6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 7/09/2011. Near black with a slight tan head. Dark chocolate and roasted malt aroma with a touch of fruit. Easy drinking, with more chocolate, liquorice and a dryish finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Sep 2011
at 02:11
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap @ the Royal Oak, Clee Hill, Shropshire. Pours a cloudy amber with some head. The nose has malt and honey. The taste is malt and sultanas. The palate is medium bodied and textured and reasonably clean on the finish. Overall, an easy drinking session ale.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Aug 2011
at 11:40
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Shovel, Lye. Pours gold with a medium head. Aroma is light citrus and a little butter. Taste has light grass to start and a buscuity medium bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jun 2011
at 04:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Malvern Hills Hotel, British Camp, Worcs 07/09/10. Deep gold with a slight, off-white head. Sweetish, fruity malt aroma with some floral hops. Flavour was also fruity, with some apricot, citrus hop and decent bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Sep 2010
at 09:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Seven Stars, Kidderminster. Pours near pitch black with a medium head. Aroma is is bitter, roast malt, with some coffee. The bitter coffee starts on the tongue and the finish is also very bitter, with some dark chocolate. It was a little watery, could do with a slightly fuller mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2010
at 02:39
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Grape Vaults, Leominster, England on 10th April 2010. Copper coloured, with a white head. Rather "ashy" taste and texture, and slightly flat mouthfeel. Have had better.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Apr 2010
at 12:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Feathers Hotel, Ludlow, Salop, 24-01-09 Pours amber with nice white head. Good fruity aroma, like Casey I also got some apples. Reasonable bitterness, occasionally a little sweet, reasonable maltiness, I quite liked this. A7 A4 F6 P4 OV13 3.3
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2009
at 11:30
2.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2
Appearance: Cloudy yellow. No head at all. No bubbles either, actually a little bit later. Aroma: Fruity. Hopsy. Taste: Very hopsy. Bit of fruit. Very bitter aftertaste. Info: 500ml bottle, 17/9-2006
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2008
at 08:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[i] [b] Picked this up from Farm shop between Hereford and nowhere (okay Wales) [/i] [/b] Pours copper colour with thin to med white head good clarity. Nice touch of bitterness, good depth of flavour but not a distinctive beer, follows the herd a little, to be fair the more that I get down this the better it is and in fact it has a rather nice sweet citrus flurry, not great but better than some of the recent ratings suggest I reckon.
Tried
on 15 Apr 2008
at 16:29
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle at Toms Ultimate Glasgow Tasting: Poured a amber with white carbonated head. The aroma was pungent with fruit and hops. The taste had malt and fruit, slight bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2007
at 15:31