7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tangy hops, bitter citrus, floral & pith tastes with a slightly soapy finish.
Way better from the Cask than bottle (obviously)
Way better from the Cask than bottle (obviously)
Tried
from Cask
at
Red Lion
on 05 Oct 2025
at 13:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask handpull at Barrel Vault JDW St Pancras. Black beer lasting tan head. Pk black ipa. Quote malty quote fruity. Some roast malt flavour. Yes some decent malt. Some dryness on the finish. Some burnt blackcurrant flavour ok.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Barrel Vault
on 04 Oct 2025
at 13:09
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Wetherspoon 2025 Autumn Beer Festival. Ale#11 of 26 untried possibilities at the fest. Lovely smooth texture and dark malt base, with a lingering exotic fruitiness to compliment the aforementioned.
Tried
from Cask
at
Paramount
on 04 Oct 2025
at 10:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at Wheatsheaf, Stoke-on-Trent. Pours almost black with a small frothy tan head. There’s an earthy aroma with oranges and tropical fruit. In the mouth it starts off sweet and creamy but very quickly becomes quite bitter with flavours of liquorice, roasted malts and tropical fruits. Later on there are traces of stone fruits and blackcurrant. A little bitterness in the finish. This is somewhat disappointing. Decent enough but a little strange.
Tried
from Cask
at
Wheatsheaf (JDW)
on 02 Oct 2025
at 13:40
Tried
from Cask
at
The Commercial Rooms
on 30 Sep 2025
at 23:00
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at St Albans Beer & Cider Festival, St Albans, Herts. A hazy golden orange/yellow coloured pour with a medium white bubbly head on top. Hoppy, mango, peach, tropical fruit aroma & taste. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Sep 2025
at 12:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at the St Albans beer festival 2025. A clear pale yellow straw coloured pour with a fading white head. Aroma is semi sweet, sharp, lemon, midget gems, pear, earthy, quince. Flavour is composed of crisp light grains, lemon, midget gems. Delicate fruit. Palate is semi sweet, crisp, moderate carbonation.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2025
at 15:12
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask at the St Albans beer festival 2025. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is semi sweet, stewed fruit, apple, nutty custard, semi sweet, jammy fruits. Flavour is composed of nutty malts, grass. Orange rind, vanilla, light tang little flabby, apple,. Palate is semi sweet, oily hops, chewy, decent cask condition. Hoppy.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2025
at 15:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask at the St Albans beer festival 2025 a opaque black brown coloured pour with a lasting loose light tan head. Aroma is dusty earth, earthy roast, vanilla, cakey malts, dried fruits. Liquorice. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, liquorice, meaty roast, light char.. Mineral. Palate is semi sweet, oily, light tang, moderate carbonation... Light tang. Solid stout.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2025
at 14:12
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the St Albans beer festival 2025. A clear pale gold coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is light grains, lemon rind, grass, straw. Light tang on the nose. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, juicy melon, mixed citrus, grass, pear. Resinous hop. Assertive hop bitterness. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, good cask condition. Drinks well.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2025
at 14:04