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
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
7/10/2025. Cask at wetherspoon beer festival, at the Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds. Pours fine. Aroma is mild, malty, chocolate, dark fruit, hedgerow, slightly nutty and flowery. Quite weak and very watery. Drying bitter finish. Aroma/look is fine and I like a mild but this is lacking even allowing for its abv.
Tried
from Cask
at
Corn Exchange (JDW)
on 07 Oct 2025
at 15:03
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A tawny coloured pour with a red glint and a tight beige head; earthy malt aroma; smooth malty taste with a fresh leafy bitterness; and a clean earthy finish. A pleasant Mild.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 06 Oct 2025
at 11:13
7/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Fine overall. Pretty dry, not overly sweet. Quite a bit of ashy tobacco, earth, burnt toast. Smooth with velvety texture. Drying finish. Easy-drinking mild.
Tried
from Cask
at
Baxter's Court (JDW)
on 03 Oct 2025
at 16:26
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask handpull at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Dark cola colour lasting beige head. Fairly typ8cal dark mild. Some velvety dark malts and dark chocolate. Some tar flavour. Some dark fruits flavour.Finosh is smooth and a bit more chocolate and tar. Decent. Good condition
Tried
from Cask
at
County Hotel
on 02 Oct 2025
at 11:37
Tried
from Cask
at
The Commercial Rooms
on 30 Sep 2025
at 23:00
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gyllen brun med lys beige skum. Lukter karamell, urter og malt. Smaker malt, urter, smør og karamell. Lett og kort.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2025
at 19:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home from the brewery. A great example of a classic English bitter. Very well balanced beer with malt and bitter hops in harmony.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2025
at 16:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home from the brewery picked up during my birthday trip. Good pour and for 4.4%there is a huge amount going on. Rich hops, dark malt and a real mouthfeel. Really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2025
at 18:06