6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the White Horse, Chelmsford. Pours dark amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of fruit, caramel, malt and hop. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Towards medium body, slight oily texture, soft to flat carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jan 2018
at 17:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from the Ipswich Coop. Pours an attractive amber brown with a ruby tint and a nice sized creamy off-white to beige head. Aroma of malt, toffee, nut, dark fruit, and light winter spice. Medium plus sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium to full bodied, oily texture, average carbonation. Enjoyed this, a very good winter seasonal.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2017
at 14:23
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle [from a trade with Grumbo - thanks Graham!]. Clear, ruby-brown colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Weak, malty aroma, cautious hints of toffee, a touch of hazelnut, unspecific fruity hoppy overtones. Taste is dry, toasty, nutty and earthy malty, hints of Brazil nut, hazelnut, subtle sweetness, bitter hoppy overtones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2017
at 13:25
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fra cask på Penderels Oak, London 31 Mar 17. Svart. Skum langs glasset. Lett sjokoladearoma. Smaken lettrøkt bacon. Blir litt tørr etter hvert.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Apr 2017
at 05:13
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at Weatherspoons, Eastbourne. A bit of a mess, synthetic berry taste within a porter. At times drinkable, otherwise, naaaaaat.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Apr 2017
at 13:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
1/3rd pint at Gate House Jdw.
Medium creamy tan head. Clear deep burgundy pour. Blackberry and a light bitterness I’m the aftertaste.
Medium creamy tan head. Clear deep burgundy pour. Blackberry and a light bitterness I’m the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Gate House (JDW)
on 29 Mar 2017
at 14:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Tilly Shilling, Farnborough. Scent of Ribena. A dark reddish brown. Initial frothy beige head soon dissipates. Light bitter with an odd tang. Blackberries are there but... Light bodied. Light bodied. Slick. Drinkable but insubstantial. Weak porter with added Ribena... possibly Light.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Mar 2017
at 16:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Booking Office. Pours clear dark red-brown with no head. Strong blackberry aromas, faint chocolate. Taste doesn’t really live up to the promise of the nose. Bit thin, light roast and fruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Mar 2017
at 04:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Black colored, small dark tan frothy head, not too lasting. Aroma is of roasted malt and dark chocolate, blackberry dark fruitiness. Taste is medium sweet malt, dark chocolate and roasted malt, bit burnt notes, medium+ roasty bitterness, blackberries, bit earthy, dry finish. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, bit creamy. (cask, Maypole, Cambridge)
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Mar 2017
at 15:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Dove, Ipswich. Pours amber with a small white head. Aroma of malt, hop, citrus, caramel. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Light to medium body and slight sticky texture, carbonation is soft to average.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Feb 2017
at 13:39