Subsidiaries
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Beer Temple, Chicago, IL. #43655, dated 2018. Pours murky reddish brown with a very small frothy beige ring for a head, woodsy caramel aroma, low carbonation, bitterish caramel malt taste, woodsy flavor, alcohol undertones, smooth body, long finish with alcohol aftertaste. Not as boozy as expected.
Tried
from Bottle
from
The Beer Temple
on 13 Dec 2025
at 01:09
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Rake, Borough Market, London. Clear brown colour with a tiny ring of beige atop it. Intense, boozy aroma and taste - fruity port is the main thing here with some wood. As you drink more (slowly does it now!) other flavours emerge - chocolate, leather, strawberries, blackcurrants and raisins. Port remains to the fore throughout though, although as I like port that's just fine by me! Just a touch of bitterness in the tail of what is otherwise a sweetish beer. A lovely, heady, indulgent brew that I thoroughly enjoyed, but it's maybe a tad young at the moment and could do with some time to mellow out that raw alcohol hit.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Rake
on 11 Dec 2025
at 14:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home, picked up from HOTM online, 07/12/2025.
Lightly hazed mahogany brown with a fast collapsing beige head.
Nose is stewed fruits, dates, vinous, caramel, pipe tobacco, mellow barrel.
Taste comprises fruit cake mix, dates, sultanas, candied fruit rinds, vinous, booze tunes, toffee, residual sugars, mellow barrel.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid sipper.
Lightly hazed mahogany brown with a fast collapsing beige head.
Nose is stewed fruits, dates, vinous, caramel, pipe tobacco, mellow barrel.
Taste comprises fruit cake mix, dates, sultanas, candied fruit rinds, vinous, booze tunes, toffee, residual sugars, mellow barrel.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid sipper.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2025
at 15:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried
on 06 Dec 2025
at 23:49
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours a bright ruby with a sizable (but transient) off-white head. The aroma has a complex mix of honey, treacle, chocolate and alcoholic strength. In the mouth it is sweet and cloying with a boozy feel. Overall flavour is a cross between balsamic cough mixture and red wine with tannins from the latter dominating eventually. Plenty of ginger, spice, cherries and figs as well. Finish is decidedly boozy and slightly dry. This is awesome ! But you still get the feeling it’s a bit “green” and will mature over time.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hops
on 05 Dec 2025
at 14:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2025
at 17:49
7.6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2025
at 18:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Dave, 28/08/2025.
Deep chestnut brown topped with a beige head that thins to a swirl.
Nose is toffee, dates, prunes, oaked tone, earthy, vinous nip.
Taste comprises liquid fruit cake, vinous twang, caramel, toasted brown sugars, light tangy fruits, booze tunes.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced kiss of alcohol.
Solid complex sipper.
Deep chestnut brown topped with a beige head that thins to a swirl.
Nose is toffee, dates, prunes, oaked tone, earthy, vinous nip.
Taste comprises liquid fruit cake, vinous twang, caramel, toasted brown sugars, light tangy fruits, booze tunes.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced kiss of alcohol.
Solid complex sipper.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2025
at 17:21
7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2025
at 17:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Bottle
at
Craft Metropolis - Penge
on 18 Aug 2025
at 22:00