Subsidiaries
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours ruby brown, nose is roasted, smoky, liquorice, taste is liquorice, earthy, smoky, bitter. 8/7/7/7/7
Tried
on 03 Aug 2026
at 08:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Chelmsford CAMRA Summer Beer & Cider festival 2026. Pours dark brown with a white head. Aromas & tastes of dried fruits, caramel & light malt. Medium body. Slight bitter finish.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2026
at 13:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the 35th Ealing Beer Festival, Walpole Park, 08/07/2026.
Golden to light copper with a just off white head.
Nose is mellow fruit esters, pale malts, grass.
Taste comprises faint citric zest, straw, airy malts, light breads.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Okay.
Golden to light copper with a just off white head.
Nose is mellow fruit esters, pale malts, grass.
Taste comprises faint citric zest, straw, airy malts, light breads.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Okay.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2026
at 07:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the 35th Ealing Beer Festival, Walpole Park, 08/07/2026.
Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a beige cap.
Nose is dark malts, biscuit, light spice, stewed fruits.
Taste comprises brown bread, cocoa sprinkle, light tobacco.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Decent enough mild.
Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a beige cap.
Nose is dark malts, biscuit, light spice, stewed fruits.
Taste comprises brown bread, cocoa sprinkle, light tobacco.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Decent enough mild.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2026
at 07:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 13/06/2026.
Chestnut brown topped with a light beige cap that veers to the edge.
Nose is Belgian yeast esters, candied fruit rinds, plummy notes, herb.
Taste comprises fruit cake, spice, caramel, yeast esters, candied fruits.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Tidy for the style.
Chestnut brown topped with a light beige cap that veers to the edge.
Nose is Belgian yeast esters, candied fruit rinds, plummy notes, herb.
Taste comprises fruit cake, spice, caramel, yeast esters, candied fruits.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Tidy for the style.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2026
at 15:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Gravity cask at Lincoln Beer Festival 2026. Pours deep mahogany brown with a ruby tinge, beige foam. Toasty malts, burnt toffee, berries, hints of liquorice and coffee. Medium body, dry finish. Decent hefty mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 May 2026
at 08:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
A bottle purchased online from Beers of Europe and drunk at Dad’s while home on holiday. Aroma: barely detectable malt. Appearance: clear cola, one finger tan head. Palate: medium-bodied and oily on the tongue, average carbonation; good mouthfeel at the finish, very robust malty bite. Taste: lightly sweet with malt loaf, espresso coffee, dark sea salt chocolate. Aside from the disappointing aroma, this one is packed with flavour and well worth drinking.
Tried
on 21 May 2026
at 08:28
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
A bottle purchased online from Beers of Europe and drunk at Dad’s while home on holiday (n.b. this review is for ‘Smoky Chimney' [6.0%], not 'Smoky Black' [6.0%.]) Aroma: it smells like a regular well-malted porter. Appearance: clear cola, one finger tan head. Palate: medium-bodied and rather oily, average carbonation; strong malty aftertaste. Taste: lightly sweet, the malty flavour is rather astringent. There is a barely discernible smoked taste, but ‘Smoky Chimney’ is pushing it a bit. Otherwise, an unremarkable porter.
Tried
on 21 May 2026
at 08:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
15th April 2026
Bottle. Near clear deepish amber beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Somewhat thin bodied malts, a thin malt cream and caramel that isn't that sweet. A bitterness in the mid that is vaguely woody. Back end has those Belgian candy sugar flavours coming through but never overheating. The bottom and yeasty part of the bottle is much more hazy and increases the bitterness. The clear part was a decent take on a Belgian beer. The yeasty part went down the sink.
Bottle. Near clear deepish amber beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Somewhat thin bodied malts, a thin malt cream and caramel that isn't that sweet. A bitterness in the mid that is vaguely woody. Back end has those Belgian candy sugar flavours coming through but never overheating. The bottom and yeasty part of the bottle is much more hazy and increases the bitterness. The clear part was a decent take on a Belgian beer. The yeasty part went down the sink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2026
at 23:13
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours hazy amber to brown with a thin cream-coloured head. Aromas of plum, raisin, toffee. Taste adds some spice. Thin finish.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2026
at 17:47