5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
6th January 2013
Earl Of Essex. Cask. Clear bright red - amber beer, residual white head. Palate is smooth and semi dry. Pretty low carbonation. Very light red berry fruits and mild malt dust. Whisper of marmalade. Light semi dry finish. Some carbonation would have elevated this no end.
Earl Of Essex. Cask. Clear bright red - amber beer, residual white head. Palate is smooth and semi dry. Pretty low carbonation. Very light red berry fruits and mild malt dust. Whisper of marmalade. Light semi dry finish. Some carbonation would have elevated this no end.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2014
at 13:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask, Kazimier Garden, Liverpool. Reddish amber looks with a small off-white head. Sweet malts, fruit and a little hop presence in the nose. Flavour was similarly malt driven with earth and fruit notes . The hoppage rescues affairs from the abyss of mediocrity. Decent enough bitter finish. On the right lines.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Dec 2013
at 12:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ NWAF 2013, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Light unclear medium to dark brown color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark malt. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light bitter with a long duration, chocolate, roasted malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130123]
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Dec 2013
at 11:14
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Clapton Hart, 21/09/13. Lightly hazed golden with a thin white head. Nose is light hops, dark fruits, orange notes, grain. Taste comprises light grass, straw, touch of sugars, light hop notes, hint of malt. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Oct 2013
at 12:14
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
21st September 2013
Clapton Heart. Cask. Almost clear amber beer. Residual bubbly white head. Light semi dry palate with modest fine carbonation. Okay balance of semi sweet malt and a little ripe orange hop. Floral touch. Light dry finish. Okay.
Clapton Heart. Cask. Almost clear amber beer. Residual bubbly white head. Light semi dry palate with modest fine carbonation. Okay balance of semi sweet malt and a little ripe orange hop. Floral touch. Light dry finish. Okay.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Oct 2013
at 11:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Clapton Hart. It pours clear amber with a small white head. The nose is orange, tangy tangerine, Irn bru and wood. The taste is crisp, orangey, tangerine, marmalade, grainy, honey, jam and good deal of bitterness with a dry, citric finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Rather tasty stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Sep 2013
at 08:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Earl of Essex, 19/09/13. Lightly hazed golden amber with a thin off white head. Nose is bitter orange, light grapefruit, touch of pine resin, caramel, some hop notes. Taste comprises grass, orange pith, toasted malts, hint of grapefruit. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, some hop bitterness in the finish. Decent enough cask IPA - I wouldn’t have put this down as an ESB or indeed the GB default for beers not hoppy enough. It’s no big hop bomb but there was certainly enough hop and pine notes to warrant this being classed an IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2013
at 04:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Earl of Essex, 19/09/13. Lightly hazed reddish amber with a moderately sized off white head that dissipates edgeward. Nose is biscuit malt, orange, grass, a little subdued. Taste comprises red grapefruit, light mineral notes, orange pith, caramel malts, biscuit notes, hint of Ribena berry. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, light hop bitterness in the finish. Ok hopped up cask number.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Sep 2013
at 15:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Lyric, Soho. It pours hazy amber with a medium off-white head. The nose is bitter-sweet, wood, brown bread, citrus fruits and faint jamminess. The taste is wood, earthy, varnish, resin, grapefruit zest and leaf with a pretty bitter finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Good level of bitterness, but fairly one-dimensional. OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Sep 2013
at 05:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the malt and hops... Golden amber... Dry toffee malt nose... Soft fruits... Dull toffee malt
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Aug 2013
at 04:19