7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Purchased from Beer Ritz, Headingley, Leeds, W.Yorks 17.03.12 consumed at home Tuesday 20th March 2012 (I think) A little beef stock comes from somewhere with a steady stream of hops also showing. Smooth and slick with an oily citrussy flavour starting to assert itself. Bitterness is tempered a little, roastiness showing, quite lovely beer, citrus once again in the mouth, this just gets better and better the more you sup. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Tried
on 27 Mar 2012
at 00:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle. Pours a dark coffee colour with a slight red hue, slim head. The nose has coffee and some liquorice. The taste is hazelenuts and liquorice. The palate has a medium to thick structure and texture with a reasonably balanced ending. Overall, a lovely beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2012
at 14:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle. Pours golden with a slim head and virtually no bubbles. The nose has floral and grapefruit. The taste has pine and grapefruit pith with just a nice hint of maltiness in the background. The palate is medium bodied and textured with a fresh finish. Overall, good scooper!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2012
at 14:17
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
cask at Red Squirell ... golden yellow ... thin white head ... zezty lemon hop nose ... dry lemon fruits ... light lemon peel ... decent but in that range of oily zezty quite bitter lemon hop beers
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Mar 2012
at 05:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask. Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Roast and coffee notes. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Mar 2012
at 00:13
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at The Kernel for The Thomas Ultimate Birthday Bash, London, thanks to Evin. Pours an impressively dense, oily brown with a thick, foamy beige-brown head. Plenty of filter coffee in the nose. Big sweet flavor, lots of roasted malts, bitter mocha, dark baking cocoa, dark sugar. Full bodied, oily, with fine carbonation. Sticky chocolate finish, tobacco, roast, mocha, light vanilla and burnt wood. A very solid, highly drinkable impy. Summer Wine keeps doing good work.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2012
at 13:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Anderson, Fortrose 130212
Amber...clear...frothy white head...some lacing
Aroma - quite strong citrus grapefruit....touch of orange....sweet pale malts...light cereal
Taste - strong bitter grapefruit...bitter orange zest...sweet pale malts...lot of flavour for 4%
Palate - soft carb...thin body...bit oily texture...very bitter citrus slight grassy hops. Finish - very bitter...lingers far too long...doesn’t clean off palate....gets rather metallic
Overall - Lots of aroma and flavour but spoiled by a far too long astringent over long bitter finish
Amber...clear...frothy white head...some lacing
Aroma - quite strong citrus grapefruit....touch of orange....sweet pale malts...light cereal
Taste - strong bitter grapefruit...bitter orange zest...sweet pale malts...lot of flavour for 4%
Palate - soft carb...thin body...bit oily texture...very bitter citrus slight grassy hops. Finish - very bitter...lingers far too long...doesn’t clean off palate....gets rather metallic
Overall - Lots of aroma and flavour but spoiled by a far too long astringent over long bitter finish
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Mar 2012
at 09:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask @ The Dog and Duck. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich coffee, roast malt, caramel and chocolate. Oily and smooth. Great beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Mar 2012
at 02:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask, Philarmonic, Liverpool. Swarthy black looks with a mid range lingering tan head. Coffee laden snout . Pleasantly full and rich flavour with notes of dark choc, roasted malts, further coffee and a little hop bitterness. Some building dryness emerged towards the finish. Slid down a treat, good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Mar 2012
at 07:05
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft @ Euston Tap, Euston NW1. Pours a hazy pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity spicy weak yeasty aroma. Dry spicy yeasty lime flavor with some bitter hints. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty bitter lime finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Mar 2012
at 04:37