6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ JDW - The Moon Under Water, 68-74 Deansgate, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England M3 2FN.Clear medium orange yellow color with a small average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100425]
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Nov 2010
at 08:52
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
11th July 2006
Warning! Early amateur rating! Thick black stout. Bitter, smoky and dry. Only a slight hint of blackberry. Hard work.
Warning! Early amateur rating! Thick black stout. Bitter, smoky and dry. Only a slight hint of blackberry. Hard work.
Tried
on 14 Nov 2010
at 13:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Gravity cask at Wandsworth Halloween Beer Festival, 2010. Pours a rich, ruby-amber with a faint, filmy head. Aroma is rife with alcohol, along with some malts and light fruits. More booze in the flavor, with some nice sweetness in the forms of caramel and honey coming through. Medium to full in body with light carbonation and plenty of warmth. Finishes with lingering alcohol and some caramel maltiness. If you straight up love the taste and feel of alcohol this beer will get your juices flowing. (3.5)
Bottle at the Croydonia Tasting - East Croydon. Huge thanks to Paul for sharing this beer, which was a vintage c. late 1970s. Pours mostly clear amber with a fine, white cream head. Nose of spruce, wood and aged fruits. Medium sweet flavor with notes of honey and lightly tangy fruits. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Sweet finish with more tangy and subtly juicy fruits, some dry wood. Good stuff. Has aged very, very well. Certainly better than the fresh example I had previously. (3.8)
Bottle at the Croydonia Tasting - East Croydon. Huge thanks to Paul for sharing this beer, which was a vintage c. late 1970s. Pours mostly clear amber with a fine, white cream head. Nose of spruce, wood and aged fruits. Medium sweet flavor with notes of honey and lightly tangy fruits. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Sweet finish with more tangy and subtly juicy fruits, some dry wood. Good stuff. Has aged very, very well. Certainly better than the fresh example I had previously. (3.8)
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Oct 2010
at 06:14
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Cask at Southampton Arms, London) A below average brown ale. There were no flaws but I was hoping something more. Perhaps bit more roastedness and some molasses would have done the thing. Now, the beer was an bit unbalanced combination of sweetness and malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2010
at 11:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Staffordshire Beer festival, Seven Stars, Bristol 6/10/10. Reddish amber in colour with no head. Sweet, toffee and red fruit aroma, with some alcohol evident. Flavour was very sweet, with red currant jelly, crystallised oranges and jam, before a burning alcohol finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2010
at 00:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Staffordshire Beer festival, Seven Stars, Bristol 6/10/10. Amber coloured with a slight, off-white head. Slightly sweet, malty flavour with some citrus and apricot fruit. Flavour had more fruitiness and earthy malts, before a pleasantly bitter finish. Drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2010
at 00:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Originally rated on October 2006. New arrival at the LCBO, and does not look like a standard-staying product. Nice old-school hand-made looking label. Pours a deep brown-caramel-red colour with a great big tanned head. This one has great retention and leaves great chunky lace all around. Bottled conditioned, so has a cloudiness to it. MacIntosh apple scent with some hop and slight roasted malt. The mouthfeel is quite thin and watery. Makes this a very easy drinking and refreshing porter. The taste is pretty interesting. Not too strong, but with a nice start of grain malt, the apples are somewhere in there too, then goes into a hoppy finish that has mild bitterness. A beautiful light coffee taste appears in the aftertaste. A well-brewed mild porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2010
at 22:48
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ JDW - The Moon Under Water, 68-74 Deansgate, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England M3 2FN.Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully to mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light to moderate hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100121]
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Sep 2010
at 13:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 10, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Clear medium amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100120]
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Aug 2010
at 22:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
@Wenlock Arms, Aug 18/2010. Hazy amber. Earthy character - good bitterness with light acidity. Light fruitiness complements this character. Juicy finish.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2010
at 05:15