6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 Apr 2012: hand-pulled pint in my local Wetherspoons. Black as the ace of spades with very little head showing, this looked a mean brew. The aroma given off was of roasted, slightly burnt malts with a nutty feel (like an over cooked nut roast, that veggie’s eat). Sweeter in the mouth than the nose: some caramel hints in with the malty nut roast. Deep and thick bodied, couldn’t call it ‘rich’ or ‘creamy’, but certainly had a depth of flavour. An OK Stout.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2012
at 05:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask @ Diggers, Edinburgh 170712
Dark brown, tan head, good lacing
Aroma of blackberry sweet jam, soft dark malts, mellow roast
Taste of blackberry jam, dark caramel malts, soft roast, mellow, very fruity jammy, maybe too jammy,
Palate - soft carb, medium body, sweet. Finish of soft roasted and more sweet jammy fruits
Overall - Good fruity porter initially, but maybe a bit one-dimensional and too jammy - still a nice brew though
Dark brown, tan head, good lacing
Aroma of blackberry sweet jam, soft dark malts, mellow roast
Taste of blackberry jam, dark caramel malts, soft roast, mellow, very fruity jammy, maybe too jammy,
Palate - soft carb, medium body, sweet. Finish of soft roasted and more sweet jammy fruits
Overall - Good fruity porter initially, but maybe a bit one-dimensional and too jammy - still a nice brew though
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jul 2012
at 17:04
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Not a great aroma for a wheat, but it has an excellent smooth style in this category and is very tasty.
Tried
on 31 May 2012
at 17:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask @ JDW Inverness...Only brief notes here.....
Very dark brown black, tan head....Aroma of roasted malts...Taste of deep roasted malt, touch of burnt wood, dark malts, bit of dark toffee, rich soft burnt flavour. Palate - soft carb, medium body. Finish - quite a complex rich roast malt finish.
Very dark brown black, tan head....Aroma of roasted malts...Taste of deep roasted malt, touch of burnt wood, dark malts, bit of dark toffee, rich soft burnt flavour. Palate - soft carb, medium body. Finish - quite a complex rich roast malt finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Apr 2012
at 13:06
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Red Lion, Birmingham. Clear gold pour with a white head. Hoppy grassy aroma. Fruit, light grassy hops and mild bitterness in the flavour.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2012
at 09:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at Red lion, Birmingham. Decent white head. Golden/amber clear pour. Nice bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Apr 2012
at 08:24
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Planet Thanet Bf 2012. Clear amber thin beige. Toffee bitter. Its a bitter. Fine
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Apr 2012
at 23:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Crosse Keys, JDW, London. Pours clear gold with a tight foam head. Faint, sweet dough aroma. Medium sweet flavor with creamy malts and some leaves. Medium bodied with fine, smooth carbonation. Sweet finish with some toasty sugar, faint caramel and leafy bitterness. Uninspiring - could be in poor shape.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Apr 2012
at 09:22
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Market Porter 4th April 2012. Not Bad, had better nice caraeml aftertaste, easy drinking ale
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Apr 2012
at 06:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ JDW Inverness 250312
Straw yellow, clear, frothy dense white head, good lacing.
Aroma golden malts, some hedgerow hops, light fruity hops
Taste of biscuity malt. fruity malts, light berries, some yeast, hint of weetabix, touch of toffee, slight farmyard
Palate - soft carb, medium body, quite viscous, smooth. Finish as main flavour, moderate linger of light fruits, bitter bit cereal hops, clean finish
Straw yellow, clear, frothy dense white head, good lacing.
Aroma golden malts, some hedgerow hops, light fruity hops
Taste of biscuity malt. fruity malts, light berries, some yeast, hint of weetabix, touch of toffee, slight farmyard
Palate - soft carb, medium body, quite viscous, smooth. Finish as main flavour, moderate linger of light fruits, bitter bit cereal hops, clean finish
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Mar 2012
at 08:26