6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours hazy deep orange with a fully gone head. Light sweet malty aroma. Light sweet caramel malty flavoured initially. Medium bitter and slight sweet malt base following. Refreshing hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2009
at 04:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival 6th and 7th Feb 2009 Pours dark, dark brown with a light beige head, aroma is full in yer face chocolate and vanilla. This beer divided opinion like no other the ’marmite’ beer at this years festival, some people even suggesting that it was the sort of thing that should be poured over a rhubarb crumble and it nodded to the dessert stakes and not the beer arena. Taste was just so chocolatey and the vanilla actually overtook the chocolate with loads of really big streaks of vanila pods and cornish ice cream. I couldn’t drink much of this but what I did drink I liked. A8 A4 F7 P3 OV13 3.5
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Feb 2009
at 03:58
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpump at The Thomas Beckett, Canterbury. Copper thin beige head. OK condition. It’s a decent bitter, good malts and hop, don’t get me wrong, but I’ve drunk excellent beer all day. Decent bitter, some white pepper hop
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Feb 2009
at 10:29
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle at The Rake courtesy of MagicDave6. Ruby, thin white head. It’s a bit syrupy, some red fruits. Not a great, even slightly farty aroma. Syrupy fruits in the mouth. In fact, too syrupy for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2009
at 10:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Gallows Bird, Espoo, on 2009-01-23) Black. Small white head. Liquorice and roastedness in aroma. Full bodied and dry palate. Roastedeness, coffee, bitterness, liquorice and some burnt flavours. Roasty and bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2009
at 06:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask Conditioned at J.D. Wetherspoon - The Pommelers Rest, London
Black color. It has a mild aroma of chocolate malts. The flavor mixes very wel chocolate malts, some caramel (to bring in a light sweetness) and light roasted malt; there is a touch of cookies too; very harmonious and balanced. Really good.
Black color. It has a mild aroma of chocolate malts. The flavor mixes very wel chocolate malts, some caramel (to bring in a light sweetness) and light roasted malt; there is a touch of cookies too; very harmonious and balanced. Really good.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jan 2009
at 15:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask Conditioned at Market Porter, London
Hazy blond color; thin creamy head. Earthy aroma and flavor, malt flavor too, grainy; toffee; bold bitterness, but well balanced. Refreshing and very pleasant.
Hazy blond color; thin creamy head. Earthy aroma and flavor, malt flavor too, grainy; toffee; bold bitterness, but well balanced. Refreshing and very pleasant.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jan 2009
at 15:39
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Cask at JDW edinburgh ...Deep solid black... small tan head ...light sweet toffee roast nose ... nice smoothe coffee roast very nicly balanced ... good roast malts ... soft cofee low bitterness... big shocolate swet roast...bit heavy carbonated Cask at the Standing Order ... deep black ... chocolate roast nose ... meaty maltds ... berry fruits ... dark roast ... light chicken overtones 3.6
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2009
at 10:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
cask at JDW edinburgh ... copper .. bright hop ... bright light dry hop ... little bit fo grapefruit ... light bitter front.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2009
at 05:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Presumably ruby-amber coloured, literally pitch-black with a tanned lacy head, sticking to the glass. Dry roast-malty nose with some fruity undertones. Moderate dry bitter flavour, light to medium bodied. Lingering, dry roasted-bitter finish with hints of cacao. Good stuff............
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2008
at 05:59