Subsidiaries
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Light citrus and malt aromas. Taste is light citrus again, a bit watery. Thin finish.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2026
at 17:37
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2026
at 09:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Olmost black with a brown head - Roasted malt aroma - Roasted malt body with some bitterness - Malt finish - This was nice
Tried
from Bottle
from
Vaaland 1889
on 08 Dec 2025
at 21:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 5
Overall 6.5
11/10/2025. Cask at wetherspoon beer festival, at Cricketers, Ipswich. Nice colour. Short pour but no bother. This was ample. Aroma is malty, herbal, caramel, bready, twiggy, hedgerow, berries. Moderate sweetness, medium plus bitterness. Moderate body, quite smooth, soft carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
at
Cricketers (JDW)
on 11 Oct 2025
at 16:29
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Wetherspoon 2025 Autumn Beer Festival. Ale#18 of 26 untried possibilities at the fest. Clear golden-copper ale. Sweet-hoppy character in both aroma and taste with a somewhat overbearing berry-fruit more than evident in both aspects.
Tried
from Cask
at
Regal Moon (JDW)
on 10 Oct 2025
at 15:31
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Calverts Court, Stockport. Pours “bitter brown” with a small foamy off-white head and good lacing. Aroma is subdued – just hints of berry fruits and malts. In the mouth it is sweet but with some underlying sharpness and traces of alcoholic strength. Flavour has malts, rye and autumn fruits with some hints of marmalade later on. Some fruitiness in the finish. This is decent enough tastewise, but somewhat rough and ready.
Tried
from Cask
at
Calverts Court
on 08 Oct 2025
at 11:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Standing Order. Fest tick 6. Pours clear amber with a thin off-white head. Aromas of caramel and something metallic. Taste is light astringent malt, burnt toffee. Burnt orange. Odd.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2025
at 14:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Village Inn Wetherspoon in Rayners Lane. A dark amber/brown coloured pour with a medium creamy white head on top. Vague malty, caramel, dark fruit aroma and taste. Surprisingly thin and watery for its strength.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Sep 2025
at 15:02
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 amber pour. Light bitterness
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
Gate House (JDW)
on 29 Sep 2025
at 16:22
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tight off white head on a copper coloured body.
Biscuit, malt & toffee arom.
Medium bodied, smooth with a dry foamy back.
Malt, liquorice, toffee, spiced & berry tastes with a bitter finish.
Great Ale.
Biscuit, malt & toffee arom.
Medium bodied, smooth with a dry foamy back.
Malt, liquorice, toffee, spiced & berry tastes with a bitter finish.
Great Ale.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2025
at 17:47