8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark, oily color with a thick but quickly disappearing brown head. Great roasted coffee and cinnamon aroma. Flavor is creamy and sweet from the get-go, which is just how I like my Oatmeal Stouts. The coffee and chocolate flavor had a nice light hops and raisin finish to balance it out. Not the best Stout I have had but it is definitely up there, and is not very expensive either.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2002
at 22:20
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Orange coloured. Big, malty and very hoppy IPA:.............................
Tried
on 23 Feb 2002
at 10:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Chestnut brown. Vanilla aroma. Rather malty, mnedium bodied, big lingering vanilla flavour, balanced bitterness.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2002
at 17:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
A rather good pale ale. Dark yellow color with a medium long lasting head. Rich hop aroma is both citric and spicy. Flavor is dominated by hops (again citric and spicy). Medium malt -just enough to balance it, but its still mainly a hop beer. Biting on the tongue, fizzy, with a lingering dry, stinging aftertaste that can be felt in the throat.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jul 2001
at 18:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very nice and fairly Englishy. Dark orangey-amber color, with light foamy head. Medium bodied, and fairly smooth. This is a beer that demands to be drunk at cellar temp. When cold its overwhelmingly bitter and unbalanced, but at cellar temp, its gentle malt fruitiness shows up and proves nice character. Its still on the bitter side, but palatably so. Aroma is herbal and fruity.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2001
at 09:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Very enjoyable and quite similar to real cask-conditioned ale (for a bottled beer). Lightly carbonated, very smooth body, foamy head, cloudy light brown color. Mild fruitiness is balanced nicely by a medium bitterness and grassy/herbal hop flavor and aroma. I really like this.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jul 2001
at 11:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nice roasted yet sweetish flavor. Perhaps a bit on the sharp side. Quite good but it didn't really ring my bell.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2001
at 11:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Whew - lots of hops. Enjoyable and as I've described for other ultra-hoppy IPA's - they make great digestifs after heavy meals. This one included.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2000
at 15:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Fairly enjoyable stout. Smooth, good oatmeal flavour. You could do worse...
Tried
on 21 Nov 2000
at 19:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
All dressed up with nowhere to go. Typical for this brewery, it's good technically, but has absolutely no style.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2000
at 14:42