Subsidiaries
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Calverts Court, Stockport. Pours very dark reddish-brown with a small foamy tan head. There’s a slightly off-putting aroma of roasted malts mixed with potatoes and cabbage. In the mouth it is sweet and smooth with a creamy texture, though somewhat watery as well. Flavour is roasted malts and strong coffee, with some hints of liquorice coming through later. Finish is a blend of sweet and bitterness. This is decent, but takes a bit of getting used to.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2024
at 20:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle bought as part of a delivery from Beers of Europe and drunk at home. Ruddy brown and a bit cloudy with a small ring of beige head. Figs and brandied raisins on the nose, lots of fruited caramel, pretty boozy notes. Sweet, sweet, sweet taste, lots more fig, sugary caramel. A gentle bitterness in the finish. Thick body, very low carbonation. Actually pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2024
at 22:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Peterborough beer festival 2024. A deep orange coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is caramel, orange. Toffee., grass brown leaves. Flavour is composed of semi sweet. Grass, dirty grass. Jammy notes. Assertive. Burnt leaves. Palate is semi sweet, creamy, decent cask condition.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2024
at 15:01
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Süßlicher Beginn ohne viel Hintergrund. Mild herb-malzig, deutlich bitter, schwacher Körper, dunkle Fruchtnoten. OK. 9/6/8/6/7/6
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2024
at 19:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
5th beer in my mini-tasting with Bertie (my 11 year old Border Collie), Margie is at the Shrewsbury Flower Show with friends. 9th August 2024, late afternoon, 500ml bottle from Beers of Europe; BBE March 2025. Poured into a UK pint vase shaped glass in my dining room. Slight haze to my amber pour, beige topping. Semi-sweet malty front, not a lot of hop action early on, they kick in a bit later. Caramel like sweetness gives way to some bittering hop in the finish, no citrus fruits were harmed in this brew!
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2024
at 16:52
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
75cl bottle @ final beer tasting, Chez Sophie, Aug 24. Thanks Mark for this. Troublesome tight champagne cork but got there in the end. Pours chestnut brown, medium white head. Jeremy sums it up well. Mediocre, lacklustre malty beer, a bit sombre and boring, nothing remarkable about it all, little hoppy presence which is a shame considering their efforts. Happy Birthday to Elgoods all the same 🎉
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2024
at 19:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Monday 5th August 2024, the last Minutemat led Shrewsbury Beer Gathering, five guys, loads of beer and bollox. Cheers Mark for the cork and caged 75cl bottle of this. Light golden body, wispy white head. I was expecting a little more for a 225 year celebration to be honest. Decent enough beer but it didn't cry out 'CELEBRATION' or 'SPECIAL' to me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2024
at 10:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark reddish brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of sweetish plums, red fruits, dark malt. Taste of mild sweetish plums, dark red malt nuts.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2024
at 07:05
6/10
Smooth mild beginning. Malt there, very dry. Hints of dark fruit, plums, roasted grain. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2024
at 21:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading on (appropriately) St George's Day. Leaving aside the thorny issue of England needing a more appropriate patron saint, let's move into the beer. It's rusty orange-brown in hue with a lasting beige head. It tastes of red berries and stewed apple and burnt caramel and black tea and (oddly) a hint of pork crackling. It's sweetish with a moderately bitter finish. It is (appropriately) a fairly standard English bitter. Quite drinkable though.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2024
at 09:05