7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the 2020 Leicester Beer Festival. Dark gold and clear with a tiny film of white head. Sharp aroma, with cooking herbs and overripe oranges. Sweet taste with a pushback from the spicy soapy bitterness of the Sorachi Ace hop. Sugary buttered notes in the finish. This is Sorachi Ace in all its clunky glory. They nailed it.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Feb 2020
at 19:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Pigs Ear 2019 - Hackney. Pours clear reddish-gold with a creamy, white head. Has some doughy malts, light caramel, notes of ripening berries as well. Medium bodied, lightly oily, with fine carbonation. Decent balance in the finish, nips of butterscotch. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Dec 2019
at 18:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Pigs Ear 2019 - London. Pours clear brown with a bubbly, white head. Dry, with mellow ashy roast, vanilla extract, light earthy bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. FInishes with more ashy roast bitterness, unimpressive vanilla notes. So so.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Dec 2019
at 20:34
2/10
Tried
on 08 Dec 2019
at 08:39
2/10
Tried
on 08 Dec 2019
at 07:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at pigs ear 2019. A clear reddy amber coloured pour with a halo of beige head. Aroma is nutty, raisin, hint of maple, brown malts. Palate is semi sweet, thin, mellow cask condition. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty malts, white raisin.. Cakey. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Dec 2019
at 18:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at pigs ear 2019. A. Clear nutty brown coloured pour with a lasting loose light tan. Aroma is nutty malts twiggy, bark. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty raw grains, toasted malts, hint of vanilla, custard. Palte is grainy, fine carbonation. Meh.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Dec 2019
at 15:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from the Vine Inn, Rugeley. Reddish brown, translucent with a ring of off-white head. Aroma is full of carob with strong notes of stone fruit. The taste is sweet and quite boozy for the ABV. Massive note of chocolate cherry to the fore, fading to a gentler bittersweet finish. Heavy carbonation. I think the extra carbonation from bottling suits this malt-heavy beer. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2019
at 16:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Handpull cask at the Vine Inn, Rugeley. Mid- to dark brownish gold. Clear with an off-white head. Malty aroma, some citrus on the nose, a bit of smoke - or is that from the nearby fire? - and some TCP. Bittersweet taste with a pronounced and distracting vegetal character. Long finish with some citrus peel bitterness. Soft carbonation. Not particularly grapefruit-y but a drinkable if unexciting beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2019
at 14:51
6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Handpull cask at the Vine Inn, Rugeley. Dark golden brown with a big tight white head. Malty bready aroma. Taste is similarly malt-driven without any noticeable hop kickback. Long sweet finish, flat yet full body. Decent enough but very same-y throughout and quite heavy for the relatively low ABV.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2019
at 14:31