6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Stockport Beer Festival 2026 Beer#15. Opted for the festival special for this one, a weak golden-blonde appearance and taste to match. A low-brow golden ale in style, it's not undrinkable, but wouldn't return. This was also available at the festival from a wood cask. Perhaps I should have gone for that one as maybe better. Hoppy and too easy.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jun 2026
at 15:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Stockport Beer Festival 2026 Beer#4. First keg pour at the festival, one that causes a bit of fire in the palate with its chilli additions. The honey in here is more than evident too and provides the sweetness found in this speciality brew. Blonde coloured tasty craft here.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2026
at 10:48
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