Subsidiaries
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[i] Cask at JDW. Penny Black, Bicester 22-09-07 [/i] Poured dark golden, with tight white head. Some light hoppy notes but quite weak aroma, tasted quite sweet heavily leaning towards vanilla with sweet malts. Not bad as, one trick ponies go.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Sep 2007
at 11:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Old Sport, Dursley, Gloucs, 28/9/07. Amber with a slight, off-white head. Aroma of spicy fruit and grassy hops. Flavour started sweet before a dry finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2007
at 14:02
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ St Aldates Tavern, Oxford. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Fruity malty and slightly hoppy aroma with some hints of caramel. Sweet malty fruity flavor with some hints of caramel. Fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2007
at 02:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[i] Cask at the Butchers Arms, Fringford, Oxfordshire, 02-09-07 [/i] Had a pleasant cycle ride here today and a jolly nice pint of Batemans XB Best Bitter, amber in colour, small white head, fruity and bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Sep 2007
at 12:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
[i] Cask,The Rock of Gibraltar Beer Festival, Enslow, Oxon, 01-09-07 [/i] In fact this beer was just one of the regular beers on at the pub rather than being for the beer festival that was being held over the weekend. Poured amber with tangy fruity aroma, this followed through into the taste some residual sweetness hanging around, interesting if not exceptional beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Sep 2007
at 01:32
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ The Gatehouse,JDW, Highgate. Pours a clear pale yellow color with a small white head. Sweeet malty fruity citrus aroma. Sweet malty fruity flavor with some citrus hints. Sweet malty finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2007
at 00:21
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Gold/copper colour with lasting thin beige head. Some toffee on aroma. Some herby hop. Decent condition. Quite zingy on the finish. The finish is pretty good. It is ok. Hop is good but aroma is not great.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2007
at 06:28
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
500ml bottle from Sainsburys. Gold with an off-white head that faded immediately; initial aroma of hay and apricots, becoming more floral; light and biscuity with some bitterness and some sweetness, but not developing much in the way of a finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2007
at 11:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ Wellington, B2, Birmingham. Unclear medium yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light malty, roasted, and moderate hoppy, flowers. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2007
at 07:59
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Amber with a slight white head. Aroma of sweet caramel with some tired hops. Flavour was of sweet fruit, almost marmalade like with an ok bitter finish. More evidence that pasteurised bitter is not a good idea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2007
at 16:08