7/10
Tried
on 25 Oct 2019
at 21:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg @ Wheelie Thirsty, Lye. Pours a misty gold, white froth. Aroma brings pleasantly sweet saison yeast. Taste is pillowy smooth yeast, lightly foral, lightly sugary, gentle bitterness. Probably not as crisp and peppery for some, but I like this style of saison. Good stuff again from FW.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2019
at 08:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried at the Nottingham Beer Festival 2019. Cola colour with a flight head. Aroma and taste are sweet malty and coffee. Smooth body.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2019
at 06:48
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg @ Post Office Vaults before watching Sebadoh at 02 Academy. Pours misty golden yellow, nice bright sour grapefruit nose. Taste presents a good crisp, salty sour gose character with a nice prickly grapefruit presence. Excellent well-rounded gose.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2019
at 06:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the West End Brewery's Fixed Wheel Tap Takeover. Mid- to dark brown, slightly translucent. It has a foamy uneven khaki/tan head. Light on the aroma: it's mostly malty with hazenut amd chocolate notes and maybe a touch of Marmite. Sweet taste but there is an astringent bitterness running through which dominates the finish and aftertaste. I like a strong mild but I think the astringency is too much for me. Cautiously recommended.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2019
at 21:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at the West End Brewery, Fixed Wheel Tap Takeover. Light to mid-gold with a small uneven white head. Brilliant aroma: I'm getting vanilla ice cream, hints of melon and possibly banana. Sweet, gloriously sweet taste with a luscious craminess mid-sip. Short finish with a touch of astringency in the finish. Heavy carbonation. This works wonderfully.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Aug 2019
at 21:16
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the West End Brewery, Fixed Wheel Tap Takeover. Dark reddish gold, hazy with a spotty white head. Pungent aroma with ground coriander and sour orange. Taste is spicy with an incredibly drying quality to the finish, and sharp bitter hop flavour. Carbonated to hell and back but it works here. Very fond of this.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Aug 2019
at 20:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Handpull cask at the West End Brewery, Fixed Wheel Tap Takeover. Very dark brown with a spotty tan head and considerable lacing. Mill chocolate, light creamy coffee, a touch of bramble in the aroma. The taste reaches a wonderful level of sweetness before being challenged with berry-soaked bitter hops, which stay on the tongue for the long finisg. Cocoa bitters, more blackberry, some astringenxy in the aftertaste. Smooth body with sift carbonation. A winner.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2019
at 20:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Handpull cask at the West End Brewery, Fixed Wheel Tap Takeover. Light gold, not quite straw. Clear with a spotty white head and lots of lacing. Juicy aroma with pineapple and grapefruit peel to the fore. Taste has a bit more balance at first, but tge sweet biscuity malt is overrun by a bitter and lightly stringent hop. More grapefruit in the aftertaste. Nicely put together with bags of character for the ABV. Impressed.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2019
at 20:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the West End Brewery, Fixed Wheel Tap Takeover. Light golden, clear with a small tight off-white head. Very light aroma: some lighter citrus notes but really not much at all. Tastes very nice though, juicy with bitter hops to the fore, filling the mouth in the sumptuous finish. Pomelo and pink grapefruit pulp in the afteraste. This one's all right once you get it going.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2019
at 19:44