Subsidiaries
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki. Colour is clear reddish copper with small bubbly white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, nuts, toffee, bitterness and malts. Better than average bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jan 2015
at 11:35
9/10
--- Beer merged from original tick of Brewers Special Reserve 2010 on 07 Jan 2015 at 13:03 - Score: 9
Tried
on 07 Jan 2015
at 13:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
From the file last updated in 2010. As Ruby Stout. Pours dark brown. Aroma of dark malt and chocolate. Flavor of dark malt and chocolate. Liked it.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2014
at 17:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
From the file last updated in 2010. Pours dark amber. Malty aroma. Flavor is roast malt and floral hop. Liked it.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2014
at 17:23
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2800th review! 8.5 ounce bottle into tulip glass; 2008 vintage, bottle No. T 24099. Pours moderately hazy deep reddish brown color with a small dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Slight spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big raisin, prune, fig, date, apple, caramel, molasses, toffee, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, tobacco, leather, light chocolate, and herbal/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, fruitiness, and light earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big raisin, prune, fig, date, apple, caramel, toffee, toast, molasses, brown sugar, brown bread, leather, tobacco, light chocolate, and herbal/toasted earthiness. Light earthy herbal bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of raisin, prune, fig, date, caramel, toffee, toast, molasses, brown sugar, brown bread, leather, tobacco, light chocolate, and herbal/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity and balance of dark/bready malt, fruitiness, and light earthy hop flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light carbonation and very full bodied; with a very smooth, creamy, and moderately slick/bready mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is an awesome old ale style! All around great complexity and balance of dark/bready malt, fruitiness, and light earthy hop flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2014
at 18:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at the RBESG 2014, grand tasting 10/08/2014 Craft Beer Co Clerkenwell. 2010 bottle. Ruby red / caramel coloured pour with a small half of head. Aroma is salty miss soyup, dark fruit and berry. Flavour is rum, raisin, viscous, some solvent, some age. Palate is lowish body, viscous, low carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2014
at 09:50
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
2007 vintage, No Q 01527. Dunkler, schwerer Geruch. Toffee, rote, reife Früchte, dunkle Schokolade. Sehr komplex. Der Antrunk bleibt wie der Geruch komplex, leicht scharf. Dabei mild. Im Hauptteil breitet sich eine angenehme alkoholische Note zusammen mit leichter fruchtiger Toffee-Süße aus. Nicht zu aufdringlich-süß. Sehr angenehm. Komplexe Toffee-Trockenpflaumen-Kirsch-Schokoladennote. Der Nachgeschmack ist sehr lang und intensiv. Die Schokolade-Kaffee-Aromen werden im Nachgeschmack stärker. Dazu nochmal eine angenehme leichte Süße.
Tolles komplexes Bier! 14/13/14/14
Tolles komplexes Bier! 14/13/14/14
Tried
on 16 Nov 2014
at 06:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Mitchell’s Wines, Sheffield. Clear, dark amber. Halo of white. Sweet, treacle woodiness. Some vegetable water. Taste is heavy sweet. Not unlike a fortified wine. Relief by way of a light, vinous dryness. Palate is as chewy and thick as it gets. Loads of booze. Blimey, this is tasty gear. Getting some overripe pear juice now. This beer is all in the taste, and on the palate. Slick, boozy, chewy barley wine, that took me by surprise with its downright bigness. The tastiest £2.50 I’ve ever spent! Which is probably a bit of a bargain...
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2014
at 17:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
How: Cask.
Where: GBBF 2014.
Appearance: Clear golden colour with a small white head.
Aroma: Malt, citrus, hops.
Body: Light body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, grain, citrus.
Where: GBBF 2014.
Appearance: Clear golden colour with a small white head.
Aroma: Malt, citrus, hops.
Body: Light body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, grain, citrus.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Oct 2014
at 22:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ RBESG 2014 Sunday Tasting. Vintage 2010. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel and dark fruit aroma. Sweetish malty caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel and dark fruit finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2014
at 03:28