6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at a ChrisO tasting, London. Pours cloudy gold with a creamy, white foam head. Lemon and grain on the nose. Medium to big sweet flavor wit big hay character, some light grass, white sugar. Medium bodied with average to high carbonation. Grassy bitter finish, more sugar and grains. Kind of odd. Not great. Has an incongruous bitterness and it’s also too sweet. I like this style but this beer misses on a few fronts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2012
at 02:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap. Pours hazy amber with a small off white head that leaves decent lacing. Aroma is caramel, yeast and light spice. Flavor is the same, medium sweet and lightly bitter with muted spices. Finish is lightly bitter, a bit metallic. Body is quite full for the style and creamy in the mouth.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Nov 2012
at 13:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours slightly hazy bright lemon yellow. Light honey aroma. Med minus body. Flavor is a touch of honey with mild earthiness and a bit of hop. Overall it’s a very light drink; for me the ginger is only truly discernible towards the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2012
at 15:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours pale hazy yellow with a medium white head that dissipates with nice lacing. Aroma is wheat, spices, ginger, lemon. Taste is quite spicy with mild honey sweetness and a light bitter grassy/spicy/herbal finish. Quite interesting, but perhaps a little overspiced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2012
at 13:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
25th September 2012
The ChrisO small midweek tasting. Very hazy amber beer, fluffy white head. Light semi dry palate. Mildly sweet malt with sweet herbs. Mild soft finish. Just a mellow herby beer. All right. 6.9
22nd April 2026
2012 bottle! Pours clear amber, a decent cream colour head. Light palate, a little dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Smooth malts, some vague age on them but nothing you would associate with nearly 13 years. Piney fruits, mildly ripe. The fennel adds a modest herby bitterness. Light and semi dry finish. Near 13 years hasn't improved this beer but neither has it damaged it!
The ChrisO small midweek tasting. Very hazy amber beer, fluffy white head. Light semi dry palate. Mildly sweet malt with sweet herbs. Mild soft finish. Just a mellow herby beer. All right. 6.9
22nd April 2026
2012 bottle! Pours clear amber, a decent cream colour head. Light palate, a little dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Smooth malts, some vague age on them but nothing you would associate with nearly 13 years. Piney fruits, mildly ripe. The fennel adds a modest herby bitterness. Light and semi dry finish. Near 13 years hasn't improved this beer but neither has it damaged it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2012
at 04:37
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Golden beer with a cream head. Honey and malt aroma with light grain and light yeast. Honey and grain flavor with malt and mineral notes. Medium bodied. Grain and mineral lingers with light malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2012
at 10:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Chriso - 25/09/12 thanks to Ken/Madmitch76 for this one. Hazy amber pour with a bubbly off-white head. Earhty farmy tones on the nose, light citurs, orchard fruit, piss. Taste follows nose with light sour tones to the fruity mash. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation leading to a tarte finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2012
at 04:06
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle thanks to Ken at ChrisO. It pours hazy golden yellow, with a thin white head. The nose is citrus pith, papaya, watermelon, fennel, spice and earth. The taste is hay, straw, herbal, earth, spice, fennel, underlying sweetness and some metal, with a pretty dry finish. Medium body and overly carbonated. I definitely couldn’t drink much of this. Doesn’t really work for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2012
at 12:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
I really enjoy this beer - especially as it warms in the glass. Pours an amber/burnt-gold that is clear with a white head. Head was full and frothy, but with large bubbles it dissipated quickly. Aroma of sweet grain and slight melonoidin with perfume and flowers. Taste is well balanced floral and malt, with some chewy bread and an orange background.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2012
at 22:09
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at City beer. Pours with a clear golden hued body with a small white head. Aromas are odd, grainy, popcorn, peanut butter. Floral hop aromas, tea like. Flavors are floral, nutty, grainy, grassy, resiny. Lively bubbles dry finish, low bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Sep 2012
at 14:36