5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at LKS. It pours clear brown with a thick off-white head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, earthy, wood, varnish, dried fruits, fruit cake, wood, light farmyard and toasted brown bread. The taste is bitter, wood, pine, varnish, leather, spice, mild astringency, gravel and soil with a dry, woody finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carboantion. A bit chewy and woody after a while.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2016
at 13:47
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared in London - sourced from Real Ale. Pours clear deep gold, lightly effervescent, with a frothy, off-white head. Strong orange peel in the nose, wood, lightly toasted grains, faint ginger. Light sweet flavour with sturdy bitterness, grass, light pine, rindy orange, grain. Medium bodied with lively carbonation. Bitter finish, more grass, earth, minerals, grainy bread. So so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2016
at 13:45
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home in London - picked up at Real Ale in Twickenham. Opens with a sturdy hiss. Pours unclear gold with some particulates and a frothy, pure white head. Rindy and ripening citrus fruits in the aroma, some pale bread, pine. Medium sweet flavour with moderate piney bitterness, gooey citrus, some marmalade, melon, papaya, hop oils, pale bread. Medium to full bodied, lightly chewy, with fine to average carbonation. Finishes with a dose of hop resin, piney and rindy bitterness, somewhat dry pale bread, more ripe citrus, tangerine, mango, a little raw grass. This one opens up rather nicely. It really straddles the line between old school British IPA and a cleaner, more modern interpretation of the style. Overall, it’s solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2016
at 14:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Egham 23. Light hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 260316
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2016
at 11:31
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
8th March 2016
Almost clear gold beer, thin white head. Palate is light, fairly dry and has reasonable fine carbonation. Dry pale malts, slightly sweet. Modest grapefruit hop. Some dusty bitterness. Trace of sweet esters. Light dry finish. Passable.
Almost clear gold beer, thin white head. Palate is light, fairly dry and has reasonable fine carbonation. Dry pale malts, slightly sweet. Modest grapefruit hop. Some dusty bitterness. Trace of sweet esters. Light dry finish. Passable.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2016
at 08:24
6/10
Tried
on 17 Mar 2016
at 14:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity at Croydon Craft 2016. It pours lightly hazy amber with a quickly dissipating white head. The nose is rich, sweet, fragrant, orange blossom, tangerine, peach, marzipan and brioche. The taste is bitter, resinous, perfumed, orange peel, waxy, oily, grassy with a dry finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and slick mouth-feel. Rather decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Mar 2016
at 13:47
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Croydon Craft 2016. It pours clear amber with a decent bubbly white head. The aroma is fresh, juicy, orange blossom, peach, apricot, gooseberry, brioche and orange muffin. The taste is smooth, bitter, oily, orange sponge cake, waxy citrus, orange blossom, straw, pepper and cereal with a dry, citrusy finish. Light - medium body, soft carbonation and oily mouth - feel. Not bad, could be done with a touch more carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Mar 2016
at 13:34
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
5th March 2016
Almost clear gold beer, thin pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry, modest fine carbonation. Light malts. Mild sweet floralness. Whispers of citrus and spice. Light semi dry finish. Clean but pretty dull.
Almost clear gold beer, thin pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry, modest fine carbonation. Light malts. Mild sweet floralness. Whispers of citrus and spice. Light semi dry finish. Clean but pretty dull.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2016
at 10:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle at home in London - sourced from the Richmond Brewers’ Fair, pours clear gold, effervescent, with a creamy white head. The nose holds pleasant citrusy hops, pale bread, tangerine, peach. Light sweet flavor with some rindy citrus, biscuits, some off phenolic notes, light plastic, hay, pale grains, hints of tangerine and grapefruit. Light bob died with average, lively carbonation. Lightly citric in the finish, with mild astringency, plastic, more biscuity pale malts, lemon rind, peach, mandarin orange. Close to being really drinkable, but the phenolics really detract.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2016
at 14:52