6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from Wales Ales. Pours a mostly clear amber with thin swirly off white top. Aroma of malts, overripe stone fruits and lime, light grassiness. Taste is the same, some nice grapefruit bitterness, a little soapy. Slick light to mid-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ 36th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2019 - Day 1 at 🇬🇧 The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England.
[ As Tinworks Old Castle Pale Ale ].
ABV: 4.6%. ✅ Clear medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, fruity hops, fruity, pine, light citrus - grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, fruity malt, fruity, light citrus - grapefruit. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20191203]
7-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Nov 2024
at 11:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried at the 2022 Nottingham Camra Beer Festival. Amber colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty citrus. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Oct 2022
at 09:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
--Cask at The Alehouse, Reading. -- Black. Aroma of licorice and caramel. Mid sweet with full body and well rounded mouthfeel. Caramel and earthy licorice. Mid bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 May 2022
at 21:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle from Bottle & Barrel, Aberystwyth. Misty gold appearance, good white head. Hoppy grapefruit on the nose. Taste is a little thin with bitter marmalade and a crisp, hoppy bite. Probably a bit too bitter and pithy overall, but generally ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2021
at 17:45
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a deep black with a tan color head. Aroma is rich roasted malts, chocolate, dark fruits, coffee. Taste is rich roasted malts, dark fruits, chocolate, some bitterness in there, but solid overall.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2021
at 17:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
26/8/2021. Cask at the 2021 East Anglian Beer Festival, Bury St Edmunds. Pours almost black with a small bubbly beige head. Aroma of ash, chocolate, roasted malt, cocoa, dark fruit, touch of smoke. Medium sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. Moderate body, watery texture, soft to flat carbonation. Sweet finish, liquorice edge. Needed more body.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2021
at 13:53
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at Pigs Ear 2019 - London. Pours clear yellow-gold with a frothy, white head. A bit farty, with harsh bitter grass, light bile. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Upleasant finish. Poor overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Dec 2019
at 20:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Pig's Ear beer festival 2019, Hackney, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium off white bubbly head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate aroma and taste with a slight bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2019
at 15:37
2/10
Tried
on 08 Dec 2019
at 09:36