7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Leighton. It pours near black with a thick tan head. The nose is sweet, juicy dark fruits, treacle, rich roast, cocoa, umami, ash and mild acidity. The taste is rich roast, earth, charred wood, coffee grounds, mild acidity, burnt toast and some pithy citrus with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Robust and quaffable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2015
at 14:44
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared in London - picked up at the brewers’ market. Pours deep black-brown with a frothy mocha head. Lots of heavy burnt malts in the nose, baking cocoa, ash. Light sweet flavor with some bitter coffee, scorched earth, bitter ash and scorched grain, espresso. Light bodied with average, massaging carbonation. Strong roasty finish, lots of bittersweet cocoa, scorched earth, dried buried, raisins, ash. Quite robust. Good stuff overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2015
at 14:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, Londis, Penny Lane, Liverpool. Murky amber pour crowned with a generous white head. Nose had some earthy hop alongside some veg and fruit notes. Fullish in the gob. Flavour wise there were notes of citrus, biscuity malts, yeast and minerals. Pretty decent bitterness levels. Nothing wrong with this un.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2015
at 17:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in London - sourced from the London Brewers’ Market. Pours mostly clear, deep amber-brown with a massive, rocky mocha head that sticks around for days. The nose has lots of grainy bread, some toast, suggestions of rye spice, tangy berries, ripe and rindy citrus. Light to medium sweet flavor with hefty toasted grain and oily pine character, some ripe orange, leathery berries, earth, hints of dry toffee. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Resinous on the finish with further toasted grains, berries, gooey pine, impressions of cocoa and some burnt leaves. Quite a robust number. Pretty enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2015
at 13:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from corks out, Heswall. Hazy gold colour with no head. Aroma is hoppy tropical fruitand resin taste is fruity with a hoppy bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2015
at 14:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Spirited Wines. Appearance - maybe I slightly shook the bottle or something but I didn’t expect the head to be this settles. Golden orange when it swrtles Nose - citrus and sherbet. Slight concern that some wild yeast is present. Taste - lime zest, then orange fruit. Still an edge of sherbet but no longer concerning. Palate - close to medium bodied with a big tangy zingy texture that kicks on to give a dry bitter and tangy finish. Overall - initially the level of sherbet in this made me think there was an infection. Perhaps a Belgian yeast was deliberately used and it delivered that tootie fruity sensation deliberately.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2015
at 15:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home picked up from Oddbins London Bridge. Aroma is initially a little funky, belgian yeast, horsey, hairspray, spicy hop, edge of citrus hop. Some solvent on the nose. Clear bright golden / straw coloured pour wiith a frothy pure white head. Flavour is composed of sharp grapefruit, bit acidic on the tongue. hairspray and solvent, bitter orange, straw grains, light malts. Blance is completely off, Bitterness is aggressive and sharp, like hop oil. Palate is light and airy, spritzy carbonation. Not a fan of this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2015
at 16:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home picked up at Londonium Bridge Oddbins. clear golden / yellow straw coloured pour with a lasting cream white head. Aroma is semi-sweet biscuit, hay, slightly dank citrus, orange peel, damp hay. Littl dank citrus and some faint passion fruit. Flavour is composed of spicy lemon citrus, grainy hay and earthy straw. Firm bitterness, little grassy. Bit rough round the edges. Palate is medium bodied, spritzy carbonation. Tangu citrus fruit lingering on the tongue.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2014
at 18:03
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a clear pale yellow color with a white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2014
at 02:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Oddbins, Blackheath. Honey coloured pour with a white head. Aromas of sweet fruit with a modicum of sweet spice. Quite a dry number. Bitter-sweet fruit flavour. Sharp bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2014
at 05:08