Subsidiaries
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle from Booths, Knutsford. Copper colour with thin beige head. Some hay hop, some rose petal aroma. The best thing about this beer is that I drank it watching series II of Absolutely, the Scottish/Welsh sketch show from the early 1990’s. Beer has candy sugar, some pear drop hop on finish. Otherwise a bit empty. Pear drop aromatic bitter is fine. Didn’t get any of the promised oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2007
at 08:03
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml from Booths. Very deep chestnut colour with lasting thick beige head. Some yeast, some hop on aroma. Malt is weird because of the pasteurisation. Has decent malt, but a bit empty. Malt makes it drinkable, but still not all there
Tried
on 22 Mar 2007
at 08:06
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at The Market Porter London SE1 15 Sep 06. Light brown coloured. A small white head. Some caramel in the nose - and thereafter caramel all the way. Unvaried.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2006
at 01:00
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Formerly known as Celebration Ale, this one is available both on cask and in bottle. During two drinking weeks in England I had two half; at The Market Porter, London and at The Trafford Arms in Norwich. Both served in well kept condition.
Has got a dark amber colour with only a tiny little white head. Sweet hoppy aroma and caramelly malt sweetness in flavour. Hard to detect any bitterness (15.09 and 24.09.2006).
Has got a dark amber colour with only a tiny little white head. Sweet hoppy aroma and caramelly malt sweetness in flavour. Hard to detect any bitterness (15.09 and 24.09.2006).
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Nov 2006
at 06:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Cask at Hare & Hounds, Manchester, 28 July) Colour is dark brown with tawny notes, firm off-white head. Nose is malty and nutty with fruity notes of dark cherries. Taste is malty and nutty (almond) with notes of cherries and a rather dry finish with notes of dusty hops. Well balanced and tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2006
at 15:05
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask@Hare&Hounds, Manchester. Copper brown color, creamy off-white color. Caramelly, butterscotch aroma. Smooth creamy mouthfeel. Nutty toffeeish flavor, a bit coffeish, light hops in the finish. Quite watery!
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2006
at 14:17
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at blind tasting. Copper, clear colour with thin white head. Caramel aroma, sweetish and toffeeish. Sweetish, strong English bitter. Pasteurised I think, but still nice enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2006
at 07:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at Market Porter, Borough. Gold with thin white head. Refreshing summer golden bitter. Easy drinking with good citric hop. Hop on finish is spikey. Needs more malt.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jun 2006
at 07:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Morrisons 20-04-06. Amber colour, this really is quite bitter and hoppy and rather good, suprised at the ABV as it doesn’t taste this strong.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2006
at 01:50
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Simple Simons, Canterbury Golden beer with citric nose and a bit of herbs. The honey gives it a slightly sweet feel and it definitely has a bit of a herby edge. OK but didn’t deserve a second pint
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jul 2005
at 11:05