7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask conditioned gravity, White Cliffs BF 08. Very very dark ruby, thin beige head. Rich toasty aroma, nice malts, choc, bitter espresso. But this is all about the lovely bitter choc in mouth. Rich dark bitter choc, with some hop on finish. Some dark fruits and strawberry jam.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2008
at 11:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 28/1/08. Gold coloured with a slight white head. Some grassy hops and sweetness in the aroma. Slightly thin mouth feel with a touch of sweet malt and a short hoppy finish. An ok golden ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2008
at 15:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 9/1/08. Dark reddish-brown with a decent off-white head that left rings down the glass. Aroma of dark chocolate, fruit and some roasted notes. The flavour had plenty of tasty chocolate, with a smooth mouth feel and a long dry finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jan 2008
at 13:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2007. A dark amber-brown beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malthy with strong notes of caramel as well as light notes of alcohol. The flavor is sweet malthy with notes of caramel, alcohol, and roasted malt, leading to a finish where especially the caramel notes carries thru.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Dec 2007
at 16:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[i] Cask conditioned at Oxford Beer Festival 12-10-07 [/i] Dark, dark brown in color, wonderful soft and impressive flavour of chocolate, fruit and yet five minutes into this I got a big bang of previously unnoticed citrusy hops, the bitterness lingered around the roof of my mouth and this really was a little belter.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2007
at 01:48
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
[i] Cask at Smithfest, Smithfield pub, Derby, 08-09-07 [/i] Poured a warm pink colour with very good clarity, but very little head. Tasted honey sweet with a distinct lack of fruit and quite dusty. Not exactly unpleasant but not great either, it seems very confused as to what it’s trying to be.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Sep 2007
at 01:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Cask at GBBF, London, 9 Aug 2007) Very dark brown colour, almost black. Malty nose with roasted notes of coffee, chocolate and citrussy hops. Roasted, full flavours of coffee, chocolate and a generous dose of citrussy hops in a long, tasty finish. Medium to full body. Very nice, suitable name for a beer on the dark side.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2007
at 10:10
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2007, London. Medium black color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, dark chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily / creamy, carbonation is flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Sep 2007
at 02:07
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Turf Tavern, Oxford. Pours a clear golden color with small white head. Malty dark fruit aroma with hints of alcohol. Sweet malty alcoholic flavor with hints of dark fruit. Long warming sweet malty alcoholic finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2007
at 09:07
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Turf Tavern, Oxford. Pours a clear pale yellow color with a white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma with some hints of citrus. Fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Long fruity finish with lots of citrus in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2007
at 08:29