6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Euston Tap, London. Pours light brown with a tight, off-white head. Has a very pleasant aroma with notes of milk chocolate and ground coffee. Flavor has a nice and roasty flavor with light sweetness and some burned wood bitterness. Yep, lots of burnt wood, almost to an abrasive extent. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Roasted malt finish, some baking cocoa, a bit of coffee, very faint sugars but some lingering, earthy bitterness. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2011
at 12:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask via handpump at the CASK Pub & Kitchen on 3rd September 2011. Copper with thick off-white creamy head and some patterned lacing. Fruity and malty in the main. Some earthy pungency and plenty of soft-fruit notes. Flashes of bitterness. Bittersweet end with some "autumn leaves" scents and a light texture.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2011
at 11:08
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Cask at the CASK Pub & Kitchen on 3rd September 2011. Virtually black with thin grey head and lacing, particularly at first. Plenty of roast malts. Cofee and smoke in main kick and a richly bitter finish. Full-mouth engaging texture.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2011
at 11:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Craft Beer Co. It pours straw yellow, with a foamy white head. The nose is cheesy hop, biscuit, straw and some citrus. The taste is hay, straw, leafy and biscuit, with a light bitter finish. Light body and soft carbonation. It’s refreshing and thirst quenching. Straight forward, but well done nonetheless.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2011
at 13:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the Craft Beer Co. It pours jet black, with a thin, light tan head. The nose is soy sauce, salted liquorice, seaweed, smoke, toffee, treacle and varnish. The taste is salted liquorice, roasted malt, treacle, tar, pepper, caramel, molasses, smoke and varnish, with a long roasty finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. A very flavoursome brew for the percentage. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2011
at 12:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at The Craft Beer Co., London. Brown pour with a light head. Dark fruits and roasty malts in the aroma. Hints of cocoa. Light sweet flavor, nice roast, slightly dusty dark malts. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Dry roast finish, some burnt sugar, cocoa. Nice beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2011
at 12:54
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask at Craft Beer Co., London. Pours dark brown with a foamy head. Good chocolate character throughout. Some good roast notes, medium sweetness. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Sweet, cocoa finish. Very solid beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2011
at 07:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Craft Beer Co., London. Pours clear, light yellow with a fluffy, white head. Clean and fresh. A bit of corn, cereal and biscuit in the aroma. Lightly bitter flavor with hay and straw, and some cereal sugars. Light in body with fine carbonation. Decent balance on the finish, straw and biscuits linger shortly. Very nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2011
at 02:23
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium orange yellow colour with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, light heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, pepery spicy hops. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. Very nice ;O) [20110803]
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Sep 2011
at 14:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at the Three Crowns, Chippenham] Deep brown-black with a moderate off-white head and a slight fizz. Charcoal bitterness, yet sweet and sticky too. A vague hint of sellotape, and loads of pepper. Didn’t do it for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2011
at 14:36