6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Gravity dispense at the Two Halves micropub, Margate, 07/10/22. Light golden blonde with a white cap that veers to the edge and forms a thin swirl. Nose is earthy fruits, grains, straw, pale malts, herb. Taste comprises green berry skins, hay bale, raw citric notes, grains, hedgerow. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light drying close with an earthy bitter edge. Okay drop.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2022
at 10:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Waiting Room, Whitby. Pours clear goden amber with a thin white head. Aromas of light sulphur, malt, dried herbs. Taste is chalky, sweet malt. Light sweet chalky finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jul 2022
at 19:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The Waiting Room, Whitby. Pours clear pale yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of citrus and passionfruit. Taste is mango juice and grapefruit. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jul 2022
at 19:06
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the River Ale House, Greenwich on 2nd May 2022. Amber with shallow disappearing off-white foam and spot lacing. Caramel malt aroma. Leafy hops and sweet caramel in-mouth. Finish echoing the liquid drain. Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
at
River Ale House
on 02 May 2022
at 19:00
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Bottle at home, 12/04/20. Pale golden blonde with a decent white cap. Nose is grass, fairly stromg herbal tones, lemon rind, pale malts, dusty fruits. Taste comprises lemon tinged straw, grass, lemon drizzle, toasted grains, dusty hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Pretty mediocre fayre.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2020
at 12:22
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle at home, 12/04/20. Clear golden copper with a well presented off white head. Nose is toasted malts, cereals, grains, light spice, dusty fruits, lemon drizzle, grass. Taste comprises pale malts, light herb, lemon rind, grass, faint chalky minerality, dusty fruits, crackers. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok for the style … not a lot going on really but not unpleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2020
at 12:12
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
25th January 2020
Clear amber beer, fair size pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Thin malts, modestly sweet. Jester hops are great but need to be liberally applied. Here they are thin piney floral citrus and orchard fruits. Light dry finish. Tidy but more hops please!
Clear amber beer, fair size pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Thin malts, modestly sweet. Jester hops are great but need to be liberally applied. Here they are thin piney floral citrus and orchard fruits. Light dry finish. Tidy but more hops please!
Tried
on 25 Jan 2020
at 18:44
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
25th January 2020
Clear gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, fairly dry, decent fine carbonation. Thin malts, slightly dry, some cereal. The Rakau feels sparsely used to me, not getting that earthy filth I was expecting. Does have some floral bitterish thin dried fruits. Dry thin finish. Not doing anything for me but avoids offence as well.
Clear gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, fairly dry, decent fine carbonation. Thin malts, slightly dry, some cereal. The Rakau feels sparsely used to me, not getting that earthy filth I was expecting. Does have some floral bitterish thin dried fruits. Dry thin finish. Not doing anything for me but avoids offence as well.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2020
at 18:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
25th January 2020
Clear gold- amber beer, small bubbly off white head. Palate is light and semi dry, decent carbonation. Thin clean malts, a pleasing subtle cereal touch, any stronger and it would annoy me. Hops (Target, EKG and Aurora) bring a nice mellow floral citrus with touches of peel and subtler complex fruits. A little spice on the finish which is crisp and dry. Nice job. Clean and quaffable.
Clear gold- amber beer, small bubbly off white head. Palate is light and semi dry, decent carbonation. Thin clean malts, a pleasing subtle cereal touch, any stronger and it would annoy me. Hops (Target, EKG and Aurora) bring a nice mellow floral citrus with touches of peel and subtler complex fruits. A little spice on the finish which is crisp and dry. Nice job. Clean and quaffable.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2020
at 18:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours rather clear, amber. Frothy, stable white head of average size. Scent shows mild bread, some caramelly malts, touch of peppery spice. Taste is full, caramelly, bready, sharp, tad metallic . medium body, medium high to high carbonation. Decent, at best.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2020
at 02:18