8/10
Tried
on 22 Mar 2014
at 13:46
8/10
Tried
on 22 Mar 2014
at 13:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of dad (cheers dad), consumed at Lynn & Barrys, Wednesday 19th March 2014 Pours hazy light gold with a slight luminous quality and a white sticky head. Superbly hoppy, in fact superb beer, lots of stinging lemon but this settles to a nice bittersweet end. The finish is dry, its a lovely bitter, the first I’ve had from this brewery but certainly not the last. Love the lemony bitterness. A7 A4 T9 P4 Ov16 4.0
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2014
at 22:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Nose is light citrus, gooseberry, yeast; a bit underwhelming. Taste is pine, a little grapefruit, leading to grain and then a resin, dry bitter finish. Taste is much better than the insipid nose suggested. Mouthfeel is fine. Good tasting, poor smelling beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2014
at 13:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, Chester Beer & Wine. Poured a hazy, pissy gold with a white head that faded to nowt. Sweetish nose had notes of green apple and a little piney hop. Flavour had notes of wood and some vague fruitiness in tandem with some earthy hop bitterness. Drinkable but nothing stellar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2014
at 13:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at SIBA Beer X. Black. Big, tight, lasting head. Lots of citrus. Some spice. Dark malt roastiness. Long, bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Mar 2014
at 11:38
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bradford Beer Festival. Lighter golden colour with a small head. Has a malt-hop character.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2014
at 13:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Black Horse, Preston. Pours hazy orange-gold, thick white head. Aromas of biscuit and grapefruit. Bitter taste, bitter finish. a little over-bitter, lacks some balancing maltiness. Not bad though.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Feb 2014
at 02:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at the Earl of Essex, cheers to LKS for the heads up, 13/02/14. Dark chestnut brown with a well appointed beige covering that retains well. Nose is earthy hops, cocoa powder, light dung, orange sherbet, tropical fruit waft, brown sugars. Taste comprises biscuit malt, cocoa powder, semi dank hoppage, light spice, earthy, subtle tropical fruit tones, perfumed notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok CDA, not one I’d look to invest in again though!
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2014
at 13:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Earl of Essex - London. Pours clearish briwn with a lasting, creamy beige head. Lots of burnt bread in the nose, some cocoa, toffee and charred pine. Medium sweet flavor with more burnt toffee and pine, along with bittersweet baking cocoa, bread. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Balanced finish with sturdy light-roast malts, earth, baking cocoa, toasted pine, burnt sugars. Good take on CDA.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2014
at 11:27