7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle. Sample from Victoria at Stockbridge Market. Pours golden with a nicely proportioned head. The nose has some tropical fruits - pineapple comes to mind - and some flowers. The taste is a little fresher with canned peaches and again flowers. The palate is unusual for this style - more texture than I’d expect with also more sweetness - this seems to be typical of this brewer - the finish is still fairly clean but not dominatingly bitter like most examples of this style. This brewer seems to like malts on an equal par with hops which is nice to see. I wonder how he gets such texture - oat malt maybe or is his final gravity a little higher than most? Very interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2013
at 07:10
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33cl bottle - sample from Victoria at Stockbridge Market. Pours golden with a nicely proportioned head. The nose has honey primarily, perhaps even custard. The taste is a little fresher but still not reminiscent of other Pils except possibly a Bock. The palate is medium bodied and there’s a fairly substantial texture. Overall, a pils but not as we know it, Jim.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2013
at 07:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle - sample from Victoria at Stockbridge Market. Pours opaque black with a nice creamy fawn head. The nose is instantly liquorice and maybe even some charcoal. The taste is a little more creamy with gentle chocolate, more liquorice and some cream. The palate is probably the most impressive part of this - a really rich malt profile leads into a large but tight structure. The texture in the mid-section is still rich and very tight. The finish is elegant. Overall, a really well made Porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2013
at 07:01
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33cl bottle Sample from Victoria (brewer’s daughter) at Stockbridge Market. Apparently, it’s an Appleton Rum barrel. Pours amber to blonde in colour with a little cloudiness. The nose is sweet with honey and caramel notes with an oak finish. The taste has more honey, oak and caramel. Overall, a decent beer though I think the underlying beer needs more body to deal with the barrel influence.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2013
at 04:58
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours golden with tiny impurities and a white head. Sweet nutty nose. Medium body, sweet nuts and caramel with hardly any hops. A very mainstream Bitter. 050413
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2013
at 09:20
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, 4.3%. Slightly hazy golden with small white head. Aroma is malt, grainy and cardboard. Flavour is malt, grainy, medium sweet, hop and herbal.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2013
at 09:19
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt, bread, grass and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2013
at 09:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - lemon. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 050413
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2013
at 09:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
cask at blazer ... golden amber ... thin white lacing ... very sweet almost vanilla nose ... soft thin boddy ... quite sweet again vanilla ... light grassy finish
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Feb 2013
at 04:34
6/10
Bottle at home. Light, bitter and a bit too fizzy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2013
at 20:14