Subsidiaries
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled (from Cracked Kettle). Golden colour, huge white foamy/fluffy head. Aroma is malts, some grassy hops and mild notes of hayishness. Flavour is honey, malts, grassy hops as well as some mild yeastyness. As it warms up, the malts get abit sweeter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2008
at 07:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Rerate, 330 ml bottle, from the Norwegian importer. ABV is 4.5%, 30 EBU. Bittering hops are Sladek and Amarillo, dryhopping with Sladek. So what makes this beer "English"? Not the hops, anyway. Hazy golden colour, large white head. Very nice aroma of fruity hops. Well balanced flavour, nice fruity hops, while the bitterness is moderate. Medium dry, light bodied, but not watery. Decent enough, but was possibly even better on cask. Original rating: Cask at the GBBF 2008, gravity dispense. Cloudy golden colour, moderate head. Nice fruity / berries aroma. Berries in the flavour too (blackcurrants, boysenberries) with a moderate but nice hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2008
at 06:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled (from Cracked Kettle). Reddish amber colour, big fluffy white head, some lace. Aroma is fruity hops along with grass and some mild barnyard. Flavour is alcohol, citrusfruits, mild yeast and hints of some apricot. Alcohol mixed with yeast in the finish gives a quite licoriceish finish to it all. Very pleasantly balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2008
at 15:02
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled@GBBF2008 (thanks Menno!). Hazy nutbrown colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel, alcohol and some mild yeastyness. Flavour is caramel malts, some spices, fruits and mild notes of alcohol. Alcohol gives a very warming feeling. 8 4 8 4 16
Bottled@home (thanks Menno!). A hazy nice very reddish ambery brown colour, with mediumsized beige head. Aroma is grass, caramel malts, some alcohol and mild notes of yeast and fruits. Flavour is bready malts, grass, flowery and fruity hops and some yeast. All in a pleasant mix. Finish is very grassy and dry. 8 5 8 4 17.
Bottled@home (thanks Menno!). A hazy nice very reddish ambery brown colour, with mediumsized beige head. Aroma is grass, caramel malts, some alcohol and mild notes of yeast and fruits. Flavour is bready malts, grass, flowery and fruity hops and some yeast. All in a pleasant mix. Finish is very grassy and dry. 8 5 8 4 17.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2008
at 12:50
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Served from the oak cask in which it had been aged, at the GBBF 2008. Room temperature, gravity dispense. Pitch black colour, minimal head. Intense aroma of tar, woodwork, coffee, liquorice and alcohol. Intensely roasty flavour with coffee, alcohol, tar, liquorice and dark bitter chocolate. Pretty impressive, but certainly not easy drinking.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2008
at 12:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle courtesy of hopscotch. Pours caramel brown with tan gead. Sweet caramel aroma and flavor. There are also flavors of dark fruits. Medium body with average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2008
at 22:50
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Rating # 500. Tap @ de Molen. Hazy dark-orange colour, thick white head. Aroma is yeasty and fruity. Flavour is light malty, with fruits and flowery hops. Ends bitter-dry. Nice one.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Aug 2008
at 13:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 33cl @ [ Tasting by Maria ].Unclear orange color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lancing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, citrus - lime, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (060608)
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2008
at 02:10
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
TK2 notes Cask at GBBF 2008 ... Deep black ... light swet vanilla malt nose ... rich roasts malts ... bit too much spirit ... quite a lot of vanilla. Tk1 notes to follow when i find them...3.9 TK1 ...Deep black ... little spirit in nose ... rich sweet juicy toffeee and vanilla ... Some chocolate and a little spirit warming 4.1.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2008
at 15:28
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at GBBF ... Hazy yellow ... banana bubblegum clove nose ... light mellow and fruity little sweet loads of hops in linger,
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2008
at 14:43