Subsidiaries
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can from Tesco. Appearance - thick tan head, reasonable lacing on glass, black / ruby on edge of glass, overall appearance not bad out of a can. Aroma - weak roast, malt, dark sugars. Taste - dark sugar, sweet bland malt, bit of cola - very little aftertaste - a bit bittersweet. Thin and watery in mouth. Not much at all but not offensive. More flavour than to be expected at 3% but flavour isn’t all that great. More like a stout version of shandy - just sugar pop
Tried
from Can
on 24 May 2011
at 11:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap at Stansted airport, London Dark golden color with almost no head. Nice carbonation. Aroma, fruity, hints of caramel. Taste, starts with fruity sweetness, continues with bittersweet notes. Finish is ligt bitter. Drinkable beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 May 2011
at 01:12
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask @ Cask & Barrel, Edinburgh. Clear golden colour, white head. ARoma is light malted, bit of hops. Flavour is malty, bit fruity. Poor.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2011
at 12:15
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Can. Dark brown with a tan head. Roasty aroma with some sugary malts. Sort of thin, metallic, with cheap coffee notes. Simple and industrial - not as good as the US/Caribbean XXX variant.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Apr 2011
at 01:24
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
On tap at Slug and Lettuce, pours clear bronze. Aroma of bitter English malts and light caramel. Flavour of traditional bitter English malts, light toasted caramel and light spices. Not too good.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Mar 2011
at 11:03
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml can. Pours jet black with a medium tight head. Aroma is roasted malt and sugars. Taste is very sweet, roasted malt. Quite full for the 3%. Reminds me of a Brewdog Paradox.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2011
at 13:05
2.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
500m can from a corner store on way home. That it has come to this. Clear orange cold with thin near white head. Oh this is really not very good. I am having difficulty picking up any beer like flavours at all. The carbonation says it’s a beer, but everything else is raw and pretty awful. Aroma of something acidic and almost bleach like. Then in the mouth, it has what? some lemon flavour? It is awful. Definitely a drain pour.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2011
at 13:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Westbourne. Pours a clear, rich copper with pretty much no head. Nuts, mild toast and mild fruits on the nose. Some doughy malts and burnt nuts in the flavor with light sweetness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Very dry finish with heavy herbal and leafy hops. Nothing special.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jan 2011
at 14:47
2.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Cask at the Magazine, New Brighton. Oh dear, wasn’t this supposed to be good once upon a time ? Nasty aroma of veg on the turn and something strange and off putting that put me in mind of unisex hairdressers frequented by smelly old grannies. Drab insipid flavour not worth dwelling on. Really no redeeming qualities here at all. Wish I’d had a pineapple juice. Bloody awful beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jan 2011
at 14:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
This is for the Carib/St. Kitts version. Pour is dark with a deep head. Aroma is full and of roasted malts, light molasses, some milky notes, chocolate, and mild booze. Flavor is much of the same with the roasted malts a significant player but not the nearly burnt notes I picked up from Guinness FE. Smooth and relaxing to drink. While it was easier to find Guinness FE in St. Maarten, the Mackeson was a more enjoyable beach drinking stout.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Dec 2010
at 15:22