6.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

20th December 2025
Can. Opaque dark brown beer, good bubbly tan head. Airy smooth palate, decent fine carbonation. Soft fluffy dark malts, a little dark malt cream, tangy dark chocolate. Tangy dark fruits. Fair dose of cinnamon. Obvious chilli heat grabs from the get-go and never lets go but, also never escalates into silliness. Tangy choco ripe fruity finish leaves a long fruity chilli spice linger. Good fun, in small quantities.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Pours amber with a slight haze. Dense head. Aroma is pine needles, kiwi and sweaty socks. Flavour is pine needles, cookie dough and taste bud raising hops. Something sourish lurks in the background.

7.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

nice soft hoppy aroma, hebal hoppy and hoppy hoppy, not actually grassy, but a bit in that direction with the malts and the herbal hops playing very well together. after a while i also noticed a quite bitter hoppy resiny note.
flavor is citrus fruity hoppy, herbal/hoppy hoppy, great malty base, soft water treatment. sweeter citrus fruity/exotic fruity notes. Tasty DIPA, slightly sweeter than my preferences but hoppy bitter enough to be interesting

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

On tap at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Nose is allspice, icing sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, toffee, nuts. Taste is caramel, Christmas cake, nutmeg, cinnamon, coconut, light bourbon notes. . Long sweet finish.

7.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5

I do a lot of hill walking so this beer speaks to me! Hazy golden colour with crisp water, full of tropical fruit notes in both aroma and taste, although there's only a very mild sweetness about them so can feel slightly blandish, although it isn't. Excellent cask texture and associated taste regardless, with a creaminess.

7.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

'Mad Friday' 2025 Beer#13. Thirteenth brew on one of the busiest drinking days of the year. Not quite black with coconut flavour apparent enough through its strength, which isn't that impactful directly as the aforementioned flavour suggests. Sticky-sweet though, so a positive strength indicator in this respect.

7

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Hazy pale gold with a frothy / creamy white head and a soft citrusy aroma. Soft and smooth, mellow satsuma bitterness, hints of juicy fruit and a dry bittersweet finish.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5