Subsidiaries
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity at Red Lion, Snargate. Slight haze on an amber/red beer, disappearing head. Herby hoppy aroma with some grapefruit. Reasonable juicy malts in mouth. Tingly, zesty herby citrus hop finish. Very drinkable bitter with an attack of herby grapefruit hop.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2007
at 12:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Best before 21APR08. Aroma of ripe stone fruits, sultanas, malt, and a bit of alcohol. Translucent ruby orange color with virtually no head. Starts with fruity malt. Arguably medium mouthfeel. A little woody. Very light belgian candy aspects. A bit vinous, and the hop isn’t all that bitter. The finish is very dry, and the mouth is left puckerish. It seems to change a bit with each sip. Suspect it might go quite plummy with a few more years. Spectacular.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2007
at 23:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask conditioned at the Monk’s Retreat (JDW), Reading. An amber pint with a white head; slightly grassy, hoppy aroma; full-bodied with a citrus hop flavour; leading to a dry grapefruit aftertaste. (4/5/2007 - 5/3/6/4/13=3.1)
50cl bottle of Fresh Spring Ale from Waitrose. Pale amber with a rapidly vanishing white head; malty aroma; soft malty taste with some grassy hops; and a rather clinging finish. (7/14/2013 - 6/3/6/3/12=3)
50cl bottle of Fresh Spring Ale from Waitrose. Pale amber with a rapidly vanishing white head; malty aroma; soft malty taste with some grassy hops; and a rather clinging finish. (7/14/2013 - 6/3/6/3/12=3)
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Apr 2007
at 09:19
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Orange colour,citrus hop,fruit smooth sweet hop with a little bitter finish ... bottle at home ... Nice copper ... malty toffee nose ... soft carbonation ... with a well rounded flavour ... sweet caramel tones with alight hop in linger ... this is really growing on me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2007
at 12:52
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
cask.Winter beer fest 07... brown coloured,Rich sweet treacly malt. Lovely well balanced and rich and deep... Oh i really should updated these notes... tk2 Bottle is ok, tasty enough. tk3 ... Cask GBBF 08 ... Bloody marvelous all i could want in a barley wine.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Apr 2007
at 12:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Dark ruby red colour, small white head. Aroma is hops, caramel, some roasted malts and fruits. Flavour is plum, caramel malts, some hops and toffee. Quite sour, but refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2007
at 11:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Ruby red colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel, candy sugar and alcohol. Some marzipanous hints also show in background. Flavour is licorace, some chocolate, much spices, malts and hops. Some slight glueish notes in the finish. Long plummy and cherryish aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2007
at 11:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Ruby amber color with small viritually none lacing no head. Aroma is heavy malty, vintage, fruit sweet (strawberry). Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, acidic, moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2007
at 13:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Very dark beown. Sweet with a wealth of figs and plums up front. Medium bodied with clean rounded mouthfeel. Fruity with notes of coffee. Lightly salty finish. An interesting gently warming beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2007
at 04:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottled. Deep ruby, no head. Aroma of cranberries and toasty malt. Sweet and fruity. Densely malty with full body. Lots of caramel, low on hops. Nicely warming, medium bitterness. Very English.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2007
at 04:17