7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home. Pours black, nose is vanilla, caramel, chocolate, little cheesy, taste is toffee,berries, chocolate, smoky, vanilla, coconut. 3.8
Tried
on 25 Jan 2025
at 16:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Wellington, Birmingham, late August. Clear gold, small white head. This one had a doughy malt, yeast, mango. Light prickly bitter finish. Light to mid bodied, low carbonation. It didn't quite work for me but was ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can from EeBria. Light cloudy amber with moderate sized white head. Aroma of toffee, sweet resin, grains, orange zest. Taste is nice if a little little disappointing, toffee grains, zest, syrupy resin, nice bitterness in back end but lacks a bit of depth. Still it's a barley wine so very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, pumpkin, vanilla, cinnamon, roasted, taste is similar, light bitterness. --- Beer merged from original tick of Is Anyone There on 19 Dec 2024 at 19:30 - Score: 7
Tried
from Can
on 19 Dec 2024
at 19:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Crewe Dog, Crewe. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with minimal off-white head and good lacing. The aroma has chocolate and spices with a hint of lactose. In the mouth it is briefly sweet with a slightly creamy texture before spices kick in and dominate with flavours of gingerbread and roasted malts plus hints of cloves. Some lactose comes through later leading to a dry and spicy finish. This is nice – gingerbread if evident but not overdone.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Dec 2024
at 22:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The Optimist, Sponden, Derbyshire, Wednesday 4th December 2024 in the company of Dad and Pauline. Pours dark brown with a slim off white head, gingerbread and gingerbread associated spices, had to rush to catch a bus but it's nice beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Dec 2024
at 16:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Creamy tan head on a mahogany coloured body. Liquorice, malt, berry & boozy tastes. Medium bodied, soft thinning out to a clean back. Blueberries, Parma Violets, liquorice, whisky & burnt tastes with a bitter finish. Nice enough.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2024
at 17:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Very dark brown with a loose uneven tan head. Creamy oats float over the burnt caramel, Ash, salt liquorice and bitter cooking chocolate in the aroma. Taste is overall sweet and creamy with a depth of flavour underneath. The finish is dry and ashy with suggestions of blackberry. Oily body, no carbonation. What a beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2024
at 16:58