7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
26/2/2022. Can shared with the ITFC boys at the Morecambe tasting. From Hoppily, Chelmsford. Pours very dark brown with a large foamy off-white to beige head. Aroma of coffee, caramel, light roasted malt, dark fruits, chocolate. Medium sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. Medium body, slightly creamy, average carbonation. Nicely done.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2022
at 20:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
4/2/2022. Cask at the New Inn, Colchester. Pours clear bright amber with a small creamy off-white head. Nice looking pour. Aroma of malt, caramel, fruit, flowers. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Quite light bodied, soft carbonation. Easy drinking session 3.8% amber.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2022
at 13:36
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
2/1/2022. Can at the New Year beer share. From Hoppily, Chelmsford. Pours hazy/cloudy amber with a large foamy off-white head. Aroma of citrus, biscuit, gooseberry, caramel, malt, raisin, pine, rye. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, oily watery texture, quite fizzy. Not bad, but too fizzy for my liking.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2022
at 11:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Suffolk Food Hall, nr Ipswich. Instant coffee with hotel milk (whatever those things are called). Darkest brown. It wants to be stygian but isn't goth enough. Thick fluffy foamy beige head. A few seconds of lactose creaminess. Then molasses tinged coffee bitterness tales over. Thin. Light. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long astringent finish. Enjoyable bit really very thin. Actually, come to think of it, they mouthfeel is bubbly, fluffy.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2021
at 23:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
440ml can, gift from the barman at Hop Beer Shop. Shared with Finn on a train from Colchester to Liverpool Street. Fawn-coloured head remaining over a pitch black body, lacing rings down the glass. Lightly roasted mid-sweet malts on the nose. Fine balanced taste of biscuit and chocolate malts, milk lactose backbone. Has got ending notes of roasted chocolate malts. Fine depth to it. Likable. (Train session, 23.11.2021).
Tried
from Can
on 21 Dec 2021
at 10:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, half-pint, shared with Finn at Maypole. Clear golden body, firm white head blanketing the glass. Peaches and citrus on the nose, inviting. Taste of orange and apricot, creamy malts, mid-sweet, behind. Moments of fruity bitterness to the ending. Satisfying. (Cambridge 14.11.2021).
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2021
at 19:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune på tog fra Colchester til London. Svart. Lavt mokkafarget skum. Litt lacing. Aroma av kaffe & lakris. Smaken kaffe & røstet malt. Litt bitterhet i avslutninga.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2021
at 21:20
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravicask. Amber. Klar. Filmskum med litt farge. Sviskearoma. Smaken karamell, lettrøstet malt & frukt. Tørr bitter avslutning.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Nov 2021
at 13:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
18th November 2021
Can. Light haze on this gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has a decent fine minerally crispness. Slightly thin malts, sweet enough with just a hint of grain. Hops also feel a little thin but deliver crisp pine, some slightly tangy pithy citrus and a touch of peel. Light finish leaves a mild bitter linger. It comes together into a perfectly serviceable beer that goes down easy and was just what I wanted as pre dinner appetiser.
Can. Light haze on this gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has a decent fine minerally crispness. Slightly thin malts, sweet enough with just a hint of grain. Hops also feel a little thin but deliver crisp pine, some slightly tangy pithy citrus and a touch of peel. Light finish leaves a mild bitter linger. It comes together into a perfectly serviceable beer that goes down easy and was just what I wanted as pre dinner appetiser.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Nov 2021
at 21:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle delivered from Beautiful Beers, Bury St. Edmunds, and drunk at home. Dark brown, just a tiny bit translucent with a thin creamy khaki/tan head. Milk chocolate and liquorice are at the forefront of the aroma, with some blackberry notes in the background. Full sweet taste, more chocolate and liquorice here. it finishes sweet - very little bitter hoppy biteback here - but it's pleasant rather than cloying. Medium body and carbonation. An above average stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2021
at 22:43