4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
1st June 2014
Light haze on this deep gold beer, few off white bubbles for a head. Palate is dry and crisp, very dry. Bone dry malt, slight caramel streak. Bittersh hops, trace of marmalade. Dry finish. Bleh!
Light haze on this deep gold beer, few off white bubbles for a head. Palate is dry and crisp, very dry. Bone dry malt, slight caramel streak. Bittersh hops, trace of marmalade. Dry finish. Bleh!
Tried
on 08 Jun 2014
at 08:27
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Borough Wines Kensal Rise and drunk at home. Black beer dark brown edges lasting dark beige head. Chocolate and a little lactic on the aroma. Malty milk chocolate aroma. Same flavour in the mouth with a little dryness on the malts. Some sweetness, some milkyness. Not my style at all but pretty decently done. Bit of milky coffee too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2014
at 10:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Borough Wines, Kensal Rise. Clear deep amber colour lasting near white head. Sweetish toffee aroma. It has some hop but not much and next to the Kernal pale ale I had before it, it does rather pale in comparison. Sweet malt carries on through, I’m guessing somthing like crystal malt. Some dryness on the finish, some toast. OK, but nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2014
at 09:20
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle tasted with the Beast, 19th April 14. Not sure what happened to the hops in this one, seemed overly sweet, faded hops if any and malt forward. Older bottle perhaps..
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2014
at 01:59
8/10
Tried
on 12 Apr 2014
at 06:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Pours a black-brown colour with thin biege head and aroma is chocolatey & malty. Burnt malt flavour, with sweet milky, chocolate notes. Smooth mouth feel, thin bodied, soft carbonation, dry roast bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2013
at 14:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from St Albans beer shop, in Herts. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a thin off white head on top. Malty, chocolate aroma. Tastes malty, slightly roasty, milk chocolate, smooth and easy drinking. Pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2013
at 03:56
6/10
Tried
on 03 Oct 2013
at 20:30
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Clear brown colour with a small frothy head. Thin body, light in character. Some light honey notes in the aroma. Little taste.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2013
at 16:53
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask (gravity) @ 29th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2012, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England.Clear dark red brown color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, earthy dark malt, fruity - berry, smoke, butter. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long to average duration, smoke, sweet malt berry, sweet malt, butter notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20121204]
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Mar 2013
at 08:30