6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, half pint. @"Magic Dragon Taproom", Wrexham (Wales) 19/02/2026
[#8.872 Global - #88 Wales - #2 Magic Dragon Brewing]
Pours clear golden with a lacing white head. Aroma: stone fruits, passionfruit and caramelly malts. Taste: caramelly malts, some nuts and seeds. Creamy crisp palate.
Next one, please!
[#8.872 Global - #88 Wales - #2 Magic Dragon Brewing]
Pours clear golden with a lacing white head. Aroma: stone fruits, passionfruit and caramelly malts. Taste: caramelly malts, some nuts and seeds. Creamy crisp palate.
Next one, please!
Tried
from Cask
at
Magic Dragon Brewery Tap
on 19 Feb 2026
at 17:00
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Near black with a creamy tan head and an espresso aroma. Smooth and creamy, sweet roasted malt, big coffee notes and a dry, mellow bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Crafty Dragon
on 20 Nov 2025
at 15:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Very slightly hazy pale gold with a frothy white head and a soft fruity aroma. Light bodied but with a touch of creaminess, cereal malt and light fruit with a very slightly bitter dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Black Bear
on 20 Nov 2025
at 12:40
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 3
Overall 6.5
Cask. Very likely nose. Earthy, chocolate, slight orange.
Taste is chocolate, earthy, very faint ash and chocolate. Citrus hop note on the finish
Very watery body
Taste is chocolate, earthy, very faint ash and chocolate. Citrus hop note on the finish
Very watery body
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Nov 2025
at 15:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
A Welsh beer for the closest I'll get to Wales in 2025, the border is one mile away from this bar. Clear golden and coming in at 5.6% here, it's a lovely smooth traditional IPA with its strength more impactful on body rather than taste. This is hoppy in the main with hints of fruit available.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Crafty Dragon
on 24 Oct 2025
at 06:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
The last in a surprisingly fair afternoon of beer hunting in Whitchurch, a place unknown to me before today. This beer too is now known and is a pleasantly hopped easy-drinking beer, its water feels good in the palate, compliments the Citra hop well and light sweetened tropical fruits are evident in both aroma and taste.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Crafty Dragon
on 24 Oct 2025
at 04:41
6.5/10
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Aug 2025
at 01:32
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Handpull cask at the Salmon, Leicester. Mid-brown, hint of purple. Translucent with a medium-sized buff head. There's coffee in the aroma, sure, but lots of plum, hedgerow, a smidge of chocolate. Sweet taste, again a good dollop of plum. Tongue-coating bitterness on the finish. Body is a bit thin but there's some soft carbonation that lifts it up. A little bit of a revelation is this.
Tried
from Cask
at
Salmon (Black Country Ales)
on 14 Aug 2025
at 16:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Cromwells, Shrewsbury. Pours golden yellow with minimal off-white head. The aroma is mainly malts with a hint of ginger. In the mouth it lies somewhere between sweet and bitter with mixed hops which gradually come to dominate. Some honey too and traces of malts and herbs leading to a slightly bitter finish. It’s reasonable but nothing special.
Tried
from Cask
at
Cromwell's Tap House
on 09 Aug 2025
at 15:00
5.5/10
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2025
at 12:44