5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, 3.8%. Distinct coriander aroma. Hazy golden colour, very small head. Distinct coriander flavour. Quite thin mouthfeel. OK flavour, but the finish is a bit grainy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2008
at 07:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty heavy hoppy aroma. Loads og grass and lime notes. Heavy bitter flavor with strong citrus notes. Long heavy bitter finish. Oily palate. Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2008
at 04:55
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask@GBBF2008. Deep amber colour, small beige head. Aroma and flavour are both much the same; peas, mild roasted notes, some slight fruityness. A bit strange sourish notes, so could be a bit off? 4 4 5 3 9
Cask@The New Wheatsheaf, London, January 2009. Deep ambery ruby colour, near black, with small beige head. Aroma is fruits, wood and some slight liquorice. Flavour is quite much the same with some slight sweet fruity notes as well as mild roasted notes. 5 4 5 3 10.
Cask@The New Wheatsheaf, London, January 2009. Deep ambery ruby colour, near black, with small beige head. Aroma is fruits, wood and some slight liquorice. Flavour is quite much the same with some slight sweet fruity notes as well as mild roasted notes. 5 4 5 3 10.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2008
at 01:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.8%. Golden colour with a slight chill haze, big white head. Moderate fruity hops in the somewhat sweetish aroma. The flavour is reasonably hoppy with some fruity notes, a moderate sweetness and a bitter and dry finish and aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2008
at 16:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Copper coloured beer, decent off-white head. The aroma has a nice blend of malts and fruity hops, notes of prunes, toffee and some chocolate. The flavour has earthy notes, some malts and fruit, hints of caramel, but the finish is "dusty" and dry with noticeable hops. A very nice bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2008
at 06:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Biggish beige lasting head. Deep dark red-brown body with light carbonation. Fruity roasty earthy aroma with notes of dried plums, caramel, and chocolate. Dry-sweet earthy dried plums taste with roasty malty chocolate notes. Dry metallic chocolate aftertaste kind of jars with the fruitiness. It’s not bad, but I didn’t enjoy it much. (0.5l bottle, Centra, Oslo.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2008
at 05:35
4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Medium offwhite fine-laced head. Pale coppery body with light carbonation. Strange aroma of wet cardboard and sugary citric coriander. Taste is malty coriander with cardboard and orange notes. Some roastiness, too. The aftertaste is the same, and very long. Really disliked this combination. Drain-pour! Later I’ve come to suspect that the cider I drank before this may have messed with my palate. Need to rerate. (0.5l bottle, Centra, Oslo.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2008
at 05:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 3.8%. Clear deep golden to orange colour, decent white head. Interesting aroma of fresh coriander, spicy and herbal notes, some fruit too. The flavour has loads of fresh coriander, a slight fruitiness, hints of toffee, decent hops (and more coriander) in the finish and aftertaste. Not too sweet. An interesting beer with a moderate ABV, but probably not my choice for a whole "session".
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2008
at 17:24
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
One of the first dark cask ales I had in England, and it made a lasting impression on me. Brimming with dark malts, dark fruits and everything you possibly could ask for in a classic porter. Brilliant!
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2008
at 17:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown with tiny beige head. Sweet and earthy aroma with roasted malt. Sweet flavor with notes of roasted, caramel and dark chocolate.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2008
at 18:00