6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Cask
at
Star Inn
on 16 May 2026
at 17:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
10/4/2026. Cask at the Isle of Man CAMRA 13th Beer & Cider Festival. Ridiculously priced at just £1.90 a third for its high abv. It’s coffee, chocolate, caramel, marshmallow, vanilla, nutty. Some sweet dried fruits. Hints of parma violets. Roasted bitter finish. Not amazing but really rather good.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Apr 2026
at 19:04
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
10/4/2026. Cask at the Isle of Man CAMRA 13th Beer & Cider Festival. Good pour. Aroma is dark chocolate, roasted malts, vanilla, marshmallow, nut, treacle and liquorice notes. Light sweetness, quite heavy roasted bitterness. Moderate body, light carbonation. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Apr 2026
at 16:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 6.5
10/4/2026. Cask at the Isle of Man CAMRA 13th Beer & Cider Festival. Clear golden pour. Nice fresh hoppy, citrus, grassy aroma. Medium sweet, moderate bitterness, slight spicy edge. Light body, soft carbonation. Drying bitter finish. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Apr 2026
at 16:10
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Rochdale Easter Ale Trail 2026, Beer#10. Glowing extremely mildly hazed amber coloured beer. Traditional, lots of body, but this is the main impact for its strength, very much a special bitter in design.
Tried
from Cask
at
Wakey Wakey Brewery & Pop Up Taproom
on 03 Apr 2026
at 17:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Rochdale Easter Ale Trail 2026, Beer#4. The black coloured brew on the tray of three, and it's a slow-sipper at plus nine percent. This is more to do with its density than taste, as while its strength is evident vanilla and caramel are the stated flavours here, and these provide plenty of aroma too. It does have a sticky-sweet texture.
Tried
from Cask
at
Baum
on 03 Apr 2026
at 13:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
The phrase title of this beer can be attributed to the Napoleonic wars era. Slightly hazed golden coloured brew, over carbonated taste for my liking, but crisp drinking. West Coast style, nothing particularly flavoursome about it. Mild sugars found.
Tried
from Draft
at
Nightjar
on 08 Nov 2025
at 18:57
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Rochdale Winter Ale Trail 2025 Beer#5 at what is officially Venue 7. Pale golden pale ale, a hoppy little number. Expected more fruit but not much in here, it's a fine session ale though.
Tried
from Cask
at
Wakey Wakey Brewery & Pop Up Taproom
on 07 Nov 2025
at 15:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
I had a beery day in Rochdale yesterday and never even knew it was the current Greater Manchester Town Of Culture, not a bad golden ale to celebrate though, standard, but healthy enough.
Tried
from Cask
at
Fox and Goose
on 11 Oct 2025
at 18:40
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
I think I have Lucid Dreams' all the time, I just have trouble remembering them. This one contains plenty of sweetish orange fruit flavour to compliment its hoppiness. A nicely carbonated keg pour too, which is at a manageable strength.
Tried
from Draft
at
Flying Horse Hotel
on 10 Oct 2025
at 13:51