5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Garsons Farm Shop, West End. Aroma is light - malt, sawdust, a hint of sourness. Clear amber. Foamy translucent white head soon almost entirely disappears. Light-medium bitter. Resin and quinine. Ephemeral tart stone fruit. Underlying cardboard and buttery popcorn somewhere in the mix. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average prickly carbonation. Long dry finish. Maintains a certain amount of bitterness to keep me from nodding off but ultimately one-dimensional and a waste of calories.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2022
at 18:56
7/10
Solid no BS IPA
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Oct 2021
at 14:40
7/10
Bottle from Waitrose. Pours a clear amber colour with a medium sized throthy white head. Light aromas of citrus, biscuits and floral. Taste is citrus lemon and floral with peppery spice and a little caramel, biscuit and herbal note. Thin to medium body, a fair amount of carbonation and slightly oily fizzy mouthfeel. Good flavour for the low abv. Refreshing
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2021
at 18:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle shared on the train to Birmingham for Cotts 2015. January 2015. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white head. The nose holds faint ripe lemon, doughy white bread, straw. Lightly sweet with simple pale grains, white grapes, white bread, hay. Light bodied with average carbonation. Sweet finish, nips of sugary white bread, lightly bitter hay. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2021
at 13:55
7/10
Bottle from Waitrose. Pours a dark brown colour with a tint of red and a thinnish creamy beige head. Aromas of milk chocolate and a hint of nuts. Taste is again more milk chocolate and nuts with some roasted malts. There’s an earthy hop on the finish with a touch of cardboard. Nice lacing on the glass. it’s nice enough and stays true to the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2021
at 19:36
7/10
Bottle from Waitrose. Pours a clear golden/amber colour with a throthy white head. Nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is very biscuity and bready. Taste is again more digestive biscuits and bread, slightly grainy with a big earthy hop bitterness on the dry finish. Medium to full body with a fairly smooth mouthfeel. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2021
at 18:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Redh. Appearance - deep brown and chestnut. Orange chinks. Big off-white head. Nose - dried fruit, brown bread going into cake. Some roast. Taste - burnt cakes, light raisin and candied orange. Palate - medium bodied, sweet creamy middle and dry-ish finish. Overall - good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2021
at 09:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Redh. Appearance - golden with a crey white head. Nose - malt loaf and lemon. Taste - dry biscuit and lemon. Palate - light bodied, dry malt and hop finish. Overall - not bad, considering the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2021
at 20:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from Redh. Appearance - golden with decent lacing. Nose - green beans and malt bag. Taste - more malt bag and green beans. Lemon nuance. Palate - light bodied with a dry finish. Overall - ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2021
at 20:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Redh. Appearance - deep amber with a creamy white head. Nose - toffee and digestive biscuit. Taste - more biscuit with caramel and toffee overlaid. Palate - close to medium bodied. A little sweet on the finish but still refreshing enough. Overall - quite nice and probably more of an ESB in reality.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2021
at 09:16