Subsidiaries
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle. Pinky orange colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of sugary apple. Taste is sweet, apple, fruity and sugary with sulphury hints. Medium bodied, low to medium bodied, sweetish finish. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2016
at 13:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Yellow golden colour, white foam head that quickly dissipates away and aroma of tangy apple & light funk. Taste is fruity apple, bittersweet, citric, with a little apple skin and drying tannins. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, dry tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2016
at 12:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Sparkling gold colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of fruity apple, hay, light funk. Taste is tart apple, fruity, apple skin, citric, funky, woody, oak, vanilla, with some drying tannins. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry light tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2016
at 10:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried at the Ritz, Wetherspoons, Lincoln. Clear golden colour with a white head. Aroma Christmas cake with the spices. Taste surprisingly fruity light sweet and spicy, light bitter finish. Nice Christmas offering.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2016
at 07:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared with JMD at HNB 06.12.16. Dark orange. Uneven off-white head. Aroma and taste of dried fruits, apricot, sweet malt and sweet dessert wine. Very good. Low carbonation and round mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2016
at 14:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Flaske (thanks, Cimbasso!), delt med Ovesen etter endt brygging mens vi lytter til The Original Victoria Jazz Band: lett uklar rødgylden med ok skum. Nydelig og fruktig aroma, som å komme inn i en engelsk frukthage om sommeren. Lekker og velbalansert smak med maltsødme og frukter (inkludert fiken og sviskeplommer) i elegant samspill. Forfinet bitterhet i den nesten sherryaktige ettersmaken. Særdeles lettdrikkelig.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2016
at 14:28
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Fox, North Luffenham, as ’Cunning Fox’. Light brown with Amber hues, clear. Aroma of tannins, malt, Chardonnay. The taste is quite bitter with fruity vinous qualities. Clean finish with some notable astringency. Thin body. A solid beer, but not exactly my style.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Dec 2016
at 09:40
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Keg at the brewery tap. Pale yellow, clear without much visible carbonation. Stale malt and a hint of gardenia in the aroma. Sweet and slightly spicy taste with a flat and somewhat tasteless malt note. Long cardboardy finish. Worse than the majority of macro lagers. It’s a shame because this brewery can produce decent stuff... Not this time though.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2016
at 10:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at the brewery tap. Light yellow, clear. Generously carbonated. Slight apple smell amid lemon drops and candy sugar. Taste, while similar to a commercial cider, has a hint of that proper cider back-of-the-throat ’tang’. Clean short finish. Decent cider that won’t knock your socks off but makes a change from the cask ales which are ubiquitous in Oakham.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2016
at 09:52
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the brewery tap. Light gold, clear and flat. Malt-led aroma with slightly buttery notes. Bittersweet taste with some citrus sour. Finish is incredibly astringent leads to a slightly unpleasant note in the aftertaste. Grainstore have been on a bit of a streak lately but try as they might they couldn’t convert.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Dec 2016
at 09:25