6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Claret, Croydon. It pours clear rich amber with a small off-white head. The aroma is soft, bitter - sweet, lemon sherbet, grapefruit, lime, oily pine and resin. The taste is bitter, piney, resinous, grapefruit rind, zesty action, salted lemons, peppery spice, leather with a lingering bitter - dry finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and oily mouth - feel. Pretty flavoursome actually. Decent gear.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Apr 2016
at 05:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Fox & Hounds, Caversham. A brilliant reddish copper pour with a tight cream head; vanilla aroma; sweet vanilla and caramel taste to start, then some dry espresso coffee undertones; and a dry finish that doesn’t really carry through. A slight disappointment.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Apr 2016
at 10:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Waitrose. Hazy Amber colour with a white head. Aroma big hoppy fruit, orange citrus and marmalade. Taste light citrus sweet to mid bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2016
at 13:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home, 28th March 16. Pours a dark amber, frothy white head. Aroma is peach, berry, pine. Taste is peach, bitter pine, good malt, bitter, not sweet, a good balanced IPA
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2016
at 12:01
7/10
Tried
on 23 Mar 2016
at 21:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Waitrose, consumed at home. Golden brown, not quite clear. Modest ring of white head. Big burst of fruit flavours in the aroma: pineapple, mango and white grape. Sweet taste at first before the bitterness kicks in. It’s a bit unbalanced with some odd notes of gummi bears, but I like it well enough. Weakish body but the well-judged carbonation makes up for it. Not perfect but very, very good. I can live with that.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2016
at 17:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
6.4% Cask gravity at London Drinker BF 2016. Clear orange amber colour lasting off white head. Coffee aroma. Sone caramel some sweetness. Does it work? Good condition . It’s like a sweetish coffee. Interesting experiment that almost works.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Mar 2016
at 13:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
1st December 2015
Pigs Ear Day 1. Cask. Opaque dark brown beer, small pale tan head. Palate is light, dry and has decent fine carbonation. Bitterish dark malts, touch of dark chocolate. Tangy dark fruits. Some orangey hop starts to rise to the surface. Some floral bitterness and then a Chritmas Pud vibe on the light semi dry finish. Bit dry but flavoursome.
Pigs Ear Day 1. Cask. Opaque dark brown beer, small pale tan head. Palate is light, dry and has decent fine carbonation. Bitterish dark malts, touch of dark chocolate. Tangy dark fruits. Some orangey hop starts to rise to the surface. Some floral bitterness and then a Chritmas Pud vibe on the light semi dry finish. Bit dry but flavoursome.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jan 2016
at 07:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask gravity at Pig’s Ear 2015. It pours darkest brown, near black with a small beige head. The nose is soft, rich, bitter-sweet, rocky road, sticky molasses, Dandelion & Burdock, dried fruit and Eccles cake. The taste is rich, bitter-sweet, sticky, charred wood, light spice, dark chocolate, vanilla, toasted coconut, chewy malt and warming alcohol. Medium - full body and moderate carbonation (great condition). Decent depth of flavour. Rather nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Dec 2015
at 07:14
8/10
Tried
on 09 Dec 2015
at 15:21