Subsidiaries
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Rerate, 500 ml brown bottle, at Cardinal, Stavanger. ABV is 4.4%. Clear and reddish brown colour, moderate white head. Aroma of malts, caramel, brittle, burnt breadcrumbs and earthy hops, hints of forest, moss and dark berries. The flavour has again malts, caramel and burnt breadcrumbs, followed by earthy hops. Bitter and roasty aftertaste. I'm upping the score a little.
Original rating, June 2007: 500 ml bottle, from the fridge (= too cold) at Arnie’s Coffee Bar / Bistro, Whitby. ABV was 4.4%. Brown colour, fizzy, minimal head. Reasonably hoppy aroma with some "boiled" malty notes. Brown ale flavour, some caramel and toffee.
Original rating, June 2007: 500 ml bottle, from the fridge (= too cold) at Arnie’s Coffee Bar / Bistro, Whitby. ABV was 4.4%. Brown colour, fizzy, minimal head. Reasonably hoppy aroma with some "boiled" malty notes. Brown ale flavour, some caramel and toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Cardinal
on 08 Mar 2024
at 00:08
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Panda at home, thanks to Graham Grumbo, 07/03/24. Almost clear golden to light amber with an off white cap that retains as a swirl. Nose is passionfruit, light tropical fruit esters, grass, melon, sweet tones. Taste comprises much the same, mango, fruit syrup, grass, sugars, orange peel, straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with modest hop bitterness. Passable fayre ... comes over tasting of overly sweet tropical fruit adjuncts like a formulaic DIY home brew kit for an IPA.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2024
at 19:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
17/2/2024. Bottle from Waitrose, Peterborough. Pours clear deep orange bronze with a small frothy just off-white head. Aroma is ripe mango, sweet passion fruit, orange marmalade, biscuit, malt, hints o rubbery pine. Taste is sweet fruits, with moderate bitterness. Moderate body, soft but slight prickly carbonation. Decent effort, if a little forced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2024
at 11:15
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
From cask at Ship & Shovel with Sindre and Sigurd 15.02.24. Golden. White head and lacing. Aroma and taste of old and dry lemons, pale malt. Slightly metallic.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Feb 2024
at 18:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Tesco, Aberystwyth. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a mostly lasting frothy off-white head. The aroma is roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. The flavour is moderate sweet, with a smooth, roasty, sweet caramel, chocolate, coffee, lactose, light liquorice bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2024
at 00:27
7/10
I know a guy who always brings me back beer from Dorset. But like all nice guys, he’s moving to Texas!
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2024
at 18:19
6.5/10
Tried
on 17 Jan 2024
at 18:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle as a present. Clear pale brown colour lasting beige head. Passion fruit aroma. OK pale ale some tropical fruit some bitterness. Pretty forgettable. OK pale ale
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2024
at 17:48
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
tan head, very dark brown A - milky coffee/cappuccino with extra caramel/vanilla added T - similar to aroma, it got better as it warmed up a bit. When cold there was maybe a bit too much toffee/caramel for my liking, but as it warmed the bitternes seemed to come though a bit more and make it slightly less cloying quite highly carbonated for a stout
Tried
on 28 Dec 2023
at 21:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
--Sample, thanks oh6gdx! -- Clear mahogany colour, small head. Aroma of toffee and red berries. Sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Fruity with toffee, sugar and berries. Low bitterness.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2023
at 20:47