6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Pavement Vaults, York. Gluten Free. Amber colour, thin white foam head and aroma of malt, caramel, toffee. Taste is malty, roasty, grains, biscuit, with earthy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying biscuity bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Sep 2024
at 13:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16th August 2024
3 pints on keg at the Gidea Park Tap Room. Near clear gold beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Smooth palate with good fine minerally carbonation bringing up the rear. Light smooth creamy sweet malts. Hops are a delight, soft cooling pine and a soft underlying hop skunk with the main show being a fairly broad spectrum of hoppy citrus and tropical fruits. Goes down very easy indeed. Packs a hoppy punch for a SIPA.
3 pints on keg at the Gidea Park Tap Room. Near clear gold beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Smooth palate with good fine minerally carbonation bringing up the rear. Light smooth creamy sweet malts. Hops are a delight, soft cooling pine and a soft underlying hop skunk with the main show being a fairly broad spectrum of hoppy citrus and tropical fruits. Goes down very easy indeed. Packs a hoppy punch for a SIPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Aug 2024
at 12:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Greyfriar, Reading. Pours near black with beige to tan foam. Aroma: roasted malts, Nutella, chocolate, caramel, biscuit, lactose, vanilla. Taste: moderate sweet & bitter. Smooth, well balanced. Medium body with soft carbonation. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2024
at 20:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
25/7/2024. Cask at the 34th Ipswich Beer & Cider Festival. Pours clear golden amber with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is fruity, hoppy, floral, caramel, malt, grass. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness and body. Oily, soft carbonation. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Aug 2024
at 21:49
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Bay Hop, Colwyn Bay. Aroma has the trad boiled veg - plus chunky malts. Ampersand have nailed this! Clear copper gold. Thin foamy translucent white head soon thins out. Flava combines light-medium sour citrus with a caramel streak. Underlying malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. If Ampersand were aiming to give a slight boost to a veg soup Golden Ale, they're done it.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jul 2024
at 19:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
17th July 2024
Cask at Chelmsfaasarhd Beer Fest. Near clear deep amber beer, good bubbly pale tan head. Light palate, mildly dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Unsurprisingly, the dark malts are slightly thin. Modest chocolate and very modest coffee. Some pleasing ripe fruits on the back end, touch of thin marmalade. Light and semi dry finish. Yeah, hard to complain about this 3.3% Mild. Does what it says on the tin.
Cask at Chelmsfaasarhd Beer Fest. Near clear deep amber beer, good bubbly pale tan head. Light palate, mildly dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Unsurprisingly, the dark malts are slightly thin. Modest chocolate and very modest coffee. Some pleasing ripe fruits on the back end, touch of thin marmalade. Light and semi dry finish. Yeah, hard to complain about this 3.3% Mild. Does what it says on the tin.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jul 2024
at 12:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Crewe Dog, Crewe. Pours a dark reddish-brown with minimal off-white head and some lacing. The aroma is dominated by malts, but there are also traces of dried fruit and blackberries. Malts again to the fore in the mouth, where it is sweet with flavours also of figs and raisins. Later on there are hints of cola and bread rolls too, leafing to a slightly fruity finish. This is decent – though not particularly exciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jul 2024
at 19:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
6/7/2024. Cask at 27th Festival of Beer and Brewing, Stowmarket. Pours close to black with a small bubbly frothy beige head. Aroma is nutty, hazelnut, chocolate, vanilla, roasted malt, caramel, biscuit, lactose. Medium milky sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. Medium body, smooth, soft carbonation. Bitterness developed. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jul 2024
at 13:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Eagle, Warwick. Reddish brown with a small beige head. Light aroma, some caramel and stone fruits. Taste is fairly bitter, a little spicy with light notes of fruited caramel. Short finish. Light watery body, no carbonation. Promising in places but that little bit dull overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jul 2024
at 07:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Handpull cask at the Two-Tailed Lion, Leicester. Light Ruby brown, clear and a but thin looking with a tiny uneven beige/khaki head. Bit sweet bready malty small, with light notes of redcurrant. Sweet taste, very bteady, ever so slightly fruity, will only a tinge of bitterness toward the finish. A brilliant mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jul 2024
at 07:32