Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask conditioned at the Old Tavern Bristol 24/11/07. Near black with a decent tan head. Aroma of chocolate, licorice and a touch of of roasted malt. The flavour had plenty of chocolate and coffee with a decent dry finish. This had a lot more character than the bottled version.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Clear, dark, amber golden with an off-white head. Sweetish, roasted malt nose. Quite full-bodied and solid with plenty of malt and caramel. Some hoppiness in the finish where also some alcohol shows. 311007
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours hazzlenut brown with a fully diminished head (started out dense and off-white). Aroma is slight nutty and sweet caramel. Has a slight herbal note too. Starts sweet malty and turns into a more soft malty flavour which again gains some liqourice sharpness in the finish. Ends pleasant with a persisting liqourice flavour.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. A dark amber beer with a thin head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of alcohol and caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with light notes of spices and caramel, leading to a dry bitter finish with a light touch of roasted malt.
Downender (11275) reviewed HPA from Wye Valley Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Inn on the Green, Bristol. Pale gold with a frothy white head. Subtle aroma of hay and floral hops. Easy drinking with some malt sweetness before a pleasant bitter finish. Good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, strong coffee, chocolate, notes of smoke. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (250907)
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home ... Black with athin off white head ... roast malts and coffee nose ... roast slightly bitter malts ... well balanced ... little coffee ... little chocolate ... little spice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Clear dark ruby body with a huge frothy tan head. Sweet cohocolate and molassas aroma, slightly tart. Dry molassas flavor with a rather acidic ending.
fonefan (84534) reviewed HPA from Wye Valley Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ Wellington, B2, Birmingham. Clear light orange color with a small, virtually none, off-white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, flowers, citrus, fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Very nice and refreshing. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Butty Bach from Wye Valley Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (handpump) @ Pennybacks, B1, Birmingham. Clear medium amber color with a small, virtually none, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toffee, butter. Flavor is moderate sweet, light acidic and bitter, with a average duration. (Sweetness is toffee / butter / caramel, acidic / bitternes is fruit). Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.