8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Slightly hazy palish amber with white head. Very floral hoppy aroma. light body and carbonation. Floral sweet delicate flavour gives way to elegant bitterness and coriander. Very pleasant and unusual.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2008
at 20:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Almost cola colored pour, but with a rubyish tint to keep it interesting. Meduim foamy head. Aroma is dark malts without roast - featuring a chocolatey syrupy molasses nuttiness and a touch of pruney fruitiness. Vague herbal hop. Flavor is balanced, with a light almost crisp drying palate, with a very mild roasted malt component, and a wee hint of chocolate. Finish is semi-dry - there’s not alot of big sweet malt in this one at all, although there’s some vague fruitiness that brings a welcome layer of complexity. Would love to try the cask version.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jun 2008
at 16:32
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Wenlock Arms, Dark brown with medium off white head. Aroma has roasted malt and caramel notes. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, caramel and fruity notes. Somewhat watery and slight moldy.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jun 2008
at 12:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
05.L bottle pours brown with clear amber edges and thin tan head. The aroma seems to border a bit on the Baltic Porter side with unmistakably drool causing sweet dark fruity esters of dark grape jam, plums and dates. I also get a malt backbone of moderately roasted malts mixing with biscuit malts and nuttiness. Also seem to smell a bit like an English style barleywine. The taste begins with a pulse of sweet molasses and roasted malts. That experience is quickly erased by a wave of fruity esters from such notes as grapes, sugar coated pears, prunes and a bit of raisin. I also detect just a hint of tartness or bitterness from probably either the hops or a bit of malt astringency or both. A bit too fruity for the style but pretty tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2008
at 21:56
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 6.5
Bottled at Ølfestival, Århus, 2008. A hazy light amber beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet flowery combined with light notes of honey. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of spicy leading to a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2008
at 16:30
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Fruity malty and slightly bready caramel aroma. Sweet malty bready caramel flavor. Has a dry malty bready finish with a slightly bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2008
at 08:32
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Fruity malty and slightly hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy caramel flavor. Sweet fruity hoppy finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2008
at 08:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
[Gravity cask at beer festival at the Retreat, Reading] Deep pinky-black. Coriander spice dominates totally and utterly. Quite sweet, with a dry, slightly smokey finish. Coriander lingers for a long time afterwards.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jun 2008
at 15:27
2.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
Clear golden with tiny short lasting white head. Spicy aroma with nothing but coriander. Sweet fruity flavor with loads of coriander and caramel notes.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2008
at 02:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep amber with tiny off white head. Malty aroma with caramel notes. Sweet fruity flavor with caramel and toasted malt.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2008
at 11:13