6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Kingfisher on the Quay, Mytchett. Light spicy caramel aroma. Clear light amber. Thick creamy head. Light-medium bitter with a sour edge. Grains, porridge, citrus. Light-medium bodied. Slick. A tad oily. Flat-average carbonation. Long somewhat astringent finish. Alright.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Mar 2022
at 18:51
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Kingfisher on the Quay, Mytchett. Aroma is sweet and caramel. Clear amber. Rick foamy white head. Light bitter with a not entirely pleasent edge. Grain. Chemicals. Light bodied. Thin if slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long somewhat astringent finish. Would be bland but also somewhat chemically.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2022
at 18:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at the Nags Head, Covent Garden. Pours gold with a thin head. Aroma is sweet grassy lemon and pineapple. Taste is grassy throughout with some mango on the finish.
Tried
on 22 Sep 2020
at 20:32
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Old Beams, Milton Keynes. Pale amber with a white head. Sweet and buttery, a little grass, some citrus notes. Tastes rather oddly like a cross between a bitter and a helles.. it's ok, but I'm not sure this is what they were aiming for! McMullen's, in line with many of the other traditional family brewers, have for some time now been desperately trying to jump aboard the good ship craft beer. This beer proves once again that they've not only missed the boat, but haven't even yet joined the queue to get into the port.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jan 2020
at 21:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Fra cask på The Windsor Castle (East Finchley), sammen med Steven aug-19: lett uklar kobbergylden med tett skum som varer hele veien ned. Mild og samtidig kompleks, fruktig smak med citrusfrukter, florale undertoner, grapefrukt, bitterappelsiner og tørkede aprikoser. Godt i sommervarmen. Beskjeden humlearoma.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2019
at 11:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Prince George, Milton Keynes. Light amber with a white head and a gentle fizz. Full bodied. Lots of juicy tropical fruits (pineapple, mango and orange) against a sweet, malty caramelly base. Negligible bitterness; really quite sweet. Like the flavours, but definitely a bit sweet for summer. Would have liked a bit more crispness in the finish. An odd one; once again a traditional brewer has tried to go crafty and failed to get it right, but at least this particular effort isn't insipid and does have some flavour and interest. In fact, it may be the best brew I've had from McMullen.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Aug 2019
at 21:50
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Mar 2019
at 20:15
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Keg at the Britannia, Marlow. Yellow-gold with a swiftly vanishing white head. Fizz is far too strong and prickly. Butter at first, then quite a lot of cardboard before a little lemon in the short finish. Not great - the Riverside brand is clearly McMullen's attempt to get into the craft market but this tastes like macro fizz.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2019
at 21:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at Cowper Arms @ Digswell, Welwyn Garden City. Golden amber colour, white foam head and fruity malt aroma. Taste is malt, caramel with some fruity hoppy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry finish. Quite OK
Tried
on 31 Dec 2018
at 20:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Millstream, Hertford on 1st August 2018. Clear gold with shallow disappearing foam and no lacing. Tart citrus aroma. Floral and citrus hoppiness in-mouth, and a fruity citrus finish with a little bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel and medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Nov 2018
at 20:34