8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hand-pulled pint in my local Wetherspoons on 30 Nov 2012. Deep Ruby body with a foaming tan coloured head. All coffee with a slight bitterness throughout. Hints of dark chocolate within the flavours but this majors on the coffee part of its name more than the stouty bit. I enjoyed it (I like coffee) and would have had another: but I was on a mission, so had to move on.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2012
at 23:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml Bottle conditioned: best before Sep 2013, poured carefully into a Uk pint sleeve on 26 Nov 2012. As the name suggests, this is a red brew: the weak, thin head being white and wispy. The smell is yeasty, dark berries and slightly sour. Taste wise it follows the aromas: might be a bit green (as in young) because it doesn’t sit right in the mouth and is a bit sour for a UK brew. Those dark berries give it a real fruity feel, yet the sourness doesn’t go away and the promised hoppy finish struggles to break through, it is there, but not as pronounced as promised on the labelling. Different and interesting: not really my cup of tea, but glad I’ve had one (it’ll only be the one).
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2012
at 14:25
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ The Charles Dickens, 160 Union Street, London, Greater London, England SE1 OLH.Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, spicy, nutmeg, light to moderate ginger. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, spicy, sweet spicy, sweet sweet, nutmeg, earthy note. Body is medium to medium full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20111229]
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Nov 2012
at 08:13
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Ye Cracke, 13 Rice Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England L1 9BB.ABV: 3.6%. Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120116]
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Oct 2012
at 06:10
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Weatherspoons; amber in colour, grassy flavour with a malty backbone small amount of hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Sep 2012
at 01:18
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Cherry Tree, Catthorpe - 16/05/12. Clear amber, thin white head. Mild hop aroma - pretty boring. Fruit taste, dull malt flavour, medium bodied and generally zzzzz boring.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2012
at 14:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@The Cornubia, Bristol. Deep golden colour, small white head. Leaves nice lace. Aroma is fruity, floral nectary, sweet malts as well as some slight wooden notes. Flavour is citrus, wood, floral fruity and nectary. Quite sweet brew.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2012
at 04:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12th May 2012 saw me on a pub crawl of Shrewsbury: Mild in May is a CAMRA thing, so I had one every time I saw one (or tried too). Hand pulled pint in ‘The Coach and Horses’: dark brown body with a beige head. The aromas given off were of roasted/toasted malts, caramel and other semi-sweet molasses, almost burnt smell at times. Rich is the wrong word, but this was full of flavour: over cooked malts being the main taste, they in turn reminded me of ground coffee, dark chocolate and malt loaf. Another good beer from a fine brewery
Tried
on 16 Aug 2012
at 08:18
4.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Wonderful golden coloured ale. Light bodied and very light texture hides most of the bitterness.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2012
at 09:15
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Infamous Parliamentary ale which is weak in character, but crisp with a decent nose.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2012
at 05:13