5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ NWAF 2013, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England. [ As Dancing Duck Ay Up ].Clear medium to dark yellow color with a average, frothy and open, good lacing, mostly diminishing to lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruit malt, apple. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sharp fruit, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130124
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Dec 2013
at 03:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at MoCa, Matlock. Dark, clear, chestnut brown. Thin, lasting, tan head. Dried vine fruit, roast malt, some cocoa. Some smokiness. Taste is dry and fruity. Quite bitter, some spice, some smoke. Creamy palate. Dry, bitter finish. Nice porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Dec 2013
at 08:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Dean Swift, Tower Bridge, London, 23 Nov 2013) Amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity, malty nose with orange, apricots and toast. Malty, fruity taste with notes of peaches, orange, soft and chewy malt and a balanced earthy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Tasty and well balanced. Quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2013
at 13:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at MoCa, Matlock. Copper colour. Thin, sticky, white head. Light aroma of toffee apple. Taste is caramel biscuit sweetness. Dry, juicy mouthfeel. Shortish, bitter hop finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2013
at 06:04
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Victoria Iann, Rugby, 30/10/13. Clear golden with a thin off white head. Nose is cereals, citrus, light vegetal, peas - not in too much of an unpleasant way, just not very exciting. Taste comprises light orange, faint hops, citrus fruit, lemon sherbet. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light grassy bitterness in the finish. Average GB.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Nov 2013
at 09:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at MoCa, Matlock. Darkest mahogany colour with a thin, milky coffee coloured head. Aromas of coffee, cocoa, a hint of licorice. Taste is a roast coffee bean bitterness. A smooth mouthfeel keeps the bitterness from overpowering. Good beer that belies its low ABV.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Nov 2013
at 06:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Milton Keynes Beer Festival 2013. Poured a hazy golden colour with a rocky white head. Sweet aromas of honey, pineapple and caramel. Tropical fruit flavours with golden syrup and some cereal. Finish is dry grain, hop resin and straw. Not bad, but not so balanced.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2013
at 12:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pale blond colour. Some fruity notes in the aroma and taste. Light, refreshing and fruity with a touch of dryness in the finish. A good thirst quencher.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2013
at 13:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Southampton Arms, Gospel Oak NW5. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2013
at 06:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Six Bells Woodchurch. Brown beer. Toffee malt. Some earthy hop finish. Ok bitter I mean it’s a bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2013
at 07:54