5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
500 ml bottle. Amber body with a beige head. Vague malty aroma with a hint of sourness, might be oxidation? Flavor is slightly roasted malt with some chocolate. Thin and watery body make this unbalanced and quite boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2008
at 16:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home Thanks to Fin for this ... amber ... light metalic hop ...sweet rich toffee malts ... little metalicness... some citrus in the background ... some nice resiny tones... decent depth and complexity of flavour... not a stunning beer but tasty enough... saying that this grew on me as i got through it. A good reason not to sample from 100ml :-) upping from 3.3 to 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2008
at 13:00
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is nectar and sweet fruits. Flavour is sour wood, fruityness and also some hay, grass and mild flowery hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2008
at 04:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Hazy golden colour, small white head. Aromai s nutty, fruity and quite buttery. Flavour is raisins, some nuttyness and fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2008
at 02:36
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear golden with tiny white head. Sweet fruity aroma with mild honey notes. Sweet fruity flavor with floral hops. Mild bitter finish.
Tried
on 04 Aug 2008
at 16:44
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cloudy golden with tiny white short lasting head. Sweet and malty aroma with ripe fruits. Sweet flavor with fruits and caramel. Somewhat oxydized. Ends sweet.
Tried
on 04 Aug 2008
at 05:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask gravity at Rare Breeds BF 08. Deep russet/orange/dark brown. Dryish aroma with some fruit. Decent strong dark beer. Not overly roasty, fruity or syrupy. Decent hop on end. Some really good malts. Balanced beer, bit of spice. Good and surprising.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jul 2008
at 03:36
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Appearance: Dark brownish red. Good amount of off-white head. Shortlived. Sediments. Aroma: Malt and flowery. Hops, slightly burnt. Taste: Malt and spices. Slightly sour and bitter. Burnt. Info: 500ml bottle, 28/1-2008
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2008
at 08:47
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
500 ml. bottle. Slightly sour, nutty, somewhat roasted malt aroma. Hazy red amber color with a decent beige head. Medium body with very creamy carbonation. This is something like an old ale. Think Gale’s Prize Old Ale. It’s malty, slightly sour, heading for dark fruit characteristics. Mmmm. Finish is heading towards dry, and there seems to be floral hop bitter. Bitter builds up with time. Quite the treat. Note: This is bottle conditioned, so it’s not likely to go off. It will age, and not taste like young/green ales. Suggests Fullers 1845 in a much less malty way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2008
at 21:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
[500ml bottle - gift from Mum] Shared with Jim. Thick, creamy head which remained until the end. Smoother than the lively fizziness on pouring suggested. Very unusual flavour for an Englaish ale - sweet and very malty, with a lot of fruit. Oddly reminiscent of Chimay Red. Kept thinking "weird" rather than "nice", but imagine that if you drank more than a single bottle you would get used to it, and might like it more than 6/10 suggests. However, with something this sweet and malty you may struggle to drink more than a couple of bottles. Odd, but interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2008
at 18:42