7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Gruff, pours a deep dark brown with a reddish tinge and a large cascading tan head. Aroma brings out lots of oats upfront, with subdued roast and coffee. Flavour is very smooth, with a nice character of oats, roasted malt and espresso. Low bitterness and smooth all round. A cohesive and robust Irish stout. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Nov 2016
at 17:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy amber. Biscuity, with a toasty back note. Earthy hops...good balance.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2016
at 19:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy, big piney, grapefruity, very much like grapefruit juice with just a touch of crystal malt chewiness...perfectly balanced.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2016
at 19:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Nitro, at the brewery, where it was called "Nitro Stout". Light brown. Toasty nose, sweet, some fudgey notes. Lightish body.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2016
at 19:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Touch of purple from the blackberry, lots of sage and blackberry on the nose as well. Dry, very sagey, body is quite light, with a crackery, biscuity malt backbone.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2016
at 19:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Golden-amber. Caramelly nose, fresh malts. Sweeter caramel taste, has a good balance.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2016
at 19:36
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Has an amber colour, bright, with fresh malts. Some phenols on the palate, expressing as burnt astringent rubber.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2016
at 19:34
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Golden-tan. No head. Has a light fruitiness, hint of lacto, on the palate it has overripe fruit, some stickier malts...not liking the balance much here.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2016
at 19:32
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Hazy, amber-brown, no head. Acetic nose with woody notes. Has some brown sugar sweetness, light tartness, the wood still shows through a lot, but the acetic doesn’t.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2016
at 19:28
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On tap at Gruff, pours a clear copper with a small off-white head. Aroma has all sorts of strange notes, with cabbage and herbal notes. Flavour isn't quite as offensive but is still off, with herbal notes, biscuity malt and some boiled vegetables. No good.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Apr 2016
at 12:43