5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
3rd December 2009
Pigs Ear. Clear gold beer. Light dry palate. Reasonable hops but they are bitter and then there is a little smoke. A bit of weird mix.
Pigs Ear. Clear gold beer. Light dry palate. Reasonable hops but they are bitter and then there is a little smoke. A bit of weird mix.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2012
at 04:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
1st December 2009
Pigs Ear! Clear dark brown beer. Zero carbonation/ Nutty malt. Light and dry fresh fruit. Not bitter.
Pigs Ear! Clear dark brown beer. Zero carbonation/ Nutty malt. Light and dry fresh fruit. Not bitter.
Tried
on 14 Jun 2012
at 17:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, Stirchley Wines, Birmingham. Black pour crowned with a tan head. Super enticing nose of dark choc, roast, fruits and hop. Fullish mouthfeel. Complex and tasty flavour that had roasted malts tussling for position with piney hop alongside some citrus and choc notes. Some bitterness towards the finish with a little booze. Plenty to like here. These guys produce some good stuff and this is maybe the best I’ve tasted yet from their quiver. Would definitely seek out again
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2012
at 05:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Euston Tap, London. Like a black IPA, but not quite there. Doesn’t have much kick. Some pine and decent roast. Bitterness fades too quickly. Also has some slightly soapy Belgian-esque character. OK. It’s not bad, there’s just nothing too exciting here. I think I need to try this beer again as this experience seems atypical against other reviews.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jun 2012
at 07:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at CPK, London. Pours clear gold with a fine, white head. Light buttery dough aroma, bread, certainly a does of diacetyl here. Medium sweet flavor with some lightly toasted dough. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Sweet on the finish with some light earth and grain, light pine. Nice enough, though the condition doesn’t seem optimal.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jun 2012
at 07:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
on tap in Birmingham in April. Thick off white head. Clear black pour. Nice stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jun 2012
at 08:12
7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
330 ml bottle bought @ The Bottle Shop Canterbury. Pours oily pitch black with a big creamy and frothy milk chocolate brown head that slowly dissipates while clinging to the glass and leaving some thick thick lacing. Smell is sweet and dominated by dark roast coffee, wood, roasted malts, resin, pumpernickel, liquorice fudge, hay, pine, wet soil, green herbs and hints of alcohol and vanilla. Taste is sweet and very bitter with roasted malts, pine, dark roast coffee, resinous wood, salty liquorice, dark bread, alcohol, vanilla, bitter cocoa powder and hints of sheet metal. Mouthfeel is intense, dry, oily bitter and full bodied. Finish is tiny sweet and bitter with pine, roasted malts, resinous wood and dark roast coffee. A bit rough around the edges but still quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2012
at 10:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Slightly hazy yellowish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, citrusy and sweet malty. Flavour is quite much the same with a crisp maltyness and finishes in a quite strong grapefruity tart bitterness. Also some zesty notes in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jun 2012
at 10:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Very dark brown, close to black, with a beigeish brown head, that leaves some lace. Aroma is roasted malts, liquorice, caramel, chocolate and some old coffee. Flavour is quite similar with some ashy and wet burnt wooden notes. Lovely.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jun 2012
at 10:09
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask @ The Southern, 22-26 South Clerk Street, Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 9PR.Unclear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - mandarin. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration, sharp hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120421]
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2012
at 06:20