7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 7
Bottle at home from the bumper bundle I picked up from the brewery. Good pour and an oh so classic English IPA. Huge bitterness that perfectly cut across the palate. This is my kind of beer.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hook Norton Brewery Visitor Centre
on 13 Oct 2025
at 18:12
5.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Deep brown with a tan head. Malty but very watered down, tangy fruits, a bit of earth. Medium thin body. Mid.
Tried
from Cask
at
Caley Picture House
on 12 Oct 2025
at 20:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Half a pint on cask at the red lion jdw.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate
Tried
from Cask
at
The Red Lion (JDW)
on 12 Oct 2025
at 16:36
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5
Texture 7
Overall 5.5
Wetherspoon 2025 Autumn Beer Festival. Ale#17 of 26 untried possibilities at the fest. Very dark reddish-brown coloured. Fairly flavourless dark malts, perhaps too 'mild' in most respects.
Tried
from Cask
at
Regal Moon (JDW)
on 10 Oct 2025
at 14:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear mahogany brown black coloured pour with a lasting light tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, tangy dark fruit, rye bread, some burnt toast, woodland walk. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty layered dark malts, hint of smoke, fruit and nut, tangy fruits. Palate is semi sweet, little thin, mellow cask condition. Decent mild.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2025
at 12:31
6/10
Tried
from Can
on 09 Oct 2025
at 19:38
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2025
at 17:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Moon Under Water, Cheltenham. Dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is malty, dark fruits, slightly nutty. Taste is malty, sweet, dark/berry fruit, slightly nutty and chocolatey, light bitterness. Light bodied, thin. Just okay.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Moon Under Water
on 09 Oct 2025
at 13:10
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Cornfield Garage, Eastbourne. Poured a clear almost black colour with a thin, broken, off-white head. The aroma is roasty, malt, nutty. The flavour is light bitter, with a light, watery, herbal, light nutty, light hop bitter palate. Light bodied with flat carbonation. A poor example of the style.
Tried
from Cask
at
Cornfield Garage (JDW)
on 08 Oct 2025
at 21:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Cask at Paramount, Manchester. Pours a dark (almost very dark) reddish-brown with a small foamy cream head and good lacing. There’s malts and berry fruits in the aroma plus some herbal hints. In the mouth it is quite sweet but with a little underlying bitterness and a somewhat watery texture. Flavour of malts and hedgerow fruits with hints of cola coming later. Finish is slightly dry and fruity. This is reasonable but fairly nondescript.
Tried
from Cask
at
Paramount
on 08 Oct 2025
at 13:30