7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the Harp, Covent Garden on 4th June 2025. Intense ruby black with tan foam and full lacing. Rich coffee roast malt aroma. Coffee and dark chocolate in-mouth, and a finish of the same plus just-shy-of-ripe stone fruits. Smoothish mouthfeel. Body is a touch lighter than expected for a stout, but a fine overall drinking experience.
Tried
from Cask
at
Harp - Covent Garden
on 04 Jun 2025
at 20:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Cornfield Garage, JDW, Eastbourne. Poured almost black in colour with little life. The aroma is roasty, ashtray. The flavour is moderate liquorice bitter light sweet, with a smooth, roasty, light caramel, dry ash, liquorice bitter palate, medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
Cornfield Garage (JDW)
on 29 May 2025
at 18:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Cornfeld Garage JDW, Eastbourne. Poured a hazy golden colour with a short-lived, frothy white head. The aroma is grainy, light citrus, yeast. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a smooth, somewhat light, fresh, light grassy, light citrus, hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
Cornfield Garage (JDW)
on 29 May 2025
at 18:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Gravity poured half pint at the Black Bear (Whitchurch) beer festival on 23rd May 2025. Black with a smooth, soft beige crown. Malty with a chocolate leaning, slight liquorice hints in the finish. Nice!
Tried
from Cask
at
Black Bear
on 23 May 2025
at 18:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Hand pulled half pint in the Black Bear (Whitchurch) during their beer festival on 23rd May 2025. Clean and clear blonde with a white topping. Grassy nose and a malty flavour, leaning towards sweet rather than bitter.
Tried
from Cask
at
Black Bear
on 23 May 2025
at 16:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Just Beer, Newark. Clear golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are light malty and slight bitter. Light body.
Tried
from Cask
at
Just Beer Micropub
on 23 May 2025
at 14:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Lincoln beer festival. Amber colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty and some berry seeet fruit. Light body.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 May 2025
at 15:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at CPK, Pimlico on 16th May 2025. Slightly hazy copper with shallow, yellowy white foam and travelling lace. Pungent aroma. Biscuit malts in-mouth with a few bittering hops. Bitterness and caramel maltiness fight it out in the finish. Light body and a smooth mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
at
CASK Pub & Kitchen
on 16 May 2025
at 19:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask ale, one-third pint outside in the backyard at Beer Engine. Near-black body, fair lacing from a low, beige head. Roasted chocolate malts on the nose, semi-dry, promising. Dark malt-driven taste with caramel-chocolate, joined by moments of dark fruits. Mid-dry, roasted malty ending. Likeable. (Sheffield, 30.04.2025).
Tried
from Cask
at
The Beer Engine
on 30 Apr 2025
at 16:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 29th April 2025. Dull hazy amber with shallow foam and initial lacing. Citrus fruits aroma. Citrus peel, sweetish fruits and nutty hints in-mouth. A fruity finish. Light bodied with a velvet smooth mouthfeel.
Tried
from Can
at
Southampton Arms
on 29 Apr 2025
at 16:30