6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle split at L6, thanks to Kenny, 25/07/18. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is mellow roast, light cocoa dusting, dark fruits, light spice. Taste comprises cocoa powder, charr, berry pips, light pine, toffee, brown bread. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close dusted with earthy hop bitterness. Ok easy drinking CDA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2018
at 08:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared in London - cheers! Pours brown with a creamy, khaki head. Ashy roast in the nose, cocoa. Light sweet flavour, moderate roast, earth, dried fruits, leather, cocoa. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Soft chocolate notes in the finish, some berries. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2018
at 18:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at DS - thanks to Ken. It pours near black with thick tan head. The aroma is earthy roast, aniseed, cocoa, plummy fruits, fruit cake, toasted brown sugar and treacle. The taste is dry, bitter, earthy roast, cocoa, tannin, spice, dull smoke, woody, spice and fruit cake. Medium body and moderate carbonation. A bit thin and feels more like a porter than a black ipa.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2018
at 17:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
25th July 2018
Level 6 Bottleshare. Semi opaque deep amber - brown beer, small pale tan head. Smooth and airy palate, modest fine carbonation. Fluffy malts, touch of cream. Mild pine. Touch of fruits. Some bittermess on the light semi dry finish. Modest spicy bitter linger. Okay.
Level 6 Bottleshare. Semi opaque deep amber - brown beer, small pale tan head. Smooth and airy palate, modest fine carbonation. Fluffy malts, touch of cream. Mild pine. Touch of fruits. Some bittermess on the light semi dry finish. Modest spicy bitter linger. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2018
at 17:26
7/10
Tried
on 25 Jul 2018
at 17:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried at Just Beer, Newark. Deep ruby colour with an off white head. Aroma is light citrus and roasted malty. Taste is slight sweet to dry finish. Full body.
Tried
on 25 May 2018
at 21:08
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Opaque dark brown colour, good frothy tan head, fairly lasting, heavy lacing. Shy aroma, roasted malts, rye, light chocolate, hint of liquorice. Taste medium sweet and bitter, roasted malts, chocolate, rye bread, earthy notes. Malty sweetbitter aftertaste, liquorice notes, good tasty rye ale.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2018
at 12:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Gravity cask at the Pigs Ear 2017 - Hackney. Pours lightly hazy yellow-gold with a frothy, white head. Nice nose, with juicy tangerine, lemon rind, background pale bread. Light sweet flavour with mild rindy bitterness, some juicy grapefruit and tangerine, melon, papaya. Light bodied with fine carbonation; great condition. Well balanced finish, with good pithy citrus, some tropical accents, dried pale malts, mellow rindy bitterness. A rather great low-ABV hop sauce.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Dec 2017
at 14:28
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity cask at Broood, Leicester. Golden and hazy, with a spotty white head and lots of lacing. Peachy aroma with some ripe astringency and notes of pine resin. Taste is sharp, astringent and bitter. There’s some rounded apricotty sweetness coming around to the finish. Some vanilla cream notes and TCP in the aftertaste. Special.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2017
at 16:00