7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Nose is liquorice toffee, dark chocolate, caramel, raisin, cocoa. Taste is cookie dough, chocolate, caramel, toffee. Quite nutty. Malty sweet with a lightly bitter edge.
Tried
from Draft
at
Star & Garter
on 20 Dec 2025
at 14:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
330ml can. Pours jet black with a medium head. Aroma is bitter beefy roast, dark chocolate, liquorice and vanilla. Taste has vanilla and dark chocolate throughout, with marzipan on the finish. Some spicy booze.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Dec 2025
at 20:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Kings Head, Bristol. Pours black with tan foam. Chocolate, coffee, nuts, praline. lactose. Big pastry vibes, plenty sweet. Mildly synthetic but just about OK. Medium+ body with soft carbonation. Not really my thing but nicely done
Tried
from Cask
at
Kings Head
on 15 Dec 2025
at 21:13
7/10
Tried
on 14 Dec 2025
at 12:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Cask
at
Boot Micropub
on 13 Dec 2025
at 18:14
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Can
on 07 Dec 2025
at 21:53
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 07/12/2025.
Moderately hazed orange amber topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is tangy fruit rinds, straw, herb, lemon nip, hedgerow.
Taste comprises tangy fruits, yeast esters, shades of an old beer from the 50's!, grass cuttings, herb.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Okay .. not sure what it's trying to achieve though ... it doesn't pull off any Nelson achievements and also fails to deliver on flavour for the big boost.
Moderately hazed orange amber topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is tangy fruit rinds, straw, herb, lemon nip, hedgerow.
Taste comprises tangy fruits, yeast esters, shades of an old beer from the 50's!, grass cuttings, herb.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Okay .. not sure what it's trying to achieve though ... it doesn't pull off any Nelson achievements and also fails to deliver on flavour for the big boost.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2025
at 16:16