6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Railway Inn, Lower Largo. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light floral hops, sourdough and light orange. Taste is more of the same. Thin finish.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2026
at 15:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from State Line. Near black pour, thin ring of fine, brown bubbles. Roasty aroma, anise, cola. Taste is sweet, roasty, licorice, bitter. Slippery feel.
Tried
from Can
from
State Line Liquors
on 24 May 2026
at 02:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Black pour. Smoky flavor with molasses, raisins, and plums. Liquid smoke palate.
Tried
from Can
from
Wine Warehouse - Charlottesville
on 05 May 2026
at 00:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Charred oak, almond, molasses, port wine nose. Viscous black pour, headless. Charred oak. Subtle raisin, walnut finish. Light body, soft silky mouthfeel.
Tried
from Can
from
Wine Warehouse - Charlottesville
on 04 May 2026
at 23:54
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at the volunteer arms, dunbar. Pours deep brown, nose is roasted, nutty, floral, taste is similar. 7
Tried
on 02 May 2026
at 10:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours clear gold with a small white head. Smells very much of herbal hops. The flavor is moderately bitter with herbal hops and grainy biscuity malt. This is aggressively hopped for the style. Works for me. Very nice pils.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Apr 2026
at 05:10
5.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Bottle at Cora Pearl, London. Pours clear gold with a white head. Taste is light malt, grains, floral notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2026
at 11:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask up the White Lady. Late festival beer! 08042026. Pours clear chestnut brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of dried fruit and nuts, light toffee. Taste is more of the same. Light spicy linger. Nice.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2026
at 12:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to snifter. (Aged Review - this was bottled in 10/2017 and consumed on 12/06/2025)
Appearance is in the picture and yes, not much of any head no matter how hard I tried to pour.
Aroma: deep peaty sweetness with smoke and a little bit of bitter earthy tones, molasses, malty smooth sweetness, sweet barrel and a pinch of dark fruits
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to semi-sticky sweet vibe while underscored by barrel sweet tones; finishes malty barrel sweet then just a tickle of barrel spice (I was wondering if I would get any of that, woooeeee, boy was that faint or what!)
Texture: medium bodied, this beer what I thought would be a sipper seems to be now becoming slightly sessionable eight years after bottling (seems like the alcohol is losing strength here but not too much); so the smoothness is there but almost coming across as "mobile" to almost "watery?" Yeah, I'll lean more towards "mobile" here
Overall: I guess "eight years later" was probably excessive for having this when I did so I'll fault myself a little bit for overly aging this. "Kind" numbers on this.
Bottle to snifter. (Aged Review - this was bottled in 10/2017 and consumed on 12/06/2025)
Appearance is in the picture and yes, not much of any head no matter how hard I tried to pour.
Aroma: deep peaty sweetness with smoke and a little bit of bitter earthy tones, molasses, malty smooth sweetness, sweet barrel and a pinch of dark fruits
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to semi-sticky sweet vibe while underscored by barrel sweet tones; finishes malty barrel sweet then just a tickle of barrel spice (I was wondering if I would get any of that, woooeeee, boy was that faint or what!)
Texture: medium bodied, this beer what I thought would be a sipper seems to be now becoming slightly sessionable eight years after bottling (seems like the alcohol is losing strength here but not too much); so the smoothness is there but almost coming across as "mobile" to almost "watery?" Yeah, I'll lean more towards "mobile" here
Overall: I guess "eight years later" was probably excessive for having this when I did so I'll fault myself a little bit for overly aging this. "Kind" numbers on this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2026
at 23:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pint in the Letchworth Spoons. Now this is more like it. A deep and rich colour in the glass and the taste was fabulous. Rich and earthy malts with a really oaky backbone. Proper beer
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Mar 2026
at 08:14