2.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
Pale amber with a small, white head. Aroma of grain, burnt rubber. Dry grainy flavour, absolutely awful.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2009
at 04:36
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 66cl. @ chris_o’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2008. [ As St Judes John Orfords Strong Chocolate Malt ].Clear medium amber color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, roasted, fruity, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (020808)
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2008
at 02:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Golden colour, small beige head. Aroma is nectar, fruits, some sweet wood and mild notes of sourness. Flavour is medicine, fruity hops as well as mild licorice and quite much mouldy/earthyness. Probably infected, but I liked it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2008
at 04:51
3.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
Bottle at Chris_o pre GBBF Shindig 08. Hazy amber, thin off white head. Infected. Eek. Mouldy. Musty. Nasty. Rubber.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2008
at 12:30
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Amber with medium white head. Sweet fruity aroma with caramel notes. Sweet fruity flavor with grassy notes.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2008
at 15:51
2/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
[500ml Bottle from The Real Ale Shop, Wrentham, Suffolk] All I can say by way of excuse is that an old chap with a beard in the shop insisted I buy this - his reasoning was "you’ve got to have it, it’s blue". I now realise that, despite being the wrong side of the counter, he must have actually been the owner of the shop, looking out for unwary customers (me) onto whom he could offload his most grotesque beers. It pours an unattractive murky blue-green, with a head like used soap suds. It took me several minutes to summon up the courage to taste it. Frankly, it looks like economy toilet cleaner, and smells and tastes more than a little soapy too. It does eventually attain some fruity sweetness, leaving a sickly syrup coating on the inside of your now blue mouth. This is horrible, avoid it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2008
at 16:39
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity at Pigs Ear BF 07. Probably had more fun working out how to pronounce this than drinking it (decided it was an early spelling of Ipswich). Bit of haze, no head. Citrusy hop aroma. Bit of odd soap. On the verge of being very good. Good hop, pepper.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2008
at 10:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask conditoned at Pig’s Ear 2007. Black, thin beige head. Lots of spice and cinnamon on this. Nice though especially if you like cinnamon like me.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2007
at 09:47