6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle care of Leighton. It pours deep amber with a small off-white head. The nose is earth, toast, muffin, orange sponge cake, citrus peel and brown bread. The taste is bitter-sweet, bready, orange sponge cake, muffin, apricot and light alcohol. Medium body and moderate carbonation. A bit hot and sweet, but pretty alright actually!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2014
at 12:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the NWAF, Derby ’14. Amber pour with a white head. Citrus and toffee aroma. Sweet fruit and toffee flavour. Malt laden finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2014
at 08:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared at the Scopey 5K tasting. Snagged at the Kris Wines a few years back. Pours clear, vibrant gold with a creamy head. The nose has a bit of alcohol presence along with ripe citrus and mild, bready malts. Fairly sweet with more pronounced bready malts now, dried citrus and other fruits, mild earth. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation and oily mouthfeel. Light warmth to finish with sugary bread, light toffee, suggestions of oxidation, more aged fruits, faint woody dryness. Very nice though not as good as the VF.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2014
at 04:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at the Scopey 5K tasting. Picked up at Kris Wines way back when. Pours clear gold with a frothy white head. Dried fruits on the nose with sturdy, bready malts as well. Medium to big sweet flavor with rich malt structure, lots of ripe fruits, dates, bread. Full bodied with fine carbonation and lightly oily texture. Moderately warming on the finish with rich and bready malts, heavy sweet fruit cake, toffee, aged fruits. Lovely. Great balance. Has aged quite well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2014
at 04:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask, gravity at Derby, Roundhouse, NWAF, Saturday 22nd February 2014 in company of Loz, dad and Pauline. Pours straw/light gold clear as yer’ like. Little bit of malt and interestingly a little touch of cheesiness. A tickly gentle bitterness its a bit malty perhaps but very fresh. Nice little tang at the end, its little dry, a nice beer. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.4
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Feb 2014
at 00:17
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the CAMRA NWAF ’14, Derby. Very dark brown, almost translucent with a wispy beige head. Scent of astringency, malt of seawater. Taste is sweet with a bitter interloper burrowing through the taste buds. A crisp and refreshing strong ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Feb 2014
at 12:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask, gravity at Derby, Roundhouse, NWAF, Saturday 22nd February 2014 Pours black with barely a bubble to be seen. Really chocolatey, really chocolatey but good quality dark Belgian chocolate. Wonderfully hoppy with a great bitterness thats tempered by the chocolate. Nigel has done another cracker here, great beer. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 3.9
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Feb 2014
at 04:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Cask @ NWAF ’14, Derby. Dark gold. Grassy, sweet shop (barley sugar) aroma. Heavenly sweet taste punctuated by alcohol. Nice sticky palette. This is a tasty beer that’ll knock you out and is well worth the state it’ll put you in.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Feb 2014
at 04:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
275ml bottle [#918 of 1300]. Clear, reddish, dark copper colour with late awakening, small to average, creamy, fairly lasting, ochre-beige head. Moderately sweet fruity aroma, notes of raspberry and other red red berries, cherry, background-ish caramel and toffee. Taste is moderately sweet malty, notes of caramel, toffee, fruity interludes with hints of plum, cherry and red berries; soft, sticky palate, oily texture. A wonderful sipper with flattering sweetness and softness. Would have stored some more if I’d had the chance - and if I’d known duly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2014
at 13:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled 275ml PBFVIII vintage 2009
Hazy ruby color, small white head. Some toffee aroma, light cellar. Medium-bodied. Toffee, alcohol, light bitterness. Nice dessert beer. Oy?
Hazy ruby color, small white head. Some toffee aroma, light cellar. Medium-bodied. Toffee, alcohol, light bitterness. Nice dessert beer. Oy?
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2013
at 05:05