6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
One of my longest kept beers in my actual cellar, with a sell-by date of 2020, so the £2.25 I bought it for at a local off-licence must have been a year or so earlier. Nothing wrong with it once I removed the bottle top. Feels stronger than it is through deeper malty notes. A good pale ale hoppiness gets a look in too, especially in aroma.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Cheers Liquor Store
on 09 Mar 2025
at 19:22
5.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at Borough Arms, Crewe. Pours golden yellow with a medium sized foamy almost white head and good lacing. There’s floral hops and citrus in the aroma. In the mouth it is quite sweet but with an underlying unpleasant taste that I can’t put my finger on. Flavour has malts, citrus, mango and grapefruit with hints of melon and tropical fruit coming through later leading to a somewhat dry finish. This is OK, but a bit “meh”.
Tried
from Cask
at
Borough Arms
on 01 Mar 2025
at 00:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On cask at Ryries.
Appearance - jet black with a lovely tan to fawn head. Nicely proportioned.
Nose - coffee, molasses and general roast.
Taste - molasses, burnt wood and roast.
Palate - medium bodied with a dry roasty finish.
Overall - good old style dry stout.
Appearance - jet black with a lovely tan to fawn head. Nicely proportioned.
Nose - coffee, molasses and general roast.
Taste - molasses, burnt wood and roast.
Palate - medium bodied with a dry roasty finish.
Overall - good old style dry stout.
Tried
from Cask
at
Ryrie’s Bar
on 28 Feb 2025
at 21:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sharp cereal malts, lots of caramel, dark fruit and soft charry notes with a hint of grassy hops in the finsh. Good carbonation, and a perfect mouth feel. To me though, this leans closer to an english style barley wine.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
cask at ryries ...dark black ..small tan head ..soft sweet nutty roast malts nose..dry nutty woody ..Light burnt charcoal roast malts ...sift bitter burnt finish
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Feb 2025
at 14:39
Tried
from Cask
at
Ryrie’s Bar
on 26 Feb 2025
at 11:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF Winter, Rotherham. Feb 2025. Pours black with beige foam. Aroma & taste: dark choc, cocoa, mild coffee, oats, red fruits. Thin body as per the style, with soft carbonation. Fair flavours
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Feb 2025
at 23:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at Ryrie's. Pours black with a thick beige head. Aromas of red fruit and dark chocolate. Taste is cocoa, earthy malt and red fruit again. Light sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Ryrie’s Bar
on 16 Feb 2025
at 11:33
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Half pint on cask at the Hallcross beer festival.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Lots of chocolate
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Lots of chocolate
Tried
from Cask
at
Hallcross
on 08 Feb 2025
at 10:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
50cl bottle shared
Medium white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness
Medium white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2025
at 20:31