6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Back of Beyond, Reading. Dark brown with a middling creamy head. A little melon and grapefruit up front then bitter pine kicks in. Chocolate and cola come through but overall it’s maybe a little too bitter to allow the full flavour of the hops to shine through. Not bad though.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Apr 2014
at 01:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at Pure Bar and Kitchen cheers Chriso; burnished clear amber pour with a frothy white head, malt and bready aroma, taste had feint citrus, grass, and a bit of sweet honey.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2014
at 13:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Victoria Station Spoons - London. Pours dark, caramel-brown with a thick, fluffy khaki head. The nose receives dark toasted bread, burnt leaves, slight pine. Light-medium sweet flavor with decent roasted malt character, some oily pine, nips of cocoa. Medium bodied with fine carbonation; nicely conditioned. Lightly resinous on the finish with more well-toasted brown bread, earth, dirty pine, cocoa. Not a bad mid-level CDA.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Apr 2014
at 11:17
8/10
Tried
on 30 Mar 2014
at 16:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Asda. Pours a dark amber with an off-white head. Aroma of fruit and hops. Very hoppy and a full after taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2014
at 14:19
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a clear dark brown with a bubbly off-white head. The aroma is light malt. The flavour is light bitter with a hop liqourice bitter light spice palate and a long bitter finish. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation. Not a lot going on. The pump clip is more attractive than the beer. Chocolate and coffee? Really didn’t get that at all.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Mar 2014
at 11:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Boittle from Waitrose. Clear ruby body with a thin white head. Light carbonation. Faint lacing. Weak aroma of stewed tea. Flavour of bread, biscuit, tea and a light fruity note. Thin body with a watery, slightly oily texture. Soft fizz. No real depth of flavour but very drinkable.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2014
at 12:12
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Jekyll &Hyde, Birmingham. Pours black with a small head. Aroma is coffee and grapefruit. Taste has pithy grapefruit to start and piney hops in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Feb 2014
at 03:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Westow House. It pours darkest ruby with a medium tan head. The nose is roasted malt, toast, chocolate, varnish, treacle, dark fruits and jammy berry. The taste is rich, roasted malt, peppery, pine, varnish, bold bitterness, cola cubes, dark fruit, Dandelion & Burdock, resin, twiglets, treacle and cocoa with a dry, bitter finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Quite intense, rich and bitter. Really good depth of flavour. A great cask Black IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Feb 2014
at 06:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
0.5l bottle. This is a clear light amber red colored one with a nice big bubbly off-white top. Mild aromas. I only get some malty sweet fruity nuances and a little bit of red apple zest. Mild but not bad at all. Tastes quite nice. Feels quite thin and almost what you could call watery in the mouth while the carbonation level is about average and small bubbled. Mild fruity flavors. It has a nice green bitterness but it's also well malty. Nuts are also present in this. Well crafted. Would not mild drinking this again. 21.12.2013
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2014
at 05:54