7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (handpump) @ The Fat Cat, Sheffield, Bedfordshire England S3 8GG.Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy hoppy, grapefruit, lemon. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet amd moderate to heavy bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (270708)
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Sep 2008
at 05:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask, Thomas Rigbys, Liverpool. Pallid hazy yellowy gold colour with a thinnish white head. Lots of citrus in the aroma and flavour balanced with an appealing crispness and well balanced hoppiness. A great thirst quencher.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2008
at 08:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Summer Beer Festival, The Royal Oak, Bath 17/07/08. Deep gold in colour with next to no head. Aroma of summer fruits and citrus hops. A hint of sweetness to start the flavour before grapefruit and apricot hops took over, leading to a long, dry finish. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jul 2008
at 19:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, The Dispensary, Liverpool. Golden colour with a decent lingering white head. Very floral, hoppy aroma with a dash of citrus. Softish mouthfeel. Flavour similar, but lacking any real oomph. Not bad at all, just nothing special
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jul 2008
at 12:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.Clear dark brown color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, coffee, oat, pepper, dusty. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, and a dry dusty finish. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. (020508)
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jun 2008
at 13:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask, Geordies Byre, Ayr. Very dark colour with a thin muddy coloured head. Rosted Coffee and chocolate aroma. Flavour is more of the same ; very robust with some maltiness. Nice n’ smooth. Decent dry bitterish finish. A quality stout fo’real.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2008
at 05:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 20/5/08. Deep, clear gold in colour with a decent, white head. Aroma of elderflowers and grapefruit. with a touch of sweet malt. Hoppy flavours, with some citrus fruit and pepper leading to a decent dry finish. Very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 May 2008
at 16:44
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask handpull at The Dispensary, Liverpool. OK I had 2 halves of this, one with the sparkler and one without. The difference was really quite marked. I admit I’m an Outlaw fan, I love what they do, making tasty, intense beers. This one is black with very dark brown edges. Lasting tan head. Blow me down!!! Except you couldn’t blow me down because I have just been fortified by the body of this beer, which is excellent. That’s incredible. I don’t want to drink any more because I don’t want to be wrong and I don’t want to finish it. The roasted coffee espresso aroma is just about the best I’ve had. This was the beer of the weekend. 40 beers in and this is head and shoulders above everything else. The aroma is like putting your nose in a packet of mocha coffee beans. Finish is intense espresso/dark choc dryness. That is amazing. The finish is like the mose intense choc/coffee experience of my life. The only beer this weekend that has made me go wide eyed stare. Then I had a half without the sparkler and you know what, it wasn’t as good. A bit more watery than with the sparkler, but the finish is just as good. Roast malt and blackcurrant. I guess there must be some Willamette hops in here for the blackcurrant and subtle herby hop. So with a sparkler a 4.5/5, without a 4.3/5, overall 4.4
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2008
at 03:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Pale gold with a creamy white head; citrus aroma; powerful grapefruit taste; with a tart and bitter finish. Rather good.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Apr 2008
at 09:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Crosse Keys, Gracechurch Street, 8/4/08. Golden coloured with next to no head. Big citrus hop aroma followed by flavours of grapefruit and elderflowers. A very hoppy, dry finish. Good, but lacking a little something.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Apr 2008
at 13:42