5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle. Clear, dark ruby colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, sulphureous head. Slightly wet strawy, mellow malty aroma, half-baked fruity hints of red berries and cherry. Taste is minimally doughy malty and bitter hoppy, minimally toasty-spicy nutty malty overtones. Rather boring - maybe useful as a kind of "neutralizer" between all the heavy and spicy Xmas specialties.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2016
at 00:22
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask in The Blue Pig, Grantham. Nutty brown with a thin, bubbly head. Sweet, slightly spicy aroma. Soft fruit, Christmas spice flavour. Thin body. Ok
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Dec 2016
at 06:18
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from the Champion of the Thames. Light russet brown, thin and clear with only slight head. Metallic filtered-to-hell beer smell, but there’s a nice berry and forest floor scent underlying this. Taste is pretty good, with vanilla fudge sweetness tempered by fruity hop. The finish unfortunately throws a bit of astringency, which doesn’t work at all. Far too carbonated. Disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2016
at 13:13
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at The Station, West Byfleet. Vague hay aroma. Dark Amber. Blotchy, unattractive, head. Medium sweet, with some stray notes of bitterness. Fruity. Light bodied and soft. Perfectly drinkable but also completely average.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2016
at 14:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft at the Three Magpies. Nice creamy pour with silky head. Malts dominate the aroma and taste, falls a bit flat after that, dry and semi-metallic.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Dec 2016
at 06:37
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Clear nutty color with a thick tan head that stays for a long time. Looks good. Decent intensity in the aroma. Medium body and a soft to flat carbonation level. Thin caramel, some bready notes and mild fruity flavor.
[Handpull at The Rep in Ipswich, England]
[Handpull at The Rep in Ipswich, England]
Tried
on 29 Nov 2016
at 06:24
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Cask in Newcastle. Reddish brown with a medium head. Aroma of cinnamon and fruits. Flavour is malt caramel, dark fruits, a little spice on the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2016
at 10:19
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle. Pours dark reddy brown with a small head. Aroma is dusty toffee and yeasty ribena. Taste has berries to start and a burnt caramel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2016
at 14:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
clear amber colour, minimal creamy off-white head; aroma of apple, caramel, toasted bread and floral notes; taste is the same; very smooth and easy to drink ale
Tried
on 09 Nov 2016
at 16:38
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Aroma: fruity and malty sweet with spices. Flavour: malty sweet with notes of caramel, nuts and sweet berries. Aftertaste is fruity sweet and slightly bitter. Colour: reddish brown with a white head. From: Bottle @ Voldby Købmandsgaard Sept. 2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2016
at 09:30