6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2007. Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is big time apricot along with sour wood and very fruity notes. Flavour is very much the same, but the dominating apricots are really glueish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Aug 2007
at 07:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Magpie & Crown, TW8 Brentford, London. Light light unclear light yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, flowers, citrus, toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2007
at 11:07
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask gravity at GBBF 2007. Gold, bubbly off white head. Decent elderflower aroma. Really attractive in mouth, maybe a little too cabbagey, lots of vegetables on finish and more elderflower. Lacks a little condition, but for a 3.5% beer, plenty of taste. A little carbolic even.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2007
at 11:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Merton Summer Beer Festival 06-07-07. Poured standard brown colour with nice bubbly white head. Some toffee mixed with fruit perhaps a touch on the sweet side but really very nice and would be a pleasant session beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2007
at 02:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at Merton Summer Beer Festival 06-07-07. Poured copper coloured wonderfully clear, with a nice white head and lovely aroma. What a contrast to The Grand Union Simcoe (see review) the hops were there on the nose but were presented in a very gentle wafting way, lovely floral notes. Some soft caramel flavours initially but with a nice hoppy background. What a lovely beer, the sort of beer that you need to sip slowly whilst watching little fluffy clouds float above you and the with the sun gently warming your face, ah bliss.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2007
at 01:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask gravity at Reading BF. Copper, clear, lasting white head. Really good, aromatic, floral, elderflower aroma. Very good. Absolutely gorgeous in fact, and the best British beer of the Saturday at Reading for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 May 2007
at 11:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at Reading BF 2007. Gold with lasting white head. Fragrant hop aroma. Litlle bit soft may, but sherberty hop is tasty. I liked it, very sessionalbe, I like the hop, some US hop maybe. Very drinkable and the barrel had just come on. Good to see Bowman coming out of the ashes of the Cheriton brewery which was always fantastic. The Quiver though is better.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 May 2007
at 11:29
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On gravity at Reading BF 5/5/2007. Golden coloured with fruity hop aroma. Flavour also primarily hoppy with plenty of citrus. Finish was dry. Very quaffable.
Tried
on 09 May 2007
at 02:01
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Guide Dog, Southampton. Golden colour. Grassy nose. Dry and light bodied with interesting pilsner malt flavour. Slim, crisp and drinkable. A well made thirst quencher.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Feb 2007
at 08:45
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at Guide Dog, Southampton. Amber colour. Strong flowery lychee aroma. Medium sweet with soft mouthfeel. Some cookie malt provides the foundation for layers of aromatic lychee-like hops. Fairly light bitterness. Pacific NW meets Hampshire. Great stuff!
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Feb 2007
at 08:43