6.5/10
Cask at the Strugglers Inn, Pale golden colour with a white head. Fairly dry and fruity.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Strugglers Inn
on 07 Feb 2026
at 12:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. Clear golden, mid sized head. Aroma of xitrus, hay and apples. Mid dry with light body and cridp, rounfed mouthfeel. Slender bread, leaves, citrus and apples. Mid bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2026
at 16:57
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6.5
29/1/2026. Cask at the 17th Colchester Winter Ale Festival. Nice pour. Aroma is sweet, malty, citrus, straw, light tropical and mango notes. A little stewed and buttery. Quite sweet, light to moderate bitterness and body. Bitterness comes through a little more to finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jan 2026
at 12:50
7.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Morrisons. Clear amber/ruby body with a thin off-white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of chocolate, earth, caramel and malt loaf. Flavour of toffee, stewed tea and dried cranberries. Thin to medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. Tasty and moreish. The colour is great and there’s a nice sweet edge to it.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations)
on 25 Jan 2026
at 21:00
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2026
at 15:00
6.5/10
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2026
at 14:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Archibald Simpsons. It pours clear reddish brown with a medium, sturdy beige head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, dried fruits, raisin, sultana, toasted fruit cake, brown bread, touch of caramel, some tanginess and earth. The taste is bitter - sweet, firm dryness, brown bread, earthy, toasty grains, some warming spice, nuttiness and tree bark with a drying, toasty finish. Average body and moderate cask carbonation. Decent malt driven beer. Not super drinks el though, a half was fine.
Tried
from Cask
at
Archibald Simpson
on 16 Jan 2026
at 12:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle at home jan 2026 ...brewed jan 30 2006 ... dark red brown ...no head ..soft fruity blackcurrant toffee malts nose ..rich sweet malts ..big blackcurrant ..dark sweet soya malt
Tried
on 14 Jan 2026
at 18:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hand pulled half pint in the Crown Hotel, Nantwich on 17th December 2025. Black body, tanned roof. Burnt malty front with some fruity hop action within, mixture of chocolate malts and plums, other bits and bobs too.
Tried
from Cask
at
Crown Hotel
on 17 Dec 2025
at 15:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
cask at the Guildford arms ...deep red black ...small tan head ...soft sweet nutty chocolate roast malts nose ..soft woody chocolate roast malts ..dark roast ..big bitter ..slight burnt pine ..heavy roast charcoal finish. nice not had anything like it in a while ...but just touch too burnt for me
Tried
on 17 Dec 2025
at 12:48