Subsidiaries
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Amber coloured with small beige/gold head. Aroma is very sweet, creme brulee, malt, bit of coffee, caramel. Taste is equally sweet and sugarry. In fact pretty much the same as the smell. In spite of myself, I quite liked it, but it was definitely nothing that special and got a bit sickly the second time round.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:54
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, White Horse, Parsons Greene, London. Just a bit of hops in teh aroma. Bitter flavor with hints of oak and licorice. Medium bodied. Firm hoppy and herbal finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Malt and whisky aroma. Some roasted malt, coffee and apple. A firm bitterness. Some licorice. Nice, fairly complex and tasty ale with even a slight alcohol burn.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: frothy head, deep ruby brown color. Sweet muscat grapes aroma with some licorice. Butter, malt, caramel and grapes in the flavor. Some hops, but these are overpowered by the fruity sweetness. Cinnamon. Nice warming ale, in spite of it's modest alcohol content.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF 2019. Medium orange-amber with lace. Malty nose, some caramel, minerals, light, spicy hop. Mineral and citrus flavor, caramel malt. A bit thin and weak.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2019
at 07:44
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the mermaid St Albans. A ruby red amber coloured pour with a beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, nutty, mineral, toffee, earthy malts. Flavour is composed of toffee,, character malts, toast, dried fruits, pretty basic. Palate is semi sweet ok cask condition. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jun 2019
at 17:38
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask (handpump) @ #MBCF17, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2017 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, Manchester, Great Manchester, England M2 3GX. [ As Batemans XB ].Clear medium amber orange colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, caramel, light toasted. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, pale malt, caramel, sweet malt, light toasted. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170120] 5-3-5-3-10
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Dec 2018
at 09:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Victoria Lincoln. Dark ruby colour with a white head. Aroma berry fruity. Taste light to mid sweet. Full body.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2018
at 00:00
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle in Trade from Mark. Clear amber pour, mininal head. Sweet, tannic aroma. Taste too recalls tobacco, but comes off as too sweet. Just not liking this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2018
at 21:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle [2013 vintage, courtesy of Grumbo, thanks a lot!]. Brown-ish, ruby colour with thin, bubbly, off-white layer. Sweet-ish fruity and malty, minimally vinous aroma, notes of plum and cherry, a touch of dark berries. Taste is sweet-ish malty, notes of almond, fruity hints of plum and cherry, dark berries; minimally chocolately finish. A tad too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2018
at 17:46