8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled at PBF. near black, small brown head. Plenty of tropical fruits and coffee upfront. Mid sweet with full body and well rounded mouthfeel. Espresso, dark chocolate, passion fruit and mango fight for attention. Mud cake and caffeine bitterness along with brandyish heat finishes it. Really good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2013
at 10:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
33 cl bottle @ PBF VIII
Aroma is rather nice with coffee notes, some soy sauce and salty licorice. Flavour has soy sauce, salty licorice. Distant coffee notes in the finish. Also some slight pea soup tones. Just too salty.
Aroma is rather nice with coffee notes, some soy sauce and salty licorice. Flavour has soy sauce, salty licorice. Distant coffee notes in the finish. Also some slight pea soup tones. Just too salty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2013
at 10:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled@PBF VIII. Pitch black colour, small brown colour. Strong coffee and quite toasted notes. Flavour is coffee, some toasted notes and also quite brutal on the hopping too. Rather sweet due to the coffee and hopping.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2013
at 10:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
19th August 2013
Light haze on this gold beer. Little white head. Smooth palate with light fine carbonation. Light creamy malt. Big grapefruit pith with a touch of orange citrus. Finishes semi dry with an aggressive bitterness that lingers on and on. I really enjoyed the combination of the smooth palate with the very bitter sting in the tale.
Light haze on this gold beer. Little white head. Smooth palate with light fine carbonation. Light creamy malt. Big grapefruit pith with a touch of orange citrus. Finishes semi dry with an aggressive bitterness that lingers on and on. I really enjoyed the combination of the smooth palate with the very bitter sting in the tale.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2013
at 10:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Brew Wharf - Borough, London. Pours clear gold with a fine, foamy white head. Nose has some nice, doughy bread and Belgian yeast. Medium sweet flavor with rich and doughy bread, bananas, candi sugar, faint bitter hay. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet bredy malt finish, touches of yeast, some ripe banana and other fruits. Very tasty. Well balanced.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2013
at 11:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
24th November 2012 Opaque black - brown beer, good dark tan head. Palate is smooth and airy, softish and slightly viscous. Rich dark malt cream, a little coffee. Tangy dark malts, dark fruits. More fruits - prune and raisin. Bare whisper of smoke. Nicely joined up fruity dark beer.
8th June 2019
Some very slight caramelising here, which neither enhances or detracts from the beer, otherwise it tastes pretty much the same as it did 7 years ago. Very good duration!
8th June 2019
Some very slight caramelising here, which neither enhances or detracts from the beer, otherwise it tastes pretty much the same as it did 7 years ago. Very good duration!
Tried
on 04 Aug 2013
at 04:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask handpull at Brew Wharf Borough. Clear gold lasting thin white head. Interesting slightly sweet caramel saison. Good hop on the finish. Good mouthfeel. Just an interesting slightly sweet beer with good hops and a saison yeast.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Aug 2013
at 06:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at brewery, copper chestnut colour. Toffee floral hop nose. Loft choc, caramel floral, alight citrus hop. Clean grassy bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jul 2013
at 23:50
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
I drank this at home on the same evening that I heard that Simon ’Haddonsman’ Johnson had passed away. 22.05.13 a very sad day indeed Thick in the mouth, black in colour with tan head. Aroma of liquorice, bitter in mouth with strong dark bitter chocolate and malty aftertaste. Liquorice again shows along with a goodly dose of coffee and demerara sugar. Nice bitterness and whilst this is indeed strong it is very smooth and very drinkable. Good beer. A8 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 4.0
Tried
on 05 Jul 2013
at 22:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
1st July 2013
At the Brewpub. Clear amber beer, little off white head. Palate is smooth and fresh. Modest carbonation. The malt is smooth but not that sweet, carries a dark toffee streak. Whisper of red berry fruits. Strong bitterness without too much hop fruit. Just a trace of marmalade. Semi dry finish with a strong bitter linger.
At the Brewpub. Clear amber beer, little off white head. Palate is smooth and fresh. Modest carbonation. The malt is smooth but not that sweet, carries a dark toffee streak. Whisper of red berry fruits. Strong bitterness without too much hop fruit. Just a trace of marmalade. Semi dry finish with a strong bitter linger.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2013
at 14:44