6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml Bottle - Copper in colour. Sultanas, caramel and raisins are prominent in both the aroma and the taste. Perfectly drinkable and technically flawless but not enough character for my liking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2016
at 03:36
2/10
End of barrel
Tried
on 18 Jun 2016
at 12:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle shared at the Watford tasting, many thanks to Daniel. Pale yellow hazed coloured pour with a thin halo of white head. Aroma is pale grains, grassy hop, slightly airy. Flavour is composed of semi sweet grains, honey, straw, airy grains, grassy. Palate is crisp, airy, semi sweet, moderate carbonation,. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2016
at 12:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared in Watford - big thanks to Danny. Pours clear yellow-gold with a creamy, white head. Light vegetal notes in the nose, cereal, straw. Light sweet about, quite dry, with more cereal, biscuit, bitter hay, husky grains. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Finishes with moderate sweetness, more dry cereal. So so overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2016
at 12:25
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle thanks to Danny. It pours clear pale gold with a small white head. The aroma is fresh, grassy, dull spearmint, white bread and grain. The taste is crisp, cleanish, grassy, white bread, cracker, light spice with a dry finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Not so bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2016
at 12:25
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Reading BF 2016. Clear amber orange colour lasting white head. buttery malty bitter. ok condition not keen on the butter some decent malt on finish. umm.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Apr 2016
at 08:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can thanks to JF, 30/12/15. Lightly hazed golden orange with a big ole off White head. Nose is orange peel, straw, bready notes, grain, hint of Sorachi. Taste comprises tangy citrics, Sorachi Ace well evident, soft bread dough, grain, faint yeast, lemon rind. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with Sorachi hop bitterness. Decent quaffable pils.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2015
at 12:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask handpump at the Castle Tap - Reading. Pours clear reddish-brown with a frothy light tan head. Pleasant aroma with notes of toasted brown bread, light earth, ripening berries. Light sweet flavor with more toasted bready malts, light earthy bitterness, hints of dry toffee and cocoa. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Nicely balanced on the finish, with yet more brown bread, earth, some leaves, hints of cocoa. Solid ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2015
at 10:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle from a wine shop in Stockbridge. Amber colour with a mids-ized white head. Malty start, faint hints of roasetd malts, nuts and some dried fruit. Lingering hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2015
at 04:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle from a wine shop in Stockbridge. Amber colour, mid-sized white head. Malty with roasaetd malts and toffee fudge, earthy-grassy hops in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2015
at 04:14