Subsidiaries
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask handpull at Magpie and Crown, Brentford. Golden beer with thin white head. Yeast, hop aroma, biscuit malt, orange fruit. Really drinkable. Tad of stale malt and dusty hop on finish. Citrus is good. I like this, its summery
Tried
from Cask
on 12 May 2006
at 10:16
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Cask at Cock & Bottle, Notting Hill, London 22 Apr 2006) Colour is dark copper, not much head. Malty, fruity nose with a slightly sweet sewage character and soft hops. Malty, fruity taste with hints of orange and caramel. Wouldn’t suffer from some more bite in the finish. Refreshing but not really exciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Apr 2006
at 17:39
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask handpull at Simple Simon’s, Canterbury. Gold/blonde beer with lasting thick whte head. Last half out of the barrel. Bit of stale malt leads to refreshing syrupy concentrated citrus of the lemon curd variety. Would be good on top form in summer. Saaz hops perhaps on the aroma?
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Mar 2006
at 11:33
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle from Cask & Glass, Tonbridge. Reddy brown colour with lasting beige head. Lovely aroma of christmas cake and intense hop. Sweet and strong, but hop balances it. Spicey/citrus hop is stunning underpinned by brown sugar and dry grainy malt. Finish has more intense hop. My 2nd Hogs Back strong bottled beer and just as impressive. Lots of orange peel, spice and malt. Gorgeous Re-rate Cask gravity at Red Lion, Snargate. Sweet, raspberry/strawberry fruit is stunning. Then a decent handful of grapefruit hop, but not too much, producing a dry finish. Malt is a little bit syrupy. Bit of yeasty sourness on aroma and then this huge hit of malt, but the hop dryness never lets it get too flabby. Lovely. It took my a good 50 minutes to drink a pint of it and I can honestly say that I felt different after I finished it, to when I started. Wonderful beer. 4.1/5
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2006
at 15:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle conditioned. Copper orange with a slight haze. Low head and condition. Big aromas of butterscotch and malt. Complex mix of malt, toffee, yeast and brie in the mouth and a chalky chewy sweet finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2006
at 10:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Frothy white fair mosltly lasting head. Orange colour. Powerfull aroma and very good taste. Powerfull bitter finish, average duration. Oily palate. I like this beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2006
at 02:03
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
A hazy orange beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is very lightly fruity, and the flavor is sweet with light notes of fruit, but also light acidic notes. The body is thin. I’m disappointed, thinking of most of the fine beer from Hogs Back.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2006
at 04:57
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
275ml bottle from Cask & Glass, Tonbridge. Very hazy russet colour with lasting off white head. Strong hop/alcohol aroma with intense grapefruit and hops. Refreshing in mouth, juicy fruit. Stunnning. Some choc lime. The fruit in the mouth really is lovely. Good strong hop finish. Really rather nice. I like the hop and alcohol mix.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2006
at 10:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Yeasty aroma. Clear golden/copper colour. Small white head. Malty, slightly hop aromatic aroma and flavour. Clean. Good mouthfeel for an English bottled beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2006
at 03:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2010-03-04, bottle 1+ years old, 6-4-6-3-13=32
Amber color, hazy; the head disappears quickly. Mild aroma of malt, caramel and alcohol. Malt flavor, medium bodied, lightly fruity; warming. Overall, quite boring.
2005-12-11, 6-5-8-4-15=38
Hazy reddish amber color. Aroma of malt, light raisins, some spices. Quite malty, with an evident wooden character (cask), caramel, and sweet liquorice. Quite strong bitterness, adapted to the beer. Warming. Emotionally not impressive, but very pleasant.
Amber color, hazy; the head disappears quickly. Mild aroma of malt, caramel and alcohol. Malt flavor, medium bodied, lightly fruity; warming. Overall, quite boring.
2005-12-11, 6-5-8-4-15=38
Hazy reddish amber color. Aroma of malt, light raisins, some spices. Quite malty, with an evident wooden character (cask), caramel, and sweet liquorice. Quite strong bitterness, adapted to the beer. Warming. Emotionally not impressive, but very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2005
at 15:14