5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask, as Baker’s Dozen, 3.9 % abv., half. Filmy layer at the top of a golden-brown coloured body. Malt-fruity nose. Fruity caramel in flavour with bitter endnotes. Alright with the homemade food at New Oxford in Salford (Greater Manchester, 22.01.2013).
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2013
at 06:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brown 500ml bottle: best before May 2013. Poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard on 3rd Nov 2012 during a random tasting session. Lovely amber body, clear and bright: on top a huge snow white foaming head. The nose and taste were malts first and foremost with hop notes and bitterness arriving later in the flavours. The malts are bread/biscuity in nature the hops fruity as well as bittering. Nice balance and blend of flavours: could easily had another, and another, and another.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2012
at 02:35
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
25th April 2012: Hand pulled pint in ‘The White Lion’ a well respected ‘Real Ale’ outlet in Wellington, Shropshire. I’ve had this at the brew-pub in Bishops Castle a few times but never rated/reviewed it before, just like the pint before this one (Big Nev’s). Golden bodied brew with a thin, weak looking white head on top. Fruity aroma with a slight citrus bite to it: add some malted biscuits too. The taste was sweeter than the smells indicated: more malt flavours, caramel and toffee coming to the fore and overcoming the hop content somewhat. The hops re-asserting themselves towards the end of each gulp; where a citrus/more bitter feel took over. Easy drinking beer; like all the brews from The Six Bells.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2012
at 06:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
25th April 2012: Hand pulled pint in ‘The White Lion’ a well respected ‘Real Ale’ outlet in Wellington, Shropshire. I’ve had this at the brew-pub in Bishops Castle a few times but never rated/reviewed it before. Slight haze to this yellow/golden brew (every time) and always a thin off-white head on top. No huge nose here: mild mix of both spicy and citrusy hops, wood and malted biscuits. The taste is also a mixed bag: malts with semi-bittering hops as the mouth dries. Nutty, woody and pleasant throughout (which is why I’ve had it so often). Medium body strength and depth, a nice blend and well worth finding.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2012
at 06:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ The New Oxford, 11 Bexley Sq, Salford, Manchester, England M3 6DB.Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, toasted, fruity, pale nut nutty, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120120]
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jul 2012
at 01:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Yellowish golden colour, small head. Aroma is fruity, floral ,caramelly and nectary along with mild nutty notes. Flavour is very similar. Resfreshing and quite pleasantly balanced.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jun 2012
at 10:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, mild berries as well as some wooden and herbal notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, caramelly and mild wooden and resiny notes. Pleasant session bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jun 2012
at 01:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Pale copper colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, wooden, mildly nectary with some slight maltyness. Flavour is fruity, floral, wooden and herbal.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jun 2012
at 00:54
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
First had this on a CAMRA bus trip on 24th March 2012 but this report is from a pint and a half (cask) poured in The Cock Hotel, Wellington on 31st March 2012. Light golden coloured body with a good looking white head. The nose was weak, some mild citrusy hop hints but otherwise nothing. The taste leaned towards hops although the malts were never far from the surface either. A pleasant flavour but lacking in umph!
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Apr 2012
at 12:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-coniditoned at the Annexe, Bristol 24/02/2012. Copper coloured with a decent, off-white head. Nutty, malt aroma with some sweet hedgerow fruit. Flavours of earthy malts with a touch of orange and lingering, bitter finish. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Feb 2012
at 07:30