6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
copper, minimal head, no lacing. nose of caramel, grass, a hint of metal. light to medium body. bittersweet taste with accent on grassy bitter. hoppy finish. ok
Tried
on 20 Jun 2015
at 11:56
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle, 500 ml, shared with JFK10000. Pours amber with short lasting foamy beige head. Caramel aroma and flavor, malty, spicy. Bit artificial. Light bodied. Not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2015
at 13:06
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
Amber color, with white foam head, hoppy, malt and caramel aromas. It’s malty with a refreshing bitter finish. Avarage beer.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2015
at 09:49
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Hengler’s Circus. Pours clear copper, nose is caramel, nutty, taste is similar.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jan 2015
at 06:22
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Morrisons, Wakefield. Copper-red, with more of the latter than former and no head. Has a thinnish tasting malty-sweetness. Its nose provides the ales best fruity character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2015
at 14:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Queens Head, Burley. Pours clear brown with a light tan head. Aroma of toffee, malt, dark fruits, light spice and fudge. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbobation.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Dec 2014
at 08:55
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle: Oh god. It’s another Green King sub label - I really need to check more carefully. Nose: Butterscotch, wet cardboard, earth, light fruitiness. Taste Is fruit leading to light malt, butterscotch and a touch of caramel, stale spice in the finish. Mouthfeel is thin. It’s a deeply bland bitter, with a faint waft of spice t. Awful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2014
at 14:52
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Hazy brown colour. No head. Has a fairly typical malt flavour with a slight fruitiness. Far too gassy.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2014
at 12:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; light clear copper pour with a creamy off white head, red fruit and malt aroma, taste has nut, some roast malt, toffee and a hint of spice.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Dec 2014
at 07:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Another overpriced Christmas ale that suddenly appeared in Croatia. 4 Euros for a bottle. Eh. Thanks Hrabren for sharing this! Poured a ruby/amber body with a small off white head. The aroma is adequately fruity, caramelly, malt dominated really, with a dose of dried figs. While the hops don’t make much of an impact there, they do in the taste - which is also quite fruity, backed by a smooth maltiness, with note of cherries, creamy too - giving it a slightly bigger than expected dose of bitterness then, though hardly appealing. And that’s generally what’s the fault with this - the descriptors look good on paper, and yet in practice, they fall flat, too light, watery, kinda feeling diluted (obviously not), not terribly Christmasey, without enough bang for the buck. Too light for its own good, though not the worst ale you can run into, far from it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2014
at 08:42