7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at the Briar Rose, Birmingham, UK on 28th December, 2009. Gold with thin, lasting white lacing head. Hoppy with some peppery notes and grassiness; brief caramel malt interlude before a very dry finish on a zingy texture. Just a hint of saline. Full of condition, very well kept by the pub too!
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Dec 2009
at 17:05
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, Carringtons, Chorlton. This was a thoroughly pleasant surprise. Amber/gold colour pour with a decent white head. Bags of fresh citrus, tropical fruit and resinous hop in the aroma which was super enticing and promised good things ahead. Similar themes in the flavour which was clean and very moreish; booze hit was pretty well masked. Maybe not as hop sodden as some of the American IPAs, but this is more than capable of punching its weight with the best of them. An absoloutely top notch English IPA that stands head and shoulders above the majority of tedious english ales. Will certainly be seeking out more of this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2009
at 12:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel and toffee. Sweet and slightly thin toffee flavour
Tried
on 30 Nov 2009
at 14:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, chocolate, light roasted. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090806]
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Nov 2009
at 07:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Bellingers, Jet Garage, Grove Nr Wantage, Oxon consumed at Kolding City Campsite, Kolding Denmark, 24-10-09 Pours dark brown with a light beige head. Nutty and caramel nose, the alcohol is a little rough at times but its a better than expected mild, though at this strength shouldn’t really be called a mild. There appears to be a little spice to this, but its a touch metallicy on the nose. A6 A3 F7 P3 Ov13 3.2
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2009
at 08:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at GBBF 2009 ... Dark black ... roast malt nose ... nice deep solid roast .... little chocolate ... little molasis ... nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Sep 2009
at 09:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home ... with TimE ... deep black ... small tan head ... big chocolate roast nose ... smokey woody toffee roast ... some licorice ... light bitter chocolate ... light charcoal and treacle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2009
at 09:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@GBBF 2009. Opaque black, not much head. Tobacco and burned malts in the nose. Light palate. Some tobacco, toffee and ash in the flavor. A bit on sweet side. Ok winter session beer probably.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2009
at 15:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask@GBBF2009. Deep ambery colour, small head. Aroma is lots of roast, caramel malts as well as some syrupy notes and mild ashes. Flavour is wood, caramel, syrup and some mild earthyness, ashes and also some tobaccolike notes.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2009
at 03:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask handpull at The Hop Pole Inn, Aylesbury, Bucks, 21-07-09 Pours gold with tight white head. There is a little fruit and malt on the nose, these also appear in the mouth. Surprisingly bitter and a bitterness that lingers, the end is rather dry. Really quite enjoyable. A6 A4 F7 P4 Ov14 3.5
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2009
at 03:47