6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On the SilkTork Southampton through the looking glass tour. Sunday South Western Arms. Clear pale brown. Decent premium bitter fruity malty. Decent. Good temperature and condition. Some bitterness on the finish. a bit of blackcurrant.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2016
at 06:28
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Handpull cask from the Architect, Cambridge. Copper/amber with a hint of orange. Almost no head but a fair bit of lacing. Light citrus aroma with notes of brown sugar. Bitter taste but not too sharp, with quite a lot of malt in the mouth. Very bitter aftertaste but not a hint of imbalance. Long finish with grapefruit in the aftertaste. Simple, but credit where credit is due: this is very nicely put together.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Nov 2016
at 12:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Architect, Cambridge. Light copper, clear. Not much head but some patterned lacing around the glass. Biscuit and honey with a touch of overripe orange compete with a study grass and floral hop aroma. Simple bittersweet taste, with ample bittering hop but governed by a biscuit malt base. Short to medium finish with more ripe orange in the finish. Basic as you like but not that much the worse for it.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Nov 2016
at 12:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Lamp Tavern; clear amber pour with a thin off white head, aroma has sweet malts, a hint of marmalade, taste has sweet caramel, hint of citrus, smooth finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Oct 2016
at 13:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at the Standing Order. Appearance - opaque black with a lovely fawn head. Nose - chocolate, charcoal and a hint of molasses. Taste - charcoal and very dry liquorice. Some molasses comes through at the back. Palate - close to medium bodied with a dry crunchy middle section that continues through to the end. Overall - should be loaded as a dry stout I think. Decent though.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Oct 2016
at 04:11
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Herbet Wells, Woking. Not much of an aroma, spived fruit. Dark brown, OK beige head. Sweet and malty. Watery. Snore.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2016
at 13:12
6/10
Tried
on 23 Oct 2016
at 11:36
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask at CW Spoons. It pours darkest brown (near black) with a small, bubbly beige head. The aroma is earthy roast, umami, say sauce, Asian cooking vibe, liquorice and smoked ham. The taste is thin, very bitter, earthy roast, burnt malt, liquorice, plastic, peppery spice, charred wood, umami and astringent. Finish is crazy dry. Light body and low carbonation. Pretty crap.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Oct 2016
at 11:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2016. Day 1. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white head. The nose holds pale bread, floral hops. Light sweet flavour, a little doughy, with more pale bread, perfume. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly sweet to finish, with simple pale, bready malts. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2016
at 00:19
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Black with creamy head. Aroma and flavour have some heavily roasted malts and a certain ash like taste. Nice but lacks intensity.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2016
at 14:56