Subsidiaries
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle on the train with some Monster Munch. My how my life has spiralled.... Anyway, a really sweet and malty beer with hardly any trace of hops. A bit too sweetly rich for my liking.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations)
on 19 Mar 2026
at 17:22
Wetherspoons London Victoria Station
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Mar 2026
at 00:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
On cask up the White Lady.
Appearance - deep amber and clear with a creamy off white head.
Nose - plum going into prune with toffee and brown bread.
Taste - more plums, raisins and chewy malt loaf.
Palate - chewy texture, some sweetness and then roasty finish.
Overall - a bit gnarly but worth the persistence.
Appearance - deep amber and clear with a creamy off white head.
Nose - plum going into prune with toffee and brown bread.
Taste - more plums, raisins and chewy malt loaf.
Palate - chewy texture, some sweetness and then roasty finish.
Overall - a bit gnarly but worth the persistence.
Tried
from Cask
at
White Lady (JDW)
on 16 Mar 2026
at 14:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask up the White Lady. Pours clear copper with a thin off-white head. Aromas of dried fruit and toffee. Taste is more of the same. Light sweet finish.
Tried
on 14 Mar 2026
at 14:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pint on cask at the gate house jdw.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
Gate Clock (JDW)
on 12 Mar 2026
at 18:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cardiff Mini-break Beer#12. Dark clear amber coloured keg pour, and nice to find a Brains I've not had before! Crisp substitutes a little for the smoothness in its title, but it does have some of this. A hoppy ale in the main, its crispness once again helps mask a low strength, but it doesn't feel thin, weakish maybe. After quite a lot of different beers today this one suits me right now. Mild bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Cambrian Tap (Brains)
on 09 Mar 2026
at 22:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cardiff Mini-break Beer#11. Dark, not black, as some might expect. Has an interesting mix of bitter-sweet dark malts that provide lots of taste to what otherwise would be a slightly thinnish textured brew
Tried
from Cask
at
Duke of Wellington (Brains)
on 09 Mar 2026
at 21:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cardiff Mini-break Beer#5. Second beer in Wales, a local classic with an excellent hop-malt balance, but not quite the depth. I'm sure plenty is sold as a session beer though in these parts. Clear amber coloured, it has a lower-end bitterness. This is a re-rate for me from a decade or so ago.
Tried
from Cask
at
City Arms (Brains)
on 09 Mar 2026
at 18:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] A reddish copper coloured pour with a tight cream head; fruity aroma; tart fruity taste, but nothing recognisable- perhaps some pear and peach, then quite sharply bitter and warming. Unusual.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hope Tap
on 09 Mar 2026
at 11:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours deep chestnut with a medium sized foamy off-white head and excellent lacing. It has a fruity aroma with some old school hops. In the mouth it starts off sweet and malty but very quickly there is a little bitterness and autumn fruits. Later there are traces of bitter hops, raisins and roasted grains. Bitterness lasts into the finish. This is decent.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Picture House (JDW)
on 06 Mar 2026
at 15:50