5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Old Wellington, Manchester. Yellow-blonde with a frothy head. Its spiciness is low, and its hoppy pale ale character is high. It's likeable enough for its ordinariness.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jan 2018
at 05:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Wetherspoon, Birmingham Airport. Poured a clear straw colour with a frothy white head. The aroma is sweet malt, red berry fruits, light hop. The flavour is moderate sweet, light bitter with a smooth, fruity, light spice, light floral hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2018
at 12:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the kitchen.. Mdark Brown.. Small tan head.. Creamy caramel toffee fruit nose.. woody caramel toffee malts..
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2018
at 12:55
6/10
Some fruit and spice going on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2017
at 19:00
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at The Red Lion, Gatwick North Terminal. It pours clear amber - brown with a medium off-white head. The aroma is sweet, sticky, caramel, cola cubes, biscuit, ripe ginger tang, festive spice, cloves, nutmeg and burnt fruit cake. The taste is dry, bitter, earthy, rivita, spicy, biscuit, tannin, old leather sofa, touch of astringency, bit of pithy citrus, burnt and fruit cake with a dry, earthy finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Can't say I am a big winter ale fan at the best of times. Very earthy and rather spicy on the aroma. So-so festive ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Dec 2017
at 11:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at beer kitchen Ashton Lane. Pours golden amber, nose is caramel, vanilla, sherry, taste is chewy, oak , sweet, fruity.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2017
at 02:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the beer kitchen. Pours clear amber, nose is caramel, toffee, spiced, taste is similar.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Dec 2017
at 04:55
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fra cask pΓ₯ Rockingham Arms, London 16 Okt 17. MΓΈrk amber. Lavt tett skum med litt farge. Aroma av brent malt. Smaken overmodne plommer & hint av sherry.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2017
at 04:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle: BBE Dec 2018. Poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard at home on 4th Nov 2017. Liked the cask version, let's see if this 'live tasting' comes up trumps too. Nice light amber/orange body, clean and clear; the head a foaming blanket of off-white bubbles. Aroma has both hints of hops and maltiness, nice blend in the nose. The taste is semi-sweet, slightly fruity and hop bitter. Decent, but the cask offering is better in my opinion, just a little too much carbonation in the bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2017
at 11:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Carnival Inn (JDW), Bridgwater. Pours reddish amber with an off white head. Aroma of biscuit malts, light coffee, some vanilla. Taste comprises brown bread, dried fruits, cocoa, spices, biscuit. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Oct 2017
at 19:57