6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled cask, served at the right drinking temperature at The North East England Bar, GBBF 08. Black-rusty, naked body. Sweet aroma of caramel malt. Coffee flavoured supported by sweet liquorice. Rich in taste, but easy to drink (half pint, shared with Geir, 09.08.2008).
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Sep 2008
at 07:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask, somewhere in Derby 17-08-08 I’m not quite sure where I had this and I even got the name wrong in my sketchy notes I called it Langley. Anyway if this indeed the correct beer it poured mid golden with a nice white head and with good citrussy aromas and flavours, it was a little light and a touch thin but otherwise another very good Abbeydale beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Aug 2008
at 03:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The Devonshire Cat, Sheffield, ’The Peoples Republic of South Yorkshire’ on the Valley of Beer Day 16-08-08 Poured straw coloured, with white head the appearance was quite immaculate, stunning clarity. This is an easy drinking session beer some boiled sweets along with some citrus, very nice beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2008
at 15:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown with reddish glimts and no head. sweet aroma with roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Sweet flavor with caramel, roasted malt, bitter coffe and chocolate. Bitter finish.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2008
at 11:43
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Kent BF 08. Clear gold, thin white head. Drinkable enough slightly dry/earthy, some citrus sting on end. Juicy malt. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2008
at 04:14
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
[cask at North Wiltshire Beer Festival] Citrus flavours are rather blotted out by the sweet, syrup-y aftertaste. Not a well balanced beer, and I was disappointed after other reviews on here. Still OK though.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 May 2008
at 17:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask handpull at Ship & Mitre pub festival, Liverpool. Considering there are about a thousand of these blond citrusy hoppy beers about in the UK at the moment, this one is pretty good. Very pale gold, lasting thin white head. Ascetic lemon aroma. Some lemon curd on the swallow. Grapefruit on finish. Not too soapy. Adi, who is a bitter and stout drinker, liked it even though it wasn’t what he would normally drink.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2008
at 03:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
[i] [b] Cask at The Woolpack, Banbury, Oxon 31-03-08 [/i] [/b] This is a very, very dark brown beer on first view I was not even sure what it was it looked very stout or poirter like, is it a bitter? Has a sticky off white head, there is good bitterness and the hops were still in the mouth as I was half way down the High Street. There is a good balance though with some nice sweet malts and a little sprinkling of rich indulgent cocoa, I liked this, but in the pub I was struggling to catergorise this maybe it is a bitter but its bloody dark, very dark in fact although taste wise I have to say its got more bitter characteristics. Nice to try a dark beer from Abbeydale and once again a very decent beer at that.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Mar 2008
at 16:28
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask gravity at Planet Thanet BF 08. It’s funny, I could see what people were saying about this on the Saturday, but my rating from the Friday still stands. Chestnut colour with thin bubbly off white head. Yep, you get the amarillos on the aroma, some caramel. Fairly watery in mouth, not a lot of condition. Some good amarillo on finish. OK, but just lacks some body.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2008
at 07:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Small offwhite coarse head. Rich deep brown body. Faint earthy caramelly aroma. Watery fruity caramelly taste with wooden, peppery notes. Somewhat earthy, with traces of peas. Aftertaste dry. Nice! (0.47l cask at the John Hewitt, Belfast.)
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Mar 2008
at 05:24