Subsidiaries
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask (Maidenhead Inn JDW, Basingstoke) - Copper coloured. Caramel, dried fruit and dates in the aroma. Fruity and moderately hoppy taste with raisins, dates and caramel detected.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jan 2014
at 09:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Watford Beer Festival 2013. Poured a pale golden colour with a medium, loose white head. Aroma or citrus and floral hops with some fresh Granny Smith apples. Peach and apricot dominates the initial flavour, followed by light cloves and biscuity malt. Palate is quite light by contrast with notes of lemongrass and cereal.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2014
at 11:59
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
8.5 FL OZ Bottle, year 2005, P48388. After the excess of New Years Eve I thought I’d slow down a bit and have a couple of beers to savour. I’ve been saving this for a rainy day and on 1st Jan 2014 it’s honking down in Shropshire. Poured into a Chimay chalice it produced no head and looked very Port like, a lot of Port actually. The aroma and taste are so ’un-beer’: Sherry and Port more than a Barley Wine, sweet, very sweet. Reminded me of that uber sweet Cypriot Commandaria St John I used to gulp years ago. A lovely 1st beer of 2014.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2014
at 13:41
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Shakespeares Head, Holborn, 30/12/13. Dark amber with a moderate off white head. Nose is light spice, berry fruits, bread dough, cake mix. Taste comprises dark berry fruit, light gingerbread, toffee, spice. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, light bittering in the closure. So so.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2014
at 04:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, 2004 Vintage No. P42438 - big thanks to an IP trade with Ronny (rlgk), 29/12/13. Opaque dark mahogony brown with zero headwork - just a few stray bubbles clinging to the edge of the glass. Nose is dark berry fruits, sugars, burnt caramel, sherry notes, charred wood, brown sugars, light oxidisation but nothing enough to spoil the show. Taste comprises rich fruit cake mix, caramelised raisens, tobacco, light booze, muscavado sugars, dates, stewed prunes. Full bodied, fine to limited carbonation, sweetish dry finale. A rich and complex barley wine, this is holding up well and will certainly age further. Good balance of rich fruit and sugars, the latter doesn’t overwhelm and the booze shows itself a little but is ultimately well disguised.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2013
at 10:34
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. 2006 vintage. Light hazy deep brown liquid with minimal off-white head. Aroma of raw sugar, dried fruit, toffee, bread, nuts, chocolate, port wine and earth. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with notes of dried fruit, raw sugar and caramel. Full bodied with virtually no carbonation. Very sticky. Smells awesome, really balanced. A classic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2013
at 15:22
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Standing Order. Dark brown, caramel and toffee on nose, thin and watery, sweet caramel taste. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Goodwill Bitter on 24 Dec 2013 at 20:44 - Score: 6. Original review text: Cask. Dark brown, caramel and toffee on nose, thin and watery, sweet caramel taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Dec 2013
at 08:20
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
2003 Vintage. Aroma is very sweet with lots and lots of raisins. Also some dried fruits, caramel and sugary notes. Flavour is lots of caramel, some sugar and fruity notes. Warming alcohol in the finish. 8-5-8-4-14 2006 + 2008 VIntages. Dark brown pours. Loads of raisin here too, big caramel, fudge and dried fruit. Super well balanced. No booze at all. Stellar! 8-4-9-5-17
Tried
on 11 Dec 2013
at 04:05
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Rating from 2008: Der Schaum ist schön rötlich-braun, der Geruch voll und süß mit Rotweinanklängen. Der Antrunk ist cremig-süßlich-vollmundig. Der Hauptteil wird malzig-interessant: Röstmalz und eine interessante, schwer zu beschreibende Note - aber irgendwie kein Portwein. Leicht ins süßlich-dunkel gehende. Schwer. Der Nachgeschmack ist langanhaltend - hefig-mild und röstmalzig-intensiv.
Gut abgewogenes Herbe-Süße-Verhältnis. Interessantes, aber auch sehr leckeres Bier! --> 13+10+13+13 = 12,40
Gut abgewogenes Herbe-Süße-Verhältnis. Interessantes, aber auch sehr leckeres Bier! --> 13+10+13+13 = 12,40
Tried
on 08 Dec 2013
at 09:03
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at King William IV, Leyton, London, 21 Nov 2013) Black colour with frothy, pale brown head. Malty, roasted nose with chocolate, coffee and black rye bread. Malty, roasted nose with notes of dark chocolate, coffee, dark bread, prunes and a dry finish with a generous roasty bitterness. Medium body, quite dry. Well made and highly drinkable stout. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Dec 2013
at 12:35