6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared with my bro it BOD. It pours deep reddish - brown with a dissipating tiny off-white head. The aroma is rich and toothy, chewy, fudge, toffee, date, oily, unctuous, bit of green tea and dull spice. The taste is dry, fragrant, floral, jasmine green tea, soapy, warming peppery spice, crystallised ginger, orange peel, marmalade, tangerine, slick, oily, dried fruits, raisin, sultana and boozy warmth through the finiah. Medium body, low carbonation and oily mouth feel. Good depth of flavour, but pretty punchy also. Flavours clash a bit. Fun to sample, but I couldn't drink a lot of it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2019
at 13:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle. I'm going to rate this from from previous samplings circa 2014 / 2015 when it tasted devine (it's dropped off massively now). Pours opaque amber brown with a tan head. Aroma: barleywine-ish, caramel, candy sugar, star anise. Taste: moderate to heavy sweet, dark fruits, raisins, dates, brown sugar, liquorice. Medium body, fine carb with a sweet boozy finish. In it's heyday this was great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2019
at 21:53
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can shared at craft beer Co Islington. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a a loose off white head. Aroma is sweaty, amber malts, toffee, brown sugars, farmyard. Minty. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, medium sugars, sticky toffee, mint,. Cakey malts. Palate is semi sweet, earthy, waxy, medium sweet,
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2019
at 20:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cotts 2019. Hazy rum and dark fruit aroma. Dark chestnut. No head. Medium bitter. Dark fruit. Gains booze into the finish. Light-medium bodied. Oily. Flat carbonation. Long astringent finish. Nice enough but slightly subdued.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2019
at 20:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Cotteridge Wines V Ratebeer event; murky brown pour with a thin beige head, aroma has soy sauce and some bourbon hints, taste has dark malts, hot alcohol, a dashing of soy sauce.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2019
at 17:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Shared at the Cotteridge Convention 2019. Poured a murky medium brown with a bubbly off white head. The aroma is sweet toffee malt, boozy floral. The flavour is moderate sweet, with a smooth, rich, boozy, herbal, floral palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2019
at 14:30
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
At Cotteridge Convention V 2019. brown colour lasting beige head. light soy sauce some dark malt. a bit hot. Some good malt. a bit of booze. a bit too much.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2019
at 14:07
7/10
Tried
on 08 Jun 2019
at 14:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled picked up at Tebay Services a while back. It pours pretty much black with a tiny bubbly tan head. The aroma is rich roasted action, smokey filth, peat reek, dark chocolate, cacao, nibs, bit of rocky road, oiliness and maltesers. The taste is dry, bitter, rich roasted malt, loads of smoke, tobacco, peat reek, charred wood, burnt toast, toothy, peppery spice, tar, leather, umami, liquorice and boosty alcohol warmth. Full body and fine carbonation. Plenty of smoke going on with warming booze. Punchy stuff. Fun sipping ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2019
at 15:23
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2019
at 13:09