7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 10
Cask @ Foxglove, Islington. Golden with a creamy-frothy head. Has a candy-sweet tropical fruitiness, which is less stated in its hoppier nose.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2021
at 13:27
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Garsons Farm Shop, West End. Aroma is first grainy. Resinous edge. Clear gold. Foamy white head. Initial low key flavour wise... light bitter. Tangy. Slighty resinous. Then gains some additional bitterness. Spicey. Grainy. A tad quinine. Underlying malts and boiled mar the finish. Light bodied. Thin. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Dry astringent finish. A bland attempt. Really not doing anything for me.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Apr 2021
at 18:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Garsons Farm Shop, West End. Spicy yeasty aroma. Light gold. Thin translucent white head. Light-medium bitter with an underlying sweet yeasty streak. Honey. A touch of lemon. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Dry finish. Easy drinking. Straightforward. But lightweight.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Apr 2021
at 12:20
7/10
Tried
on 13 Apr 2021
at 15:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Noble Green Wines, Hampton. Aroma is citrusy, with a grassy edge. A hint of coconut... hmmm? Hazy honey gold. Foamy thinning white head. Light-medium bitter. Citrus sour touch. Smooths out with coconut milk sweetness. Lingering onions. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Pithy. Fizzy carbonation. Finish is a tad dry, a tad astringent but overall relatively abrupt. A polite restrained use of Sabro but still a drinkable pale.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Apr 2021
at 22:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml can from More Than Beans, Rickmansworth, Herts. A golden/orange coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, malty. citrus, tropical fruit aroma and taste. Decent, sweet, boozy old school DIPA from Big Smoke.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2021
at 11:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Big Smoke Brew Co, Esher, Surrey. A black coloured pour with a healthy beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate aroma. Tastes similar, roasty, malty, chocolate, slight vanilla, quite smooth. Very nice effort indeed from Big Smoke.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2021
at 11:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Frothy white head left a creamy cover on an amber coloured still body. Malt aroma. Medium bodied, lively & dry on the back. Bitter, lightly smoked, hoppy, berry & hoppy tastes. Like this one.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2021
at 20:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Wine Reserve, Cobham. Aroma is led by the vanilla and lactose providing a sweet - if sour - milk chocolate effect. Dark and glossy cola brown. Foamy light beige head. The initial flavour has a sour booziness to it, with a medium-heavy bitter core. Underlying sweetness (vanilla tinged creamy chocolate) then appears but its bitter and boozy throughout. Medium bodied. Creamy. Slick. Average prickly carbonation. After the boozy start it smooths out and malty chocolate gains strength. A good first Impy Impy Stout for Big Smoke.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2021
at 22:59
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can from Big Smoke Brew Co, Esher, Surrey. A murky orange coloured pour with a very thin white head on top. Sour, mango, passionfruit aroma and taste. I wouldn't bother with this one again.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2021
at 19:45