Subsidiaries
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
2005 vintage @ Shrewsbury Bottle Share, Aug 15. Many thanks to Mike for this rare beast. Aged for 10 years undisturbed in a dusty cellar. Musky vinous old-ale aroma. Cobweb, port and molasses in the taste. Extremely rich, thick and boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2015
at 15:16
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Hanlons Half Moon ].Clear medium amber yellow color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, caramel, almons - marzipan, cookie, wheat. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, dolle, marzipan malt, sweet malt, biscuit malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140814]
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2015
at 14:29
8/10
Tried
on 09 Jul 2015
at 16:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2010 vintage. 250mL bottle, courtesy of fiulijn (thanks a lot, Alex), pours a murky dark rusted mahogany - no head. Nose brings out rich dark fruits, sherry oxidation, brown sugar and some alcohol. Flavour is rich and complex, with dark dried fruits, caramel, liqueur, and just a touch of booze. The alcohol is really well-worked in for being this high. Zero carbonation - totally flat, but it works. Smooth palate. Luxurious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2015
at 00:44
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Grape & Grain, Crystal Palace. It pours clear amber with a small white head. The nose is sweet, malt-driven, toasty grainy, biscuit, cereal, porridge, honey and earth. The taste is smooth, bitter-sweet, biscuit malt, toasty grain, honey, caramel, stone fruits and cereal with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. A fairly basic bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 May 2015
at 09:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Lovely clear amber color with no head at all. Rich nice and complex aroma. Dried fruits, figs and toffee. Thick oily body. A bit sweet, but not cloying. Warming alcohol in the end. Smooth and complex flavor. Dried fruits, some vanilla, figs, raisins, sherry and toffee. Nice evening sipper.
[Bottle (2006 - No. P 34905) from a trade with Meilby]
English county #43
[Bottle (2006 - No. P 34905) from a trade with Meilby]
English county #43
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2015
at 14:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask half in my local Wetherspoons on 3rd April 2015. Amber pour with a white topping. More malts than hops with a toffee molasses sort of aroma and taste, some fruitiness in the background. I liked it, hence this. Gravity poured half-pint on 18th April 2015 at the Stourbridge CAMRA Beer Festival. Still like it!
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2015
at 02:27
4/10
Tried
on 08 Apr 2015
at 14:32
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask @ The Linen Hall JDW [010415]
Dark amber, clear, thin white film
Aroma of soft caramel, slight toffee, little aroma
Taste of caramel malts, soft fruits, dab of toffee, twiggy bitter hops, some black tea, fairly malty
Palate - Light medium body, fairly sweet, bitter earthy hops, bit sticky. Finish as more earthy dry bitterness, long bitter linger
Overall - Not that great. Poor show at this Spoons today with just this and Abbot on
Dark amber, clear, thin white film
Aroma of soft caramel, slight toffee, little aroma
Taste of caramel malts, soft fruits, dab of toffee, twiggy bitter hops, some black tea, fairly malty
Palate - Light medium body, fairly sweet, bitter earthy hops, bit sticky. Finish as more earthy dry bitterness, long bitter linger
Overall - Not that great. Poor show at this Spoons today with just this and Abbot on
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Apr 2015
at 15:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
26th March 2015
Sir John Hawkshaw. Spoons. Cask. Clear amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Nice condition. Trace of toffee in the light clean malts. Mild esters in the mid. Ripe orange on the backend overlaid bu a good dose of bitterness and a trace of lemon. Dry finish. Decent.
Sir John Hawkshaw. Spoons. Cask. Clear amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Nice condition. Trace of toffee in the light clean malts. Mild esters in the mid. Ripe orange on the backend overlaid bu a good dose of bitterness and a trace of lemon. Dry finish. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Mar 2015
at 06:05