7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
on 07 Dec 2024
at 21:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 07 Dec 2024
at 16:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Gravity cask at Pig’s Ear 2024 - Hackney. Pours clear yellow-gold with a frothy, white topping. Light sweet flavour with refreshing grassy hops, sturdy and building bitterness, straw, lemon, peach. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Bitter finish, clean, dry. Solid.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Dec 2024
at 20:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Gravity cask at Pig’s Ear 2024 - Hackney. Pours clear gold with a fluffy, pure white head; looks ideal. Light sweet flavour with notes of citric hops, apricot, peach, tangerine peel, lean pale malts, nips of grassy bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Citric finish, a little oily pine, citrus peel, otter grass, husky pale grain. Solid.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2024
at 22:14
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 8
Cask at Flowerpot, Derby. Pours almost black with minimal cream head and good lacing. There’s roasted malts and dark fruits in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet, smooth and fruity with roasted malts, mixed (bitter and floral)hops, dark fruits and traces of citrus and blackcurrants. Later on oats and traces of alcoholic strength come through as well leading to a dry, fruity and slightly bitter finish. This is excellent ! Wonderfully complex and pretty much uncategorisable.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2024
at 21:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark brown with a frothy white head and a soft fruit malt aroma. Fruity and malty, just a little bit thin, with some subtle spicy hop bitterness in the finish
Tried
from Cask
at
Salopian Bar
on 23 Nov 2024
at 20:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask at Moon Under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours golden yellow with a small off-white head and good lacing. Tropical fruits and mango in the aroma. In the mouth it is slightly bitter and quite juicy. Floral hops and tropical fruits in the flavour, but the hops gradually come to dominate. Leading to a dry and bitter finish. It’s reasonable.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Nov 2024
at 22:00
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Ale Wagon, Leicester. Light to mid-gold, clear with a tiny smattering of white head and a fair bit of lacing. Hedgerow fruits, grassy notes and a touch of soap in the aroma. Bittersweet taste, lots of British hop flavour, more soap. Bitterness in the finish. Medium body, soft carbonation. Oakham have been hit and miss for about 7 years in my opinion. They've recently had some wonderful beers but then something like this which isn't actively bad but just is so mid.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Nov 2024
at 20:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Sainsbury's. It pours slightly hazy pale orange with a small white head. The aroma is fresh, bright, zingy, juicy, lemon curd, grapefruit, custard cream biscuits, green fruits, melon, gooseberry fool, crunchy white grape and slightly unripe mango. The taste is crisp, dry, snappy, light bitterness, green, grassy, pithy, zesty, lime peel, grapefruit, pomelo, kumquat, marmalade sandwiches, peppery edge, gummy bears and pine needles with a zesty finale. Average body and fine, prickly carbonation. Quaffable and fruity. Nice one.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Nov 2024
at 16:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at Hops d’Amour, Coventry on 31st October 2024. Clear amber with shallow whitish foam and full lacing. Zesty peel aroma. Rich and intense citrus peel in-mouth, and a lasting zesty citrus finish. Some herbs and spices. Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. Sophisticated.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hops d'Amour
on 31 Oct 2024
at 23:48