5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4.5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours a mid brown colour with a tight white head, light hop aroma with hints of caramel in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2025
at 17:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pint from the cask at the Haunch of Venison, Salisbury. Pours light brown with a white head. Aromas & tastes of biscuit, fruits, grass, caramel & malt. Moderate body. Light bitter finish
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2025
at 12:26
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle with and courtesy of Grumbo. Aroma of hoppy, chalk, grain, citrus and grapefruit. Watery and rough finish with dry bitterness. A bit disappointing
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2025
at 14:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Prince of Wales, Birmingham. Clear gold, small smooth white top, good lacing. Pale grainy malt with floral sweetness, light biscuit, hint of grapefruit zest. Light to medium bodied, drying. Decent enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On handpull at the Cartwheel. Pours mostly clear straw. Hedgerow, tropical, little pineapple, wet bread. Nice soft body. Decent enough.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2024
at 11:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7
7/12/2024. Bottle bought at Boojam & Snark, Sandown. Pours black with a frothy tan coloured head. Aroma is black treacle, dark chocolate, liquorice, roasted malt. Moderate sweetness, quite heavy roasted bitterness, quite drying. Medium body, quite fizzy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2024
at 12:30
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, third pint. @Nottingham Beer Festival 2024, Nottingham (England). 12/10/2024 [#7.949 Global - #1.014 England - #2 Downton Brewery] Pours hazed pale yellow with a tiny and bubbly white head. Aroma: citrusy, buttery malts. Taste: buttery and citrus. Grainy palate. Next one, please!
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Nov 2024
at 11:59
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
23/11/2024. Bottle from Boojum & Snark, Sandown, IoW. Pours clear copper gold with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is chalky, stewed fruits, flowery, caramel, biscuit, tinned lychee. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body. Prickly carbonation. Heavy work.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2024
at 19:20
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, third pint. @Nottingham Camra Beer Festival, Nottingham (England). 11/10/2024 [#7.883 Global - #973 England - #1 Downton Brewery (My English brewery #304)] Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma: mixed grains, yeast and floral hops. Taste: floral and yeasty. Grainy palate. Next one, please!
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Nov 2024
at 13:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hand-pulled half-pint at a beer festival in the Anvil (Shifnal, Shropshire) on 11th October 2024. Clean golden pour, white crown. An interesting hybrid sort of beer to me, half lager, half pale ale, enjoyed it.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2024
at 12:48