6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 26-08-16 - A 500ml bottle brought back from Lewis by a friend last year. Best before Sep 16. It pours a clear brown toffee colour with a thin white head that doesn't last long. The aroma is toasty, bitter-sweet with flora, light vanilla, toffee, fruit loaf, dried fruits & brown sugar. The taste is bitter-sweet, brown bread, earth, toasty, dried fruits, grainy & earth. Medium body and moderate carbonation. The finish is dry and malty with hints of caramel in a mild bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2025
at 14:42
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Old rating from 10-05-16 - 500ml bottle titled 'Sussex Wild Hop' from the brewery shop. A gift from a friend who visited Lewis for work. Pours a clear amber colour with a off white head that disperses quickly. Aromas of hop & grain. Tastes of grass, bread as well as hop and grain leading to a mild bitter finish. Overall I was expecting much more having tasted other beers from this brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2025
at 09:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Old rating from 31-03-16 - A Xmas gift from a friend who went to Lewis for work. 275ml bottle. Pours a dark reddish colour with a very small beige head. Aromas of sweet malt, toffee & caramel. Taste is much as aroma along with biscuit, and mild alcohol. The finish has a sweet caramel bitterness. Overall a very good winter ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2025
at 20:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Half pint on cask at the Hallcross.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear light amber pour. Light bitterness
Medium creamy off white head. Clear light amber pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
Hallcross
on 01 Jun 2025
at 20:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
9.3 oz. bottle from Florida Cork & Bottle. Pours a crystal clear orange-bronze color with a beige head and good retention. Good lacing. Caramel malt aroma. Faint caramel flavor with some dark fruit and a long, mild hops and bitter finish. Mellower than I expected. Medium body. Light carbonation with a semi-slick mouthfeel. Low bitterness. The 7.5% ABV is well hidden. Tastes like a typical amber ale to me. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2025
at 20:10
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Middle Farm, Firle. Poured a clean medium amber with a short-lived, frothy white head. The aroma is malt, nutty. The flavour is moderate bitter and sweet, with a smooth, fresh, malt, light citrus, nutty, woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Middle Farm Cider Centre
on 26 May 2025
at 21:34
7/10
A very nice bitter. Pint of draught in The Derby near Oval cricket ground.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 May 2025
at 12:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 8
Med Steven på The Roebuck Inn, etter Parsifal på Glyndebourne: klar rødlig kastanjefarge med fint skum som varer. En smaksrik maltdrevet bitter, jordaktige toner, skog og delikat krydder bitterhet. Close to the source, og naturligvis velpleiet fra cask.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 May 2025
at 21:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Poured a medium viscous brown. Nuts? Fruits spices. Some yeasty syrupy gunk. Ok but a bit off.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. Amber beer with a dark cream head. Light malt aroma. Malt and light floral flavor. Medium bodied. Malt and light floral notes linger with light citrus.
Tried
on 02 May 2025
at 19:43