7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. Black colour, small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, liquorice, alcohol and some slight notes of marzipan and dark dry fruits. Flavour is very similar and also has some mild coffeeish and roasted notes. A bit burning as for the alcohol.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Nov 2011
at 00:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the White Horse. It pours deep mahogany brown, with a thin off-white lace. The nose is cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and some caramel sweetness. The taste is dark fruit, wood, chocolate, port-like, leather, nut, touch of caramel and lots of Christmas spice, with a dry, woody finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Nov 2011
at 11:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the White Horse, London. Pours clear, shiny ruby with a very slight head. Big berry and spice aroma. Light to medium sweet flavor, winter berries, cinnamon and other spices. Medium in body with fine carbonation. Faintly dry finish, some leaves, cinnamon, sweet malts, fruit cake. Not bad. (3.6)
Bottle on the Black Country Train Tasting Part I. Pours clearish dark brown with a creamy beige head. Dry brown bread on the snout, some wintery spices. Light to medium sweet flavor with more dry bread, lots of winter spices, cinnamon, light leathery fruits. Light to medium bodied with average to high carbonation. Mild bitter earth finish with dry toast and further spices. Not bad. (3.6)
Bottle on the Black Country Train Tasting Part I. Pours clearish dark brown with a creamy beige head. Dry brown bread on the snout, some wintery spices. Light to medium sweet flavor with more dry bread, lots of winter spices, cinnamon, light leathery fruits. Light to medium bodied with average to high carbonation. Mild bitter earth finish with dry toast and further spices. Not bad. (3.6)
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Nov 2011
at 10:36
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. Deep brown colour with a small creamy off-white head. Aroma is coffee, mild chocolate, nuts, ashes and mild roasted malts as well. Flavour is chocolate, nuts, coffee, ashes, some roasted malts, mild toffee and also some quite big bitterness in the finish. Wellbalanced and quite dry palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Nov 2011
at 11:54
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Frothy off-white fair mostly deminishing head. Black colour. moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Plumb notes. Moderate bitter finish. No roast, no choccolate, some coffee and light licorice. Creamy palate. Not a great Impy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2011
at 07:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium to dark amber orange colour with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, moderate hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, orange - citrus, fresh hops. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, hop oil bitter, citrus, warm citrus. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110429]
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Nov 2011
at 09:54
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, light roasted. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sharp nutty, toffee, butter notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110803]
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Nov 2011
at 10:34
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Sampled from bottle at Scopeys 2nd East Croydon Beer tasting, thanks to Paul. Very small off-white to light brown, fully diminishing head. Pitch black, opaque color. Flat appearence. Smell slightly coffee, slightly roasty, not much more. Taste light to medium bitter, lightly roasty. Bitter finish of short to average duration. Light to medium body, average carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2011
at 05:39
8/10
Tried
on 27 Oct 2011
at 14:00
6/10
Tried
on 27 Oct 2011
at 13:26