6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (@The Harkers Arms, Chester): Almost black coloured, small, very firm, lacing head; sourish malt, molasses and fruit (raisins) in the nose; dry (roast-)bitter flavour; fruity, a bit vinous and pretty roast-bitter (coffee) finish. A good one.....
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2006
at 02:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle picked up at SH Jones Bicester. This was more like it, after having the Wye Valley Butty Bach I then had this one next and had picked it up without even looking at the strength in the shop. This was a corker, poured a deep copper colour with a sweet malty aroma and not much of a head. But it was the Taste Department that this really excelled in, a really full flavoured beer that tasted of toffee, malt, and some slight burned flavours excellent when compared to its stablemate and very good in itโs own right.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2006
at 06:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle picked up at SH Jones Bicester. A dark golden colour, that gave off some malt in the aroma but little else. Taste wise I thought this ok but a little bit thin despite the strength bit sweet and malty but nowt special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2006
at 06:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Burnt amber color with a thick whipped meringue of a head. Inviting fruity aroma with apricot and mango, mixed with a nice floral and spicy hop that hints at thyme. Nice caramel and fruit front, with a bite of husky astringency, some mild floral hops and a balanced finish. Medium body with a soft carbonation. Pretty nice but for the astringency.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2006
at 20:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at The George, Bethersden. Chestnut colour with bubbly beige head. Attractive aroma of choc malt. Fullish in mouth with herby hop and malt finish. Rather a good malty bitter
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Apr 2006
at 01:02
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Almost black, pours with off white head, roasted malts and bit woody, not particularly full bodied in fact quite thin and not exactly full of flavour but also not too bad just not really my prefered style of stout. Maybe it will better to judge this in itโs cask conditioned form.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2006
at 03:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Clear Golden beer, malty and hoppy aroma but really nice citrus tang crisp bite to this beer and with a slight sourness leading to a dry finish. Canโt say that I have ever been to struck on Wye Valley but my opinions may change a little as this really is a very good bottled beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2006
at 02:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Golden beer with a steady head. The aroma is fruity and slightly peppery, and the flavour is nicely dry and slightly fruity. Overall a nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2006
at 12:47
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask handpull Ship & Mitre Liverpool. Copper, thin off white head. Some citrus aromas. Bit watery in mouth. Some lemon/lime and hop on the end. Just a little indistinct thatโs all. Not much of anything.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jan 2006
at 16:01
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Golden beer with a light head. The aroma is dry and light and the flavour is very dry with a touch of fruity sourness finishing with a deep dryness. Overall an average to below par beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2006
at 17:41