8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Gravity cask at The Bree Louise, London. Pours clear amber with basically no head. Aroma hints at heavy sweetness and dominant hops. Flavor follows up. Very sweet but with lots of bitterness - sweat, faintly piney bitterness, like old urine. Beautiful. Some caramel or toffee, ripe fruits, sure, also meat, toasted sugar, cake and leaves. Full in body with fine, chewy, slightly oily carbonation. Warm finish. Sweet and sticky, plenty of resinous hops in here that just barely stand up against the boozy heat. Some more sweat and grass and toasted sugar. Definite notes of alcohol in the finish, but not too bad. Pretty nicely layered beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2011
at 02:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns, Bristol. Deep amber with a decent, off-white head. Aroma of bubble gum, citrus and bananas. Flavour had some grainy malts, more fruit, a touch of spice and dryish finish. Not bad for an English interpretation of the style.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Oct 2011
at 13:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at CPK, Pimlico, London on 9th September 2011. Gold with thin off white head and travelling band of lacing. Light, hoppy aroma with some berry fruitiness. Floral and grassy hoppiness in-mouth, and an aftertaste of much the same, but with a touch of lemon rind. Easy drinking and light mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2011
at 17:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Gravity cask at the Bree Louise, London. Pours clear gold with a small - but present! - white head. (It is rare to see head on a gravity pour at this pub!) Biscuity malt aroma with some delicate citrus and hay. Light to medium sweet flavor, bread, toast, doughy malts, light grass, leaves and citrus. Light bodied with fine, tickling carbonation. Clean finish, some doughy malt sugars, light bitterness. Ticks all the boxes, this one.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2011
at 09:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear dark black brown colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, chocolate, coffee, dusty, cacao dusty. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, coffee, burnt bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20110427]
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Oct 2011
at 12:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate to light heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, grass - straw, cat piss notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, citrus. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20110427]
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Oct 2011
at 05:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Euston Tap. It pours copper, with a decent off-white head. The nose is malty, bread, floral and earth. The taste is floral, grass, hay, oily hop, toasted malt, earth and touch of honey sweetness. Light to medium body and soft carbonation. Straight forward, easy drinking, but pretty unexciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Sep 2011
at 05:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Cornubia, Bristol 17/09/2011. Golden coloured with a billowy white head. aroma of citrus fruit, leafy hops and sweetish malts. Flavour had biscuit malts, tangerines and lime, with a slightly prickly, dryish finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Sep 2011
at 11:56
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask at Euston Tap, London. A dark brown/amber coloured pour with a small beige head on top. Malty aroma. Tastes malty, caramel, dark fruit, some coffee detected. I couldn’t get on with this one.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Sep 2011
at 11:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On gravity at Factoberfest, The Tobacco Factory, Bristol 17/09/2011. Golden coloured with a slight white head. Light, grassy hop and sweetish malt aroma. Flavours of pineapple, a hint of lemon and cereal malts with a long, bitter finish. Good.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2011
at 22:26