6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK. Clear light amber orange color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, sweet, fruity, orange, sugar. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. (170108)
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2008
at 13:21
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF 2007. An amber beer with no head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet with some notes of hops and caramel as well as light notes of diacethyl, leading to a slightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jan 2008
at 17:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Dark amber. Caramelly cherry aroma. Sweet and densely malty with rounded mouthfeel. Grainy and lightly resiny with good late bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Dec 2007
at 02:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Glassblower, Piccadilly Circus, London. Chestnut brown with a white head; fruity aroma; sweet malty carmel taste with orange fruit; sustained bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Dec 2007
at 15:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Tennants bar glasgow ...Deep copper brown ... smooth malty rich fruit and caramel... little tart fruit in linger.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Dec 2007
at 08:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[i] Cask at Far from the Madding Crowd, Oxford 23-11-07 [/i] Poured amber small white head. Aroma bit malty otherwise little else. A nice simple bitter, that whilst uncomplicated went down very well. good balance between the bitterness at the end and the initial almost honey sweetness.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Nov 2007
at 08:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle form Sainsburys. Big malty aroma with some spice and dark fruit . Flavour of fruit cake with some roasted notes and warming alcohol. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2007
at 15:16
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Amber with a small but lasting white head. Fruity aroma with some pear notes. Watery flavour, sweet and fruity.
Tried
on 30 Oct 2007
at 14:44
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ The Edgar Wallace, Temple, London. Pours a clear golden color with a white head. Fruity malty and hoppy aroma with some hints of caramel. Fruity malty and hoppy flavor. Long malty bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2007
at 06:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Carpenter’s Arms, Marble Arch, London, 11 Aug 2007) Dark amber/copper colour with brief white head. Fruity nose with citrus, orange peel and hints of earthy hops. Fruity taste with slightly malty foundation, notes of citrus and orange. Dryish finish with balanced doses of earthy/citrussy hops. Light to medium body. Well balanced, average bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Sep 2007
at 13:29