7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask from the Blue Boar, Leicester. Purplish black and opaque with a khaki head. Liquorice dominates the aroma, although there's a touch of burnt oak and heavy malt. The taste is more balanced than I'd feared, with some medicinal acidity in the finish. Herbal bitterness in the aftertaste with a suggestion of molasses. Complex and moreish. Too much liquorice for me but otherwise it's a fine, fine porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Apr 2018
at 17:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Rochdale Beer Festival 2017. Dark coloured and very sweet with its dark roasted malts.
Tried
on 29 Mar 2018
at 21:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2016, Great [ British Beer Festival 2016 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Beowulf Folded Cross ].Clear medium amber colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration, nutty, caramel, toffee. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160809] 6-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2018
at 14:33
6/10
Tried
on 26 Dec 2017
at 11:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the Little R'Ale House, Wellingborough. Dark brown, almost black, with a slight indigo hue. Spott brown head with evidence of natural carbonation. Malty aroma with some chocolate, liquorice, ash. Repeated investigations reveal earthy and berry qualities. There's some sweetness to the taste but it's drowned out by the starkly bitter hop. Bone-dry finish, just short of astringent. Caramel and bitter cooking chocolate notes in the aftertaste. Oily body, fairly flat. A pretty impressive session stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Dec 2017
at 13:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Cheltenham Real Ale Festival 2017. Pours dark brown, bubbly beige head. Roasted malts dominated the aroma, a little chocolate. Taste is roasted malt, hint of chocolate, a touch of smoke but not much considering the name, finish is bitter malts. Medium body, soft carbonation. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Oct 2017
at 17:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
13th Sep 2017, cask pint at The Crown Inn, Oakengates Shropshire. Clear golden pour, full white head that lasted. Dry and bitter from start to finish with a good hop profile of piney and fruitiness both in the aroma and taste, light, pale malts balance the beer nicely. Best of the three pints I had in The Crown that night, and they were all good.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Sep 2017
at 01:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
8th August 2017
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Clear amber beer, small pale tan head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Soft malts, silky even. Smooth cocoa dark chocolate malts, sweetish. Mild tangy dark fruits underneath. Finishes with still more cocoa powder. The smoothness pulls this one together.
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Clear amber beer, small pale tan head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Soft malts, silky even. Smooth cocoa dark chocolate malts, sweetish. Mild tangy dark fruits underneath. Finishes with still more cocoa powder. The smoothness pulls this one together.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2017
at 08:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Great British Beer Festival 2017, Olympia, London. A dark brown coloured pour with a thin off white head on top. Sweet, roasty, malty, chocolate aroma. Tastes quite sweet, roasty, malty, chocolate. Rather nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2017
at 05:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF’17, day one, 08/08/17. Rich mahogany brown with a reddish glint topped with a light beige cap. Nose is biscuit, toasted brown sugars, spice, dark fruit tang. Taste comprises sweet malts, caramel, dried fruits, light spice, brown sugar, light roasted elements. Medium bodied with a bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough boosty mild if a touch sweet.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Aug 2017
at 11:03