7.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ The New Oxford, 11 Bexley Sq, Salford, Manchester, England M3 6DB.Clear dark black brown colour with virtually no head. Aroma is light heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, dark chocolate. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, dark roasted bitter, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120120]
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Aug 2012
at 03:20
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml.Clear light to medium red amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, nutty, caramel, light butter, light moderate hoppy, grass. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to light moderate bitter with a long duration, nutty - earthy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120803]
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2012
at 03:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Black pour with a tan head. Coffee, chocolate, fresh cream and caramel aroma. Smoke, chocolate and coffee flavour. Smoky dry finish. Very good example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2012
at 07:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled@Euston Tap, London. Deep amber colour, small off-white. Aroma is fruity, floral, mild bready notes as well as some slight toasted notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, wooden and earthy with some mild toffeeish notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2012
at 00:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled@Euston Tap, London. More or less pitch black colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is toffee, vanilla, mild liquorice, some roasted malts as well as mild ashyness. Flavour is fruity, resiny, roasted malts, ashes and some mild toffeeish notes. A bit like a watered down version of the manifesto.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2012
at 00:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled@Euston Tap, London. Black colour, big beigeish brown head, that leaves some lace. Aroma is fruity, liquorice, some mild ashes and roasted malts as well. Flavour is liquorice, roasted malts, toffee, mild wood and some slight chocolate and fruity notes as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2012
at 00:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. I cast my ’Angel Eyes’ over this brew and noticed a black pour with a tan head. Smoke, chocolate and coffee aroma. Coffee, raisin and chocolate flavour. Certainly not a ’Trash’ beer. Dry, sweet finish. May grow ’Stronger Through the Years’. Certainly one to ’Dance Away the Heartache’. This pun-some/over egging the pudding presentation was brought to you by Planky84 with invaluable help from a certain Mr Ferry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2012
at 13:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half pint, by hand pump, served in a mug at the cozy Whitelocks pub in Leeds. Patchy, tan-coloured head atop a pitch black body. Roasted dark malts to the nose, hints of liquorice. Roasted malts to the taste profile with notes of coffee and liquorice. Dry malt bitter ending. Pleasant porter, a bit thin, though (12.07.2012).
Tried
on 10 Aug 2012
at 11:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half pint from hand pump at Mr Foleys in Leeds. Clear golden-brown body. Beige patchy surface, spotty lacing. Dark malt-fruity aroma. Dark fruits that marry well with mild caramel malts. Rounded malt bitter end. Well made bitter (11.07.2012).
Tried
on 08 Aug 2012
at 12:09
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at CPK, London. Pours clear, rich yellow with a fine, white cream head. Pale, doughy malt nose with pleasing straw. Great flavor, well balanced, with toasty straw, light melon, mild toasty grass. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Great condition. Faint dry finish with touches of lemon, mild grass and pine, some dirty straw and hints of crunchy cereal. Super drinkable and superbly balanced.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jul 2012
at 06:16