut) elements being noticeable. The finish is roasted with a nutty sweetness. Very tasty and an excellent idea. Also, Cask (Guide Dog, Southampton) - Much the same as before but with the roasted notes being slightly more pronounced and just a hint of vanilla sweetness. I did not try this beer last year (when it first came out) but the recipe has supposedly been modified and the quality has allegedly improved.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jan 2009
at 19:21
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Cask at Bitter virtue ...golde yellow,light hop,easy ligyt fresh hops little sweet but mostky clean fresh hops
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2008
at 13:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Cask at GBBF, London, 6 Aug 2008) Golden colour with brief, white head. Fruity nose with notes of citrus, caramel and biscuity malt. Fruity taste with citrus (orange, grapefruit) and a generous citrussy hop character in a floral, slightly soapy finish. Nice beer with good hop flavours.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2008
at 16:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF2008. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is nectar, hayish hops and some mild fruits mixed in. Flavour is wood, mild spices and flowery hops. Fruity and wooden aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2008
at 05:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear golden with tiny off white head. Sweet and fruity aroma with discrete hoppy and citric notes. Floral flavor that ends mild bitter.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2008
at 17:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask, gravity dispense at Merton Summer Beer Festival July 18th and 19th 2008 Another very good beer from a very decent brewery and one that was amazingly flavoursome despite the low abv. This beer was named ’Max’ after the unborn child of very good friends of the brewers sadly the unborn baby died six months into the pregnancy, which seems so awfullly sad. The beer itself was as it states copper in colour and with a nice bubbly white head. Good light bitterness and an impressive use of the Cluster hop which I gather is pretty much looked down upon usually. Some lingering lightly tangy fruit and a dryness at the end ensures that this beer has plenty going on for its strength.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jul 2008
at 23:42
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.Clear medium orange amber color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, nutty, light hoppy, flowers, perfume. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. (020508)
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jun 2008
at 02:08
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpump @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.Clear medium yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, moderate hoppy, flowers, perfume. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is light medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. (020508)
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jun 2008
at 02:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[i] [b] Cask, gravity at the Hampshire Bowman, Dundridge, Hampshire 7th June 2008 [/i] [/b] Pours mid gold with the smallest of white heads, looks pretty good. Quite a zesty, refreshing beer with plenty going on for the strength. Nice soft citrussyness, bitterness nice, has quite a bit of life, taste is very nice, I like this and think it makes a damn good session beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jun 2008
at 09:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Reading BF 08. Chestnut pale, with thin beige head. Decent choc and malt, some hop. Good in mouth, some depth, a little rubbery on the hop, but overall a decent strong bitter. Bit of Airfix glue on aroma. Decent, but has unattractive elements.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jun 2008
at 07:29