6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ The Fat Cat, Norwich, England NR2.Clear medium yellow orange amber color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, old malt, old apples. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (310708)
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Oct 2008
at 07:31
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[500ml bottle from The Little Beer Shop, Blofield, Norfolk] Gave this as a gift to my brother Jim, but he shared it with me anyway - cheers mate! Pours a deep ruby-black with no head. Tastes of liquorice & chocolate, but is a little weak and watery for the style. Slight bitterness, some malt. Follows through into a very dry, saddle-leather aftertaste. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2008
at 08:04
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask@GBBF2008. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is alcohol, sweet fruity hops and mild notes of berries. Flavour is quite much alcohol, sweet fruityness and quite harsh grassyness. Aftertaste is just alcohol and some grassyness. Somehow I came to think of a malt liquor meeting an ale when I had this...
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Aug 2008
at 01:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask@GBBF2008. Deep ruby red colour, not much head. Aroma is mild coffee, some dark berries and fruits along with mild sweetish wooden notes. Also some mild notes of raisins. Flavour is malts, raisins, sweetness and some mild coffee. Really pleasant and wellbalanced. Aftertaste is dark fruits and wood.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Aug 2008
at 00:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Dark brown with tiny off white head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and mild coffee notes. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, caramel and chocolate. Ends sweet.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2008
at 17:41
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Cask, Irish Pub next to St Andrews Hall Norwich. A pre wedding pint prior to Guy’s wedding. I fear that this wasn’t in the best condition as I was expecting a lot more from this. Came over as lacking any real body or character; watery and thin with a bland vaguely stale aroma. Will re rate at some point.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jul 2008
at 03:42
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Blond beer with a light head. The aroma is lightly hopped, and the flavour is strongly dry and hopped. Overall an average beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2008
at 15:36
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[On draught at the Green Gate Inn, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk] Finally found a pub serving decent quality real ale in Caister - although admittedly the choice was only this or Ruddles. Pours a pale orange-bronze with a large but diminishing head - this is an attractive pint! Soft carbonation leads into a very mellow, light-tasting pint - an earthy mellowness in the foregrouns with an odd sharpness behind that made me think of raspberries. In fact, summer fruits quickly came to dominate the flavour - this is very much an easy-drinking summer evening pint. However, there’s nothing outstanding about it, and it’s rather let down by a dusty bitter finish that doesn’t really fit in.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2008
at 18:34
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Appearance: Light brown. Small amount of fizzy, shortlived head. Some sediments. Aroma: Malt and some fruit and hops. Taste: Rather bitter, some malt and citric. Bitter, unpleasant aftertaste. Info: 500ml bottle, 22/1-2008
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2008
at 08:41
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Appearance: Orangy brown. Not much head. Slightly cloudy. Some sediments. Aroma: Some fruit and hops. Taste: Quite hoppy. A bit of fruit. Bitter aftertaste. Info: 500ml bottle, 28/7-2007, 179/500
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2008
at 06:31