6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Tamworth beer festival 05/09/2025. A light hazed nutty brown coloured pour with no head. Aroma is semi sweet, woody roast. Pine, brown bread. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded grains, pine tips, woody roast. Meaty. Palate is semi sweet grains, mellow cask condition. Ok
Tried
on 06 Oct 2025
at 22:07
7/10
Cask at Tamworth Beer Festival 2025
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Sep 2025
at 16:06
6/10
Cask at Tamworth Beer Festival 2025
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Sep 2025
at 16:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at Tamworth Beer Fest. Aroma is tangy. Murky dark cola. Thinnest beige head. Aroma has berries and coffee. Flavourwise it is similar with added tang. Light-medium bodied. Slick to oily. Soft carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2025
at 10:15
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the 31st Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms Tamworth, day 2 - 05/09/2025.
Lighter shade of black topped with a thin tan head.
Nose is chocolate, roast malts, charr, earthy fruit rinds.
Taste comprises cocoa powder, dark malts, spice, charr, tangy dried fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Okay stout.
Lighter shade of black topped with a thin tan head.
Nose is chocolate, roast malts, charr, earthy fruit rinds.
Taste comprises cocoa powder, dark malts, spice, charr, tangy dried fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Okay stout.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2025
at 12:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the 31st Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms Tamworth, day 2 - 05/09/2025.
Moderately hazed golden orange topped with a just off white head that thins to a swirl.
Nose is grass, herb, straw, dull fruit esters.
Taste comprises straw, green hop bite, modest citric notes, grains, hay bale.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close tinged with an earthy bitter edge.
Tidy enough offering.
Moderately hazed golden orange topped with a just off white head that thins to a swirl.
Nose is grass, herb, straw, dull fruit esters.
Taste comprises straw, green hop bite, modest citric notes, grains, hay bale.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close tinged with an earthy bitter edge.
Tidy enough offering.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2025
at 12:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (gravity) @ 36th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2019 - Day 1 at 🇬🇧 The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England.
[ As Vine Inn Vanilla Porter ].
ABV: 4.5%. ✅ Clear medium to dark brown colour with a average, frothy and open, good - fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - roasted, chocolate, vanilla, sweet malt, dark malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, dark malt, chocolate, sweet malt, vanilla. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20191203]
6-3-7-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Nov 2024
at 09:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle split at CCV, thanks to whoever brought this one, Cotteridge Wines 08/06/19. Hazed golden orange with a good sized off white head. Nose is grass, orange peel, straw, toasted malts. Taste comprises ripe fruit esters, bready notes, grains, dusty hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok pale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2021
at 12:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
28/2/2020. Cask at the Leicester Beer Festival 2020. Pours clear golden with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of Sorachi Ace hop, citrus, syrup, sweet malt and biscuit with a touch of herb. Medium sweetness and bitterness. Moderate body, creamy texture. Distinctive Sorachi Ace ale. Liked this.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Feb 2020
at 19:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
28/2/2020. Cask at the Leicester Beer Festival 2020. Pours clear straw gold with a bubbly off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit, pomelo, hops, citrus and tropical fruits. Light to moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body. Earthy, lemon finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Feb 2020
at 19:48