6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Cask & Glass, Tonbridge. I’ve had some dodgy bottle conditioned beers from this brewery, but the choc aroma on this assaulted me as I was pouring it. Very black with dark brown edges, lasting tan head. Choccy aroma, some smoke. Weird thinness in mouth. Over carbonated. More choc in mouth, some dark fruits. More choc on end. Fine, just needs more solidity in the mouth. Nice enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2007
at 13:24
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle conditioned. Color is dark / mid brown, very much like a cola with a beige head. The bitterness / hopiness do not come very fresh ! Strange beer !!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2006
at 03:49
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
(Bottle 50 cl) Pours ever so slightly hazy, pale amber with a huge, rough head - shaving foam style. Malty, lightly tart nose. Thin somewhat watery body dominated by a light sourness on a background of light, nutty notes. Dry, lightly hoppy finish. Obviously another bottle conditioned English Ale gone bad. Sigh. 200606
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2006
at 09:03
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask, handpump from the New Inn pub, adjacent to the brewery October 2004 . A pale golden beer with a nice hoppy and citrus taste their was some honey in the taste but it didn’t particularly stand out. this slipped down well but didn’t particularly stand out for me. A5 A3 F6 P3 Ov13 3.0 Had this again Cask at the Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks, 27-07-09 Pours mid gold with a loose white filmy head. Aroma is very floral, perfumed big honey nose with some hops. Big upfront honey sweetness, there is a back of the mouth bitterness, touch dry, good stuff, re-rated because much better than I previously recall. A7 A3 F7 P4 Ov14 3.5
Tried
from Cask
on 10 May 2006
at 01:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
October 04 picked up a bottle from the New Inn pub close to the brewery in Cropton. Golden hoppy beer with hops on the aroma and taste quite refreshing good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2006
at 01:01
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
October 04 picked up a bottle from the pub attached to the brewery. Dark brown a little bit woody and roasty also very much on the thin side and a bit dry ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2006
at 00:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
October 04 picked up a bottle from the pub attached to the brewery. Dark brown quite malty in both aroma and flavour little bit on the dry side. Not bad but nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2006
at 00:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at Battersea Beer Festival 2006. Hoppy and deep citrus aroma, some grapefruit. Hop, dry finish is quite pleasant. quite tasty peppery/herby hop and good juicy malt. Didn’t think that it was as strong as 5.1%, but definitely drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Feb 2006
at 10:54
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
500ml bottle from Cask and Glass, Tonbridge. Hazy gold with disappearing white head. Nice citric hop aroma. Bit odd in mouth. Like the other Cropton beer I had in bottle the flavours are a bit all over the place. Cascades just don’t seem integrated to the malt. Too overpowering on the hop. Bitter lemon finish. Not too good
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2006
at 12:55
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet hoppy, while the flavor is sweet malty with light notes of citrus and hops.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2006
at 10:25