6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at craig’s. Pours pale golden, nose is toffee, light fruit, taste is sweet, fruity, dry toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2015
at 12:23
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle shared at Leightons place. Thanks to the Black IPA king. Reddy amber coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is musty old, aged, smoke, tangy, cherry. Flavour is composed of tangy, old stale malts, grains, smoke. Burnt sugar. Strong bitter in the finish. Palate is mid sweet, lowish carbonation Burnt toast lingers. Did not get this beer at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2015
at 16:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
3rd August 2015
Bottleshare at Leighton’s Stratoflat. Thanks to the CDA hound. Lightly hazy amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate with light carbonation. Smooth malts with modestly tangy caramel. Bitterish citrus hops, trace of pine. Bitterness ramps up at finish and leads to a long bitter linger. Comes over as a bitter amber.
Bottleshare at Leighton’s Stratoflat. Thanks to the CDA hound. Lightly hazy amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate with light carbonation. Smooth malts with modestly tangy caramel. Bitterish citrus hops, trace of pine. Bitterness ramps up at finish and leads to a long bitter linger. Comes over as a bitter amber.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2015
at 03:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - a blue swing top juan at that - wat?, thanks to Rich TV, split in the Bespin Cloud Network 03/08/15. Mahogany brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is dark berry fruits, pine, charr, light roast, earthy hop strokes, cocoa rub. Taste comprises pine needle, chocolate dusting, red berry snap, scorched earth, dark fruits, charr. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough CDA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2015
at 16:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Colin. It pours cloudy deep reddish brown with a decent off-white. The nose is rich, juicy, papaya, dried mango, passion fruit, earthy roast, dried berry, cranberry and light jam. The taste is bitter, earthy roast, jammy fruits, rather bitter indeed, charred wood, some astringency, toasty and dank hoppage with a lingering bitter-dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Punchy and flavoursome CDA. Nice work.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2015
at 12:13
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Colin. Pours clear brown with a creamy tan head. Dusty cocoa in the nose, earth, leafy hops, pine. Light to medium sweet flavor with some minerals, bitter cocoa, earth, moderate roast. Light bodied with active carbonation. Dry finish, very bitter, a little astringent, some rindy citrus. So so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2015
at 12:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the Birmingham Beer Bash, 2015. Poured a hazy straw colour with a bubbly round head. The aroma is skunky malt, light zesty orange marmalade citrus. The flavour is light bitter with a stale malt, light citrus, woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Not really that impressed with the beer and even less impressed with the politics :-)
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2015
at 14:55
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the Birmingham Beer Bash, 2015. Poured a clear reddish brown with a bubbly white head. The aroma is light medicinal, sticky sweet tropical fruit. The flavour is moderate bitter with a smooth dry spicy, resin hop bitter palate and a long medicinal bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2015
at 14:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Blue (?) swing top bottle. Beer Central, Sheffield. Hazy, orangey gold. Film and halo of white head. Light aroma of citrus zest. Spicy biscuit malts. Grapefruit pith. Some oily herb. Taste is zesty, oily bitter. Clean, juicy mouthfeel. Soft carbonation enhances the hop oiliness. Finishes long, fairly light, pithy, zesty bitter. Very quaffable. Could drink lots of this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2015
at 14:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beer Central - thanks Lorna! It pours lightly hazy gold with a decent white head. The nose is juicy tangerine, pomello, lime zest, grass, pine needles and biscuity malt. The taste is crisp, big punchy bitterness upfront, grass, pine, grapefruit, zesty lemon, peppery and waxy citrus rind with a very long bitter-dry finish. Light- medium body and fine carbonation. I was expecting the bitterness to perhaps be too much, but it wasn’t for me anyway. Very quaffable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2015
at 15:36