7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Lupe Pintos. Clear ruby/brown body with a thin beige head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of cherry, roasted malt and strawberry laces. Flavour of cherry and a hint of coffee. Medium body with a slick mouthfeel. Light fizz. A tangy and fruity porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2025
at 08:55
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Prince Arthur, Fleet. Clear brown. Thin foamy translucent white head. Aroma has sweet caramel. Followed by veg soup. Bitter peripheralness. Light. Thin. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Pleasent but unexciting.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Prince Arthur
on 09 Dec 2025
at 19:59
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading at 4.4% ABV.] An amber pour with a ring of white head; the aroma has biscuity malts with a hint of spice; the taste matches this and is rather sweet; then there’s a dry finish with an earthy bitterness. Quite pleasant and seasonal.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hope Tap
on 05 Dec 2025
at 13:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
A deep dark reddish copper porter with a thick frothy creamy lacing brown head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with light grassy hops, light fruity esters, light diacetyl, OK. In mouth, sweet caramel malt with light fruity esters, light chocolate, light mineral notes, pleasant. Cask at the Rocket (Wetherspoon), London.
Tried
from Cask
at
Rocket (JDW)
on 29 Nov 2025
at 19:33
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle. Pours black with a small head. Aroma is milk chocolate and vanilla, a touch on the artificial side. Taste is quite artifical, with chocolate to start and vanilla on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2025
at 21:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half pint on cask at the gate house jdw.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear light amber pour. Light herbal bitterness
Medium creamy off white head. Clear light amber pour. Light herbal bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
The Gate House (JDW)
on 19 Nov 2025
at 17:22
7/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Stockbridge Tap (2017) and nitro can from House Of Trembling Madness (2025). Clear ruby/brown body with a medium beige head that holds well. Faint lacing. Aroma of wood, Ribena and tinned peach. Flavour of tea, underripe plum and a hint of bubblegum. Thin to medium body with a slick mouthfeel. Tangy and interesting, but one is enough.
Tried
from Can
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Lendal)
on 31 Oct 2025
at 08:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Deep dark brown, near black, with a frothy tan head and a really quite mellow roasted malt with a hint of cherry aroma. Creamy smooth, roasted malt up front, with tart cherry, the alcohol hit punches you a wee bit, some coffee bitterness and a hint of treacle weighs in ahead of a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
White Hart
on 29 Oct 2025
at 14:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Thursday 16th October 2025. Cobweb tasting session with four friends, almost every beer being very old or just 'out of date' (mostly very old). My place being the venue. The flip top 750ml bottle of this was well in date (we had to have some decent beers) and was a welcome break from the cobwebs, cheers Mark. Deep ruby red body, beige roof. Mild cherry flavour with an almond undertone, fairly sweet and not as rich or decedent as you'd expect from a 'Grand Reserve' with Amaretto added, all a little too subtle for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2025
at 17:30
7.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap (cask) at the Banker's Vaults, Monday 13th October 2025 in the company of Keef Mullin his son Carl and my dad. Pours deep, dark brown chestnut maybe darker actually this is really deep brown with a lovely creamy textured off white head, this really is a looker and poured close to perfection. There is a glint of red as I lift it towards the light. Big fruitiness, clearly plum but rich and very full in the mouth, lots of malt, this is so much better than expected and yet I knew from what's Keef and Carl said it's good and in cracking form.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Oct 2025
at 12:50