5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle shared at level 42. It pours darkest ruby / near black with a medium tan head. The aroma is rich roasted malt, cacao nibs, Eccles cake, dark fruits and some fruit compote. The taste is smooth initially, rich roasted malts, charred wood, treacle, peppery spice, dark fruits, dried berry, burnt cake, earthy, mild astringency and a bit of plastic with dry, charred finish. Medium body and average carbonation. I had high hopes, but this is very charred and burned. Fair.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2016
at 12:17
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle at Level 42, thanks to Paulo, 27/07/16. Light black with a decent tan head. Nose is dusty hops, spice, brown bread, dark fruit rinds, black pepper. Taste comprises peppery spice, earthy hop notes, light pine, red berry must, charr. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Not a great, a little overly tarte and woody tasting, hops are subdued.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2016
at 12:17
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Paul. Pours clear, deep brown with a frothy, beige head. Some musty earth in the aroma, damp grass, orange peel, leaves, plastic. Light sweet flavour with harsh bitterness, burnt plastic, ashy roast, baking cocoa. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Astringent finish, with more plastic, damp earth, harsh baking cocoa. Really rough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2016
at 12:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
28th May 2016
Hazy gold beer, tidy white head. Palate is light and semi dry with reasonable fine carbonation. Light malts, mildly sweet, Soapy salty hops. Dry pithy bitterness, some grapefruit. Dry soapy bitter finish. Yuuuuuuck! Must be a duff bottle - I hope! 1.9
3rd January 2018
Light haze on this gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, decent fine carbonation. Smooth malts, mild creamy sweetness. Decent orange and orange peel. Touches of skunk and spice. Little bitter floralness. Light semi dry finish. Wow! Quite an improvement.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2016
at 09:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from 3@3, Ely. Colour is somewhere between dark gold and orange/copper. A bit hazy with not so much visible carbonation. Aroma is promising if a bit unbalanced: pine resin and papaya play second fiddle to a naked alcohol intensity. The taste is a big ’wow’: tropical fruit and sticky bubblegum sweetness tempered by a strong bittering hop. The bitterness in the finish might be slightly OTT for my personal taste, bit the sweet resinous aftertaste makes up for it. The body’s a bit thin, almost watery, and I think a bit more carbonation would have been nice, as it is it feels a little bit flat. But all in all it’s a tasty IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2015
at 15:43
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle from 3at3, Ely. Very close to black, with an impressive - if slightly loose - khaki head. Smell is liquorice, spruce, dark chocolate, vanilla, forest fruit. Taste is an incredibly heady sweet with a hoppy bitter kick. Salt liquorice dominates the aftertaste. Full body, massive carbonation and a huge alcohol hit in the finish. Malt feels a bit burnt in the aftertaste... but that’s being picky. Otherwise exemplary.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2015
at 15:23