7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle conditioned: 23rd Sep 2015 at home, poured carefully into an Abbot Ale badged glass tankard. Slight haze to the golden/amber body, huge off-white blanket of foam on top. Yeasty and hoppy nose with the taste following along in the same way. Fruit notes along with a malty backbone blend well with the aforementioned hop and yeastiness: the finish is however all about the hops and a semi-bitterness. Pleasant and interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2015
at 15:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the 2015 Red Lion Beer Festival, Histon. Translucent dark ruddy brown. Almost no head. As much as the smoked malt comes through, the aroma is surprisingly subdued. The taste is sweet with bitter/umami edges provided by the smoky character. Another beer with a flat oily palate. Sigh. A good beer overall if not a game changer.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2015
at 14:57
8/10
Tried
on 02 Sep 2015
at 16:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
21st Aug 2015: hand-pulled pint in my local Wetherspoons. Burnt orange body with a smooth, white blanket of foam for a head. Assertive hop nose and taste, bitter yet with a malty backbone which battled with the hops for attention and some sweetness against the acidic nature of those hops. Very pleasant, tasted stronger than the 4.5% ABV it claims to be.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2015
at 04:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the mermaid St Albans. Light hazed golden coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is light caramel, hop leaf, light grass and hedgerow hop. Flavour is composed of light grains, little caramel, grassy hop,. Little rough round the edges. Solid berry bitterness. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation. Bitter hop resin.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2015
at 13:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle conditioned, opened on 17th Aug 2015 at home and poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard. Hazy, dull golden body, deep white blanket of white foam for a head. Over chilled, so no aroma at first, slowly the hops began to give off a pine and citrus nose. The taste is grapefruit flavoured and fairly bitter from the off. The body handles the alcohol well and the hops lead throughout the brew. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2015
at 17:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Leeds Beer Festival 2015. Chestnut-ruby coloured ale with a small head. Found this one more fruity than smoked, but it may not have travelled well to the festival.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2015
at 09:57
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Leeds Beer Festival 2015. Yellow-blonde coloured. Fruity, and quite sugary with its sweetness in both aroma and taste.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2015
at 09:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Not sure what message the name (or the pumpclip) sends out to our impressionable youth... but I’m rating the beer. Cask at the Admiral Benbow, Shrewsbury. Light to mid-gold with a suave creamy white head. Nothing in the aroma to suggest any individuality in the beer, but certainly inoffensive, pleasant even. Much improved taste: clean, sweetish, citrusy and balanced. Lemon drop in the finish. As bored as I am of these golden beers, many of them are quite nice and some are very good. This is quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2015
at 13:52
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Grain & Hop Store, Cambridge. Deep gold with a medium sized head. Buttery wheats smell. Sweet honeyed taste, goes down easily. Surprisingly short finish. Hard to get excited about, but it’s pleasant. I enjoyed drinking it, although I wouldn’t have another.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jul 2015
at 13:55