5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
I took the bus from St Andrews to Dundee and entered the Counting House before noon to participate in Wetherspoons real ale festival. The half pint of this one on cask had a nice, deep amber body with laceworks on the glass. Floral to the nose. Peaches in the taste with a spicy touch, as well as nutty malts. Hop bitterness to the ending [Dundee, 07.11.2008].
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Dec 2008
at 03:32
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
From cask at the Counting House. Pours clear and golden orange to amber with a small yet dense white head. Light malty aroma. Slight fruity and vague ginger like spiced flavoured with a mild citric note and a bitterish bite into the finish. Smooth malty into the finish. Easy going brew.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2008
at 14:46
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask at The Penny Black, JDW, Bicester, Oxon Nov 2008. Pours dark amber. Taste is a little clinical almost chemically at times. Malty and bitter, some pushy fruit, could be a lot better but I wonder if this has only just gome on and they’ve not pulled enough through having cleaned the pipes, mmhhh.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2008
at 08:36
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
[440ml can of Tesco Best Bitter] Amber with a thick white head; sweet malt aroma; some malt syrup flavour, good grassy hops; rather sour finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Nov 2008
at 07:52
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Gold with a creamy off-white head; aroma of caramel and malt; the flavour amtches with caramel and slightly nutty soft malts; there is a gentle, but deep, earthy bitterness. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Nov 2008
at 09:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Picked up at Belingers Jet Garage, Grove near Wantage, Oxon, consumed in Frank, camper 16-09-08 Pours looking quite a stunner lovely copper colour with a small white head and great clarity. Tastes good, rich cinder toffee touch of alcohol can overtake proceedings occasionally. This is quite heavy but for my first time on it I’m really quite happy with it.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Sep 2008
at 09:51
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Amber colour. Aroma is alcoholic and metallic, with some grain. Flavour has caramel malts and alcohol. Average.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2008
at 04:47
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottled@Chris O Post GBBF Tasting. Golden colour, not much head. Aroma is alcohol, malts and that’s pretty much it. Flavour is malts, harsh alcoholic sweetness with some grass in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2008
at 03:58
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Clear amber with large white head. Metalic notes in the aroma with hints of caramel. Sweet flavor with caramel, malty and alcohol notes. Boozy nonsense...
Tried
on 09 Aug 2008
at 21:00
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 9.1%. Very vinous aroma and quite sweet. Quite cloudy dark red colour. The flavour is quite vinous with some alcohol and bitterness. Quite flavourful, but still a bit rough, even though it is a year past BB date. 7 3 7 3 17
Bottle. Slightly oxidized aroma. Caramelly flavour. Quite alcoholic, very peppery, gets a bit rough. Not very complex, just alcoholic. 6 3 5 3 12
Bottle. Slightly oxidized aroma. Caramelly flavour. Quite alcoholic, very peppery, gets a bit rough. Not very complex, just alcoholic. 6 3 5 3 12
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2008
at 18:38