6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Gallows Bird on 2008-01-26) Taste is a bit sweet but roasted malts and fuity hops balance it quite nicely.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2008
at 02:22
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Cask at blackfriars Glasgow ... Crisp golden yellow ... sharp tart american hop nose ... full on sweet piney american hop ... packed full of flavour and wonderfully balanced. A great UK cask ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Apr 2008
at 13:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
The color is a clear, dark brown. Aroma is fruity hops (not American), very strong, which creates a British hop juice sensation; very nice and original. It’s hoppy yet British. The taste is not as interesting, its a watery hop mess and the reduced carbonation just makes it seem bad. I would love to try this bottled and not on cask.
Cask @ Beer Table, British pint glass.
Cask @ Beer Table, British pint glass.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2008
at 21:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Straw with a creamy head;citrus aroma, with a hint of lime; strong citrus flavour balanced by sweeter fruits, I got apricot, and malt; long bitter finish. Rather one-dimensional, but a very pleasant ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Apr 2008
at 10:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at redlight. Very nice. Dark reddish brown, with a foaming head that settled into a lingering layer of cream. Hoppy aroma, with a spicy resiny citric nature, some caramelized rye breadiness malts, toasty and maybe just a touch nutty. Low carbonation in the mouth, light andsmooth going down, somewhat citric and piney hops skirt the edges, finish easy. Quite an easy drinker.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Apr 2008
at 01:35
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Planet Thanet BF 08. Oakham’s is pretty much my favourite brewery in the country, so I was really looking forward to this. Which is why I was surprised that I gave it a lowish score. Even trying it the next day, I wasn’t won over. Hazy pale gold colour with bubbly beige head. Very nettley and ascetic hoppy blond beer. It’s got a bit of harshly citric nettle flavour which I wasn’t too keen on. Bit soapy too. Must be just about my lowest scored Oakham beer I think.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2008
at 07:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
[i] [b] Cask at The Hop Pole pubs Easter Beer Festival, Aylesbury in the company of Loz, Chris O, Ruth, Barry, Lynn 21-03-08 [/i] [/b] This had the most stunning hop nose it really was that just rubbing hops between forefinger and thumb type smell, fantastic. Mid gold in colour, with slight haze and a small white bubbly head. Sweetened grapefruit in the mouth, marmalade wonderful bitter juiciness, what a lovely beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Mar 2008
at 01:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On gravity at the London Drinker festival 12/3/08. Aroma of grapefruit, lycees and sweet malt with a slight whiff of sulphur. Sweet flavour with a big citrus hop finish. Good.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2008
at 15:35
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
[i] [b] Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival Feb’ 08 [/i] [/b] Dark reddy/brown beer with a nice white head. The hops surge forward on first inquisitive whiff absolutely flooding the aroma with some glorious citrusness, oakiness it’s clean, fresh and stunning. The flavour gun is also set to stun as well, your mouth and tastebuds absolutely hammered with a juicy, hoppy frenzy of crisp grapefruit, bitterness hits but then in an instant a lovely sweet malty toffee underbelly rescues this and provides a stunning balance to this beer. This has the most incredible amount of flavour’s present and really is one superb beer, my beer of the festival by some considerable margin.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Feb 2008
at 01:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
[i] [b] Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival Feb 08 [/i] [/b] Reddy amber colour with white bubbly head. Punchy citrus hits you with a left hook, then the bitterness which coats your tongue and hangs around for ever delivers a devastating right uppercut. Your left reeling before that long, long, hoppy tropical fruit finish delivers the body blow. Oakham don’t do things by half this is great, the Japanese Sorachi Ace hop along with American duo of Amarillo and Cluster hops provide one very interesting beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Feb 2008
at 01:24