6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle bought at Beautiful Beers, Bury St Edmunds. Hazy pale gold. Thick fluffy foamy white head. Aroma has grapefruit, lemon, malts, a hint of spice. Flavourwise we have a bitter streak. Tart edge. Grapefruit. Gooseberry. Woody. Earthy. Underlying sweetness is an afterthought. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Flat-soft carbonation..Long dry astringent finish. Relatively punchy but doesn't maintain my interest... one hop, one noted, perhaps.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Beautiful Beers
on 11 May 2025
at 20:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Draft
at
Briarbank Bar & Brewery
on 18 Apr 2025
at 12:49
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Apr 2025
at 12:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
18/4/2025. Draft at Briarbank’s Spring Beer Festival, Ipswich. Fruity. Husky. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
at
Briarbank Bar & Brewery
on 18 Apr 2025
at 12:48
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2025
at 15:42
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2025
at 15:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
29/3/2025. Bottle from Beautiful Beers, Bury St Edmunds. Pours clear dark red brown with a small frothy/creamy off-white head. Aroma is winter spiced, christmas cake, dried fruits, bread, toast, malt. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness, hint of mincemeat sour. Medium body, smooth, average carbonation. Mince pie finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Beautiful Beers
on 29 Mar 2025
at 11:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
7/2/2025. Cask at the 15th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Pours clear copper amber with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is fruity, biscuit, caramel, sweet malts, leafy, orange. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness and body. Smooth with soft carbonation. A very good ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Feb 2025
at 18:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Rating catch up. Shared 04/04/2021 with Dan and Grumbo. No full review but rating breakdown taken and discussed at the time.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 11:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers. Aroma is floral, caramel, pine/grass and yeast. Taste is very alcoholic, almost like wine, a touch spicy and caramelised banana. Nice.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 09:37