Subsidiaries
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
A sweet stout, with more the former rather than the latter, but it is very black as you would expect. No head with a sweet aroma.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2013
at 14:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Charles Lamb, Islington, 21/02/13. Lightly hazed dark chestnut brown with a thin off white head. Nose is malts, spice, cinammon, chilli, dark fruits, wood. Taste comprises dark malts, cinammon, spice, orange, toffee, raisens. Medium bodied with bite, chilli spice in the finish. Ok stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Feb 2013
at 14:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at JDW Briar Rose, dark brown with off white head, nice roasty aroma with a hint of port, taste is roast malt with chocolate, bitter with only the feintest hint of port, very good!
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2013
at 01:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the William Webb Ellis (JDW), Twickenham, 16/02/13. First beer of the day we finally beat the crowd stealers (Tigerscum) at the Stoop for the first time in 10 years - happy days ... I digress. Very dark mahogony brown with a frothy tan head that retains well. Nose carries roast malt, barley, sugars, molasses, subtle berry fruit. Taste comprises dark toffee, dark malt, wood, nutty tones, berry fruits. Medium in body with soft carbonation, dry in the finish. Ok stout - nowt too special!
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2013
at 15:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
25 cl bottle vintage 2007 @ Kaisla, Helsinki. Rated on 31.08.2009
Aroma is very sweet with lots and lots of raisins. Also some dried fruits, caramel and sugary notes. Flavour is a total sweetness overdose with shitloads of raisins, lots of caramel, some sugar and fruity notes. Warming alcohol in the finish. Did I already mention that this is too sweet?
Aroma is very sweet with lots and lots of raisins. Also some dried fruits, caramel and sugary notes. Flavour is a total sweetness overdose with shitloads of raisins, lots of caramel, some sugar and fruity notes. Warming alcohol in the finish. Did I already mention that this is too sweet?
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2013
at 23:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Cleveland Arms, London. Pours clear brown with a small, beige foam head. Mellow roasted malt nose, some burnt toast. Light sweet flavor, some dry fruits, light char and earth. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Fair condition. Light sweet finish, some burnt toffee, dark and dried fruits, prunes, charred earth. A decent little stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2013
at 06:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On cask @ Bottle of Sack, Sutton Coldfield - Very deep ruby-amber coloured, mid-sized, stable creamy tanned head, dry roasted malt, dark malt and a subtle fruitiness in the nose; solid dry bitter flavour, light to medium bodied; dry, light bitter, roast malt and coffee-ish finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Feb 2013
at 12:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 24 Nov 2012. Vintage 2010) Reddish brown colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of dried fruit, molasses and hints of port wine. Malty, fruity taste with caramel, dried fruit, prunes, plums and hints of red wine tannins in a sweet and vinous finish with a slight red fruit tartness. Full body, thick and syrupy mouthfeel. Quite sweet. Hardly subtle and well balanced, but as a warming barley wine for cold winter evenings, this satisfies me perfectly well. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jan 2013
at 15:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Gravity cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 23 Nov 2012) Muddy reddish brown colour with no head. Malty, fruity nose with dried fruit, cherries and chocolate. Malty, fruity taste with notes of dried fruit, prunes, raisins, chocolate, a touch of chilli and a sweet and vinous finish with a mild bitterness. Medium body, quite sweet and slightly sticky. Interesting, but quite weird. Quite drinkable though.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2013
at 13:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Cleveland Arms, London. This might be the strongest beer I have ever had here. Pours rich amber with a frothy, off-white head. Big overripe banana aroma...not much else, perhaps some banana bread. Big sweet flavor, lots more ripe bananas, bready malts, yeast, hints of berries. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, more bruised and ripened bananas, some brown sugar, vague hints of spice and dusty cocoa, bananas foster, demerara sugar. Pretty tasty beer overall. As I would expect from the Cleveland Arms, the beer is in great condition. (3.9)
Gravity cask at the Bree Louise - Euston, London. Pours clear copper with a fain, white film head. Sugary bread in the nose, ripe fruits. Medium to big sweet flavor with rich bread, sugars, dough, light yeast. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish, sticky sweet, with more bread, ripe fruits, plums and dates. Sweet and basic. (3.6)
Gravity cask at the Bree Louise - Euston, London. Pours clear copper with a fain, white film head. Sugary bread in the nose, ripe fruits. Medium to big sweet flavor with rich bread, sugars, dough, light yeast. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish, sticky sweet, with more bread, ripe fruits, plums and dates. Sweet and basic. (3.6)
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2013
at 12:34