7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Walsall Camra, beer festival 2015. Poured a clear dark mahogany with a round bubbly light tan head. The aroma is roasty, light smoke malt. The flavour is moderate to strong bitter with a smooth toasty burnt treacle liqourice bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Nice enough but way too bitter and smoky for me. I almost called the fire brigade!
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Apr 2015
at 08:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a crystal clear light amber with a bubbly white head. The aroma is light hop, light malt. The flavour is moderate bitter with a smooth light hop, light citrus palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Apr 2015
at 13:33
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
4.4% Cask gravity at Planet Thanet BF 2015. Clear brown amber colour lasting off white head. Malty aroma. It’s another brown best bitter which is fine and well done and balanced. Some decent hop on the finish. Very English brown bitter. Some biscuit. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Apr 2015
at 08:37
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Ministry of Ale, Burnley. Golden with a small head. Has a very light hoppy session character and a medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Mar 2015
at 15:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Cask at Bankers Draft (JDW), Bedford. Dark brown with a loose tan head. Astringent aroma with liquorice and coffee in the scent. Taste us sweet at first. Almost reminiscent of a coffee-laden breakfast stout... then the sourness kicks in. A rounded and appreciable experience. Not sure if this would be slightly better in a non-JDW outlet.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Mar 2015
at 13:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Anchor, Digbeth, Birmingham. Poured a clear dark brown with a bubbly off white head. The aroma is smoky malt. The flavour is moderate to strong bitter with a dry early mineral smoke coffee malt palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Feb 2015
at 17:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ The Boot Inn, Burnley. Deep dark ruby with a thin bubbly head. Has a small sweetness in its nose with some roasted malt evident in its taste. It’s not high on coffee flavour but there’s some here, and it’s quite light textured for its strength.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Feb 2015
at 07:39
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Crown Inn, Hebden Bridge. Clear light golden with a head. Has a malt-hop balance, with the former a little more dominant and a medium bitterness. Crisp and sessionable... just. Malty nose.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jan 2015
at 14:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Wellington; clear light copper pour with a bubbly beige head, fruit and malt aroma, taste has a hint of caramel, along with some dark fruits, bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jan 2015
at 06:01
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Leeds Station Wetherspoon. Pale golden with a crisp maltiness that lingers a while. Has a creamy head with a malt-hop nose. A regular bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jan 2015
at 06:05