7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home, picked up from The Market Bottle Shop Preston, 04/06/2025.
Almost clear golden amber with a good sized light beige head.
Nose is stewed fruits, yeast esters, brandy snap biscuits, prunes, straw.
Taste comprises fruit cake mix, booze tunes, brandy stained oak, prunes, sultanas, mellow yeast, herb, light spice, mincemeat, lick of vanilla.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Tidy sipper with a decent nip of brandy.
Almost clear golden amber with a good sized light beige head.
Nose is stewed fruits, yeast esters, brandy snap biscuits, prunes, straw.
Taste comprises fruit cake mix, booze tunes, brandy stained oak, prunes, sultanas, mellow yeast, herb, light spice, mincemeat, lick of vanilla.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Tidy sipper with a decent nip of brandy.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2025
at 17:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Pours almost black with a small beige head and good lacing. There’s malts and lactose in the aroma plus traces of caramel. In the mouth it is smooth, creamy and sweet but with a little underlying sharpness. Flavour has malts, lactose and chocolate to start with, with hints of dark fruits coming through later. A little bitterness in the finish. This is nice.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Smithfield Alehouse
on 29 May 2025
at 13:54
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Tipsy Turtle, Stockton. Gluten Reduced. Reddish amber brown colour, beige foam head and aroma of malt, roasty. Taste is malty, roasted, dried fruit, slight berry hint, and tangy, with earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried
from Cask
on 27 May 2025
at 16:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, picked up from the Market Bottle Shop, Preston, 25/05/2025.
Black pour topped with a big old lasting khaki head.
Nose is chocolate, spice, dried fruit rinds, rummy depths.
Taste comprises chocolate, fruit cake, rum barrel, toffee, raisins, spice, dark malts.
Medium bodied with bite, light prickly carbonation, drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Okay BA sipper but a little stuck in 3rd gear.
Black pour topped with a big old lasting khaki head.
Nose is chocolate, spice, dried fruit rinds, rummy depths.
Taste comprises chocolate, fruit cake, rum barrel, toffee, raisins, spice, dark malts.
Medium bodied with bite, light prickly carbonation, drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Okay BA sipper but a little stuck in 3rd gear.
Tried
on 25 May 2025
at 22:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Draft
on 14 May 2025
at 15:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Cask
on 14 May 2025
at 14:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at the Elm Tree, Durham, 14/05/2025.
Clear golden blonde topped with a lasting white head.
Nose is mellow citric zest, grass, melon, tangerine.
Taste comprises melon, orange zest, light breads, airy malts.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a light bite of hop bitterness.
Okay cask pale.
Clear golden blonde topped with a lasting white head.
Nose is mellow citric zest, grass, melon, tangerine.
Taste comprises melon, orange zest, light breads, airy malts.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a light bite of hop bitterness.
Okay cask pale.
Tried
on 14 May 2025
at 13:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Elm Tree, Durham, 14/05/2025.
Clear golden to light copper topped with a lasting white cap with lacing to follow.
Nose is pale malts, biscuit, straw, grains.
Taste comprises bready notes, faint lemon, straw, grass.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Fine.
Clear golden to light copper topped with a lasting white cap with lacing to follow.
Nose is pale malts, biscuit, straw, grains.
Taste comprises bready notes, faint lemon, straw, grass.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Fine.
Tried
on 14 May 2025
at 13:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Ye Olde Elm Tree, Durham. Gluten Reduced. Golden bronze colour, white foam head and aroma of malt, citric, hop. Taste is malty, grain, alittle toffee, biscuity, with tangy citric bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried
from Cask
on 14 May 2025
at 12:55
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Tipsy Turtle, Stockton. Gluten Reduced. Black colour, beige foam head and aroma of roast malt, turkish delight. Taste is sweet, turkish delight, roasty, malty, with chocolate & coffee notes, and earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying roasted bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried
from Cask
on 12 May 2025
at 18:34