Subsidiaries
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Caxton Club, Beccles, Suffolk. Pours almost black with an average sized, slightly creamy, beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, vanilla and a touch of coffee. Medium plus sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. Medium body, slick texture, soft to flat carbonation. Smooth chocolate finish. Decent stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Nov 2017
at 11:25
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask half-pint, gravity poured at the Old Fire House, Exeter on 11th Nov 2017. Sadly the beer was flat and in poor condition. However the aroma and flavours seemed not to care very much about it's lack of conditioning. Dark brown, almost black in fact, no head. Plenty of chocolate and coffee esters and flavours around. Pity about the actual flatness.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Nov 2017
at 15:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask half-pint at The Beer Cellar, Exeter on 11th Nov 2017. Amber bodied beer, off-white crown. Malty and semi-sweet, with caramel and toffee notes to the fore in both the nose and taste. Hops in the mix too, but subdued by the maltiness.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Nov 2017
at 14:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask pint at the lovely Grove Inn, Kings Nympton, Devon on 10th Nov 2017. Decent, easy drinking Bitter, amber bodied with a white crown. Slightly more malty than hoppy in both the nose and taste, light fruitiness in the flavour also. Liked it.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Nov 2017
at 12:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From Oct 2005
Poured a lovely cloudy gold with a great head and nice lacing that remained throughout.
The smell is definitely malt mixed with fruit...one of the nicest aromas of any Pale Ale I've tried.
The taste is malt with sour undertones that represent the fruity smell I spoke of and is pretty long lasting. A very nice ale for sure and one that I'd visit again.
PS: This bottle's best by date is 02/28-05.
Poured a lovely cloudy gold with a great head and nice lacing that remained throughout.
The smell is definitely malt mixed with fruit...one of the nicest aromas of any Pale Ale I've tried.
The taste is malt with sour undertones that represent the fruity smell I spoke of and is pretty long lasting. A very nice ale for sure and one that I'd visit again.
PS: This bottle's best by date is 02/28-05.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2017
at 16:12
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Navigation Tavern Autumn Beer Festival, Mirfield. Dark golden with a thick creamy head. Slightly smooth tasting with a low bitterness and a mild floralness.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2017
at 09:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Beer Cellar Exeter pours a nearly opaque black with some soapy, creamy, lacing white head. Nose is cool, black tea, toast, some mild smoke, lightly meaty. Flavor is tannic with black tea and acetic coffee, bread and pumpernickel, mild sausage/bacon, black licorice. Finishes dry and just lightly watery. Honestly, the complexity of an imperial stout with the character of a pub ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Oct 2017
at 15:41
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
On cask at Beer Cellar Exeter pours a clear, dark orange/amber with some creamy, white head. Nose has lots of malt, sugar, butterscotch, toffee. Simple. Flavor is very sweet, malt, toffee, some black tea here, a little balancing citrus, a little butter finally. Finishes sweet and oily. Ah, not my thing.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Oct 2017
at 14:58
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottiglia @ IBF Pub Edition, Milano 2017 thx Ottavonano Pub. Al naso il 2008 è meglio e più piacevole del 2007. In evidenza vaniglia, vino Porto, vino rosso, cherry, frutta passita, albicocca, arancia amara e miele di castagno.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2017
at 17:09
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottiglia @ IBF Pub Edition, Milano 2017 thx Ottavonano Pub. Il gusto va su vino Porto, caramello, albicocca, tabacco fresco e gorgonzola. Astringente. Alcolico.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2017
at 16:54