8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at Greyhound. Stafford. Pours golden amber with a medium sized foamy off-white head and good lacing. There’s marmalade and malts in the aroma. In the mouth the strong bitterness is what hits immediately. It’s quite juicy with a creamy texture with traditional hops and sulphur also prominent. Hints of spices and mango too, leading to a very dry finish. This is rather nice – a classic Burton Ale with plenty of bite to it.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2024
at 16:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22/8/2024. Cask at the 32nd East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival. Pours clear pale amber with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is sweet malts, grainy, sweet fruits, butter, caramel. Quite heavy sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slightly oily, soft carbonation. A little on the sweet side but quite liked it.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2024
at 09:21
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at BeerHeadZ, deep golden colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste are malty sweet and slight fruity. Light body.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jul 2024
at 11:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
19/7/2024. Cask at the 2024 Chelmsford Summer Beer & Cider Festival. Pours close to black with a small frothy beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, nut, caramel, dried fruits. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness and body. Soft carbonation. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jul 2024
at 15:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
19/7/2024. Cask at the 2024 Chelmsford Summer Beer & Cider Festival. Pours clear bright amber brown with a small frothy white head. Nice pour. Aroma is malty, fruity, light toffee, dried fruit, hint of chocolate. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness and body. Soft carbonation. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jul 2024
at 14:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Pup and Duckling, Solihull. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a reddish hue and a thin off white head. The aroma is light roasty malt, floral hops. The flavour is moderate liquorice bitter, with a light, watery, dry, roasty, big yeasty, light liquorice bitter palate medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jul 2024
at 20:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Strugglers Inn. Deep off black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are chocolate, malty, bitter. Slight body and creamy body.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jul 2024
at 11:31
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours a slightly hazy dark copper with a medium sized foamy off-white head. Some malts and floral hops in the aroma. In the mouth it is slightly sweet and decidedly watery. Not much flavour to be found anywhere. Some slight hoppiness later on but that’s about it. Very disappointing.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jun 2024
at 21:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7
Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a sizeable frothy cream head. Roast malts are the mainstay of the aroma, plus a hint of lactose. Roasted malts again in the mouth where it is slightly sweet with s creamy texture and some liquorice flavour too. Fairly quickly the alcoholic strength becomes evident, and starts to dominate. Some traces of nuts and dried fruit too, leading to a boozy dry finish. This is quite nice, but a bit rough and ready.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jun 2024
at 20:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Skipton Beer Festival 2024. Near black in colour. Strong tasting exuding a soapiness in its dark malts. Fair aroma. Traditional porter taste notable in its aftertaste.
Tried
on 24 May 2024
at 12:17