7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown to almost black with a small tan head. Aroma is thicik chocolate, light coffee and mild liqourice. Bitter, fruity, dense coffee and rich dark chocolate to almost overripe fruity. Solid bitterness and light citrusy to peachy note into the finish. Lingering coffee into the far finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2013
at 12:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours a pitch black with a small light brown head. Greasy British hops dominate the aroma (which is odd since the hop bill seems to be all American! - the yeast then? - smelly feet style - atop some subtle roast. Rich body, lowish carbonation, sweet hard roast and ashes with some dark, dried fruits and even some coffee notes chiming in late. Roasty subtle bitterness. 250313
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2013
at 08:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[Cask at Brew Wharf, Borough Market, London] Amber-red with a small off-white head. Hefty bitterness up front gradually draws back to reveal the sweet malt behind. Lots of grapefruit, a little pine, some summer fruit. Quite content with this, I’m continuing to enjoy UK interpretations of the American Amber style. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Mar 2013
at 16:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask handpull at Brew Wharf. Hazy deep amber colour thin beige head. Sweetish malty aroma. Good in mouth solid amber ale with a little earthyness on the finish. Good simcoe fruit. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Mar 2013
at 04:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Cock Tavern, London during the Spring Saison Session. Pours mostly clear, deep gold with a fine, creamy white cap. Plenty of dried herbs in the nose, mild yeast. Light to medium sweet flavor with more herbs, some doughy malts, drying yeast, somewhat gritty piney bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Fairly bitter to finish, some pine needles, tangy citrus, dry doughy bread. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Mar 2013
at 11:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at Brew Wharf, London. Pours clear brown with a light, beige foam head. Dry chocolate and toasted malts in the nose. Medium sweet flavor with nice milk chocolate character, delicate roast, toasted brown bread and very mellow earth. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Lightly drying on the finish with a bit of dirt, restrained chocolate malts, soft roast, light sweetness. Great balance here. Very subtle hints of filter coffee. A wonderful brown ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Mar 2013
at 05:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Brew Wharf, London. Pours clear, yellow-gold with a bubbly white head. Lots of well and dried grass in the aroma, some citrus, light pale malts and straw. Light sweet flavor, quite bitter with citrus rind, dry grass and straw. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Strong, gritty hops to finish, light sticky and oily grass, orange rind. The rye seems to impart a light tang. Not bad, though a touch abrasive.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Mar 2013
at 05:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the brewpub, London. Pours clear, red-brown with a frothy, off-white head. Burnt toast on the nose, some chocolate bar, dark pine. Light to medium sweet flavor with mellow earthy bitterness, burnt wood, tobacco and ash, chocolatey dark malts. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately sweet finish with some further dark, earhy bitterness, burnt toast and wood, light grass, bittersweet chocolate. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Mar 2013
at 06:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the brewpub, London. Pours clear, bright gold with a small, frothy white head. Lots of raw, flowery hops in the nose, pine, grass, dandelions. Light sweet flavkr with strong, assertive bitterness of grass, straw and citrus rind. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Grassy, raw bitter hop finish with mellow lime, orange and hay. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Mar 2013
at 06:22
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home dark brown black ... big tan head ... dark deep chocoale malt ... light coffee ... big piney hop nose ... dark roast malts ... heavy malt ... long pine hop ... soft coffee finsihs .. very nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2013
at 11:08