5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Cask, half pint. @"St. Peters Tavern", Liverpool (England) 19/02/2026
[#8.887 Global - #1.183 England - #1 Higsons Brewery (My English Brewery #367)]
Pours deep red-brown with a small and creamy white head. Aroma: plenty of toffee and caramelly malts. Taste: caramel, burnt toffee and light toasted grains. Medium bitterness. Medium bodied.
Next one, please!
[#8.887 Global - #1.183 England - #1 Higsons Brewery (My English Brewery #367)]
Pours deep red-brown with a small and creamy white head. Aroma: plenty of toffee and caramelly malts. Taste: caramel, burnt toffee and light toasted grains. Medium bitterness. Medium bodied.
Next one, please!
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Feb 2026
at 22:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Home Bargains
Thin white head. Clear light amber pour. Light bitterness
Thin white head. Clear light amber pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Bottle
from
Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide
on 19 Sep 2025
at 16:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Home Bargains drank 27 Apr 24
Tried
from Bottle
from
Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide
on 12 Sep 2025
at 08:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50 cl bottle from Home Bargains drank 21 May 24
Tried
from Bottle
from
Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide
on 12 Sep 2025
at 08:37
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Rocky white head on slowly carbonating clear golden coloured body.
Butterscotch, malt & stone fruit aroma.
Medium bodied, soft over the tongue with sparkling back & cloying aft.
Grainy, pale malt, bready & stone fruit tastes with a bitter finish.
Quaffer.
Butterscotch, malt & stone fruit aroma.
Medium bodied, soft over the tongue with sparkling back & cloying aft.
Grainy, pale malt, bready & stone fruit tastes with a bitter finish.
Quaffer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2025
at 20:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
A second beer rewatching Live Aid 40 years on, and as Philadelphia has just joined the party it's now 5pm BST on the 13th July 1985! This is a very easy brown ale (to drink and watch The Beach Boys perform at the same time) due to its strength, but not thin, although perhaps a little weak in the style. Nevertheless an underlying sweetness is flavoursome.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide
on 12 Jul 2025
at 19:45
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tight off white head left a creamy top on a copper coloured body.
Bitter/Sweet, malt & English hop aroma.
Medium bodied, foamy dry & clean..
Malt, oatmeal, raisin, biscuit & chocolate tastes with a bitterly hopped finish.
Very Old School - Good!
Bitter/Sweet, malt & English hop aroma.
Medium bodied, foamy dry & clean..
Malt, oatmeal, raisin, biscuit & chocolate tastes with a bitterly hopped finish.
Very Old School - Good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2025
at 16:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
On the day I'm drinking this beer in history, in 1852, the US opened its '2nd Mint' in San Francisco - to serve the California gold rush. I didn't rush this golden ale, nothing too notable about it but a pleasant sessionable and very traditional tasting bottle conditioned brew. Low bitterness. Familiar English style hoppiness.
Tried
from Cask
from
Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide
on 03 Jul 2025
at 19:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Today is Helen Keller Day in the USA, and it's traditional to hold a charity fashion show to honour the deafblind activist. This beer is a traditional style bitter, something that may come back in fashion in the future, and this easy drinking reimagining of an old recipe is pretty decent. Mild fruits against a dominant bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide
on 27 Jun 2025
at 17:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hand-pulled third of a pint at the source on 14th May 2025 (part of a three beer flight). Golden body, almost clear, white affair on top. Slight citrus and floral nose/taste, all subtle and under stated, some malt action too, but again subdued rather than in your face.
Tried
from Cask
at
Love Lane Brewery - Bar & Kitchen
on 14 May 2025
at 16:00