6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can at the Crown Inn Worcester. Aroma of citrus, stonefruit, waxy, hoppy, tangerine and tropical fruit.
Decent body. Bitter drying finish. Decent
Decent body. Bitter drying finish. Decent
Tried
from Can
at
Crown (JDW)
on 14 Oct 2025
at 18:07
Tried
from Cask
at
Sir Robert Peel
on 10 Oct 2025
at 23:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A opaque black brown coloured pour with a lasting tan head. Aroma is earrhy black roast, liquorice, singed pine, grass,. Flavour is composed of big bitter roast sticky pine tar, liquorice, diesel, woody bark. Aggressive bitterness. Palate is semi sweet, oily, good cask condition. Big and bold.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2025
at 12:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Near black with a frothy tan head and an aroma which is disappointingly mellow, just a touch of roasted malt and a hint of citrus. Medium bodied, big coffee roasted malts up front, some notes of citrus before dry hop bitterness cuts in and stays to the finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Shrewsbury Hotel
on 09 Oct 2025
at 17:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Bank House. Pitch black with a dense tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate and roast malts, piney and citrus hops. Taste follows with nice dark malt flavours of chocolate and roast/coffee, hops are mostly piney with some citrus/grapefruit notes, good hoppy bitterness. Medium bodied, very smooth. Decent BIPA, easily my favourite of the few Spoons fest beers I had.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Bank House
on 09 Oct 2025
at 12:55
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Cornfield Garage, Eastbourne. Poured a clear almost black colour with a mostly lasting frothy light tan head. The aroma is roasty, floral hops. The flavour is over moderate bitter, with a smooth, somewhat rich, roasty, earthy, light piney, dry hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
Cornfield Garage (JDW)
on 08 Oct 2025
at 21:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
8/10/2025. Cask at wetherspoon beer festival, at Cricketers, Ipswich. Nice pour. Aroma is citrusy, dark malts, roasted, chocolate, tropical, piney, soapy. Moderate sweetness, quite heavy bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Dry and bitter finish. Good bipa.
Tried
from Cask
at
Cricketers (JDW)
on 08 Oct 2025
at 12:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half pint on cask at the red lion jdw.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light bitterness.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Red Lion (JDW)
on 06 Oct 2025
at 17:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A dark pour with a purple gleam and a tight beige head; aroma of dark berries and stone fruit; smooth and dry in the mouth with blackcurrants and a hint of chocolate; then a smooth dry fruity finish with an undercurrent of bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 06 Oct 2025
at 11:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Cask at the Standing Order. Fest tick 9. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of liquorice and cooked orange. Taste is burnt orange and blackcurrant. Fruity bitter finish.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2025
at 15:08