7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
You gotta love the symmetry of this beer’s name - anyway, this is a pretty interesting ale - looks like your standard british IPA or bitter, but it’s anything but - according to the label, this is also brewed with wheat, oats, rye, and spelt, which explains to interesting eccentricities - the oats are quite apparent in the aroma, along with some earth marris otter character, and a bit of nuttiness - grassy american hops hit the tongue first, but after that the british ale yeast and malts take over, and serve as a base for the added ingredients - rye is most noticeable, and the oats add their presence a bit - some caramel sweetness and nutty character arrive late - interesting herbal, almost tea-like notes in places - a unique and tasty brew - now I need to try some of their other offerings.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2008
at 20:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 50cl.Clear medium amber color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lancing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, spicy, berry, raisin, vinous. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (170508)
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2008
at 03:59
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy amber with tiny off white head. Aroma has hoppy and caramel notes. Sweet fruity flavor with caramel, malty and hoppy notes. ENds mild bitter.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2008
at 10:28
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at The Globe, Baker St 28 Apr 08. Dark golden brown colored. A creamy tanned head. Sweet fruity aroma. Caramellish flavor. Sweet bitter aftertaste. A bit too far on the sweet side.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 May 2008
at 15:03
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Rising Sun, Frampton Cotterell, S Gloucs 3/5/08. This was called "St George’s Ale" but, according to the brewery’s website, all its seasonal ales are rebadges of the same base beer. Deep reddish-brown in colour with next to no head and an aroma of toffee and red fruit. The flavour was sweet too, with plenty of malt and some earthy hops in the finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2008
at 04:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle - Pours hazy light brown with almost no head and very little carbonation. It has a mild aroma of caramel malt. The flavor is led by toasty toffee malt and has some mild hops. It has a medium body and a light, bitter finish. This beer is pretty average. I really should stop paying the high prices for the many mediocre to average English bitters that seem to be so common now.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2008
at 22:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask, Black Horse, Heswall. Dark Gold. Nutty, malt aroma. Full bodied and chewy. Some dense fruit. Nice level of bitterness. Catches your attention and holds it there. Decent little fella this.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Mar 2008
at 16:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
16.9 oz bottle from Whole Foods Charlottesville. Pours a pretty standard amber IPA amber. Small white head with little retention and little lacing. Aroma it of a nice bitter hoppiness, but it’s also a bit watery and faint. Is there lemon in this? Bitter beginning ends with the same sensation as sucking on a lemonhead. This could use some more hops, but the maltiness is nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2008
at 19:38
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
500ml bottle. Golden body under a filmy head. Mild floral hops to the nose. Brush of sweet malts and hops in flavour. Smooth bitter finish, but not enough to counter the sweetness. Light mouthfeel (24.02.2008).
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2008
at 14:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 4/2/08. Pale gold with a slight white head. Aroma of hay and sweet malt. Flavour was slightly sweet with a short, bitter finish. Ok but not particularly memorable.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Feb 2008
at 14:44