Subsidiaries
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden with white head that soon dissipates. A - floral, melon bit of stone fruit and pine F - bready malt, oranges with marmalade bitterness in the finish. Could use a bit more malt body for me but It's a nice, easy drinking if nothing outstanding.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2023
at 00:28
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2023
at 20:26
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Red Lion, Leytonstone. Sampled April 2015. Poured clear chestnut amber with a white foam: Aroma: malt, biscuit, caramel. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, light dry on the palate. Light to medium body with fine carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2023
at 23:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Brown/chestnut, clear pour with a small white head. Aromas of malt/grain, some caramell/toffee; taste adds fruit (red berries?), decent finish - liked it.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2023
at 22:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Rodboro Buildings Spoons, Guildford. Aroma is sweet- dark fruit and syrup. Opaque chestnut brown. Thin off-white head is patchy in places. The falava matches thebar9ma. Sweet. Dark fruit seasonal fruit. Figs. Dark doughy mats. Overly sugary, syrupy. BItter woody core. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Sticky residue. Soft carbonation. Long finish. Very sweet but nice enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Nov 2023
at 12:09
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Falcon, Wycombe. Chestnut-red colour with a thick beige head. Very fruity up front - blackcurrant and stewed plums. Toffee takes over in a sweet, slightly slimy finish with a hint of cough mixture. Started well, ended badly, not a fan of this.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Oct 2023
at 20:50
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Hazy ambery brown colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is toffee, some nutty, mild caramel and some floral and wooden tones to it. Flavour is rather similar to the elements of the aroma. Easy-going.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2023
at 22:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask handpull at The County Hotel JDW Ashford. Clear russet colour lasting beige head. Sweetish malt in the mouth. Some dry bitterness on the finish. Rich malty beer. A bit like fruit cake. Really good condition. I liked it. Good full on premium bitter. Some peppery hop. Good
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2023
at 16:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours dark copper with a small foamy off-white head. Aroma has malts and some hints of autumn fruits. In the mouth it is mainly dried fruits and malts with some underlying caramel plus traces of spice, treacle and fruitcake. Finish is dry and quite spicy. This is rather decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Oct 2023
at 20:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A copper coloured pour with a tight cream head; malty aroma; creamy malt taste with some purple fruit and brown sugar; then a dry finish with lingering treacle.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Oct 2023
at 13:06