6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Cask at Queens Hotel pub in Douglas) Amber. Clear. Medium-sized dense white head. Malts in nose. Medium palate with little carbonation. Malts, hops and bitterness in taste. Quite ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2008
at 12:59
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[Cask at Back of Beyond, Reading, April 2008] Odd - a traditional best bitter flavour (despite the pale colour) on the foretaste, a huge hit of ginger and chilli on the aftertaste - in the manner of having a teaspoon of the dried spice just after finishing your beer. Very unusual, and rather enjoyable provided you don’t mind losing your sense of taste for some time after! Not sure I’d want an entire pint for fear of indigestion or a digestive cataclysm. Definitely one to split opinions.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jun 2008
at 17:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottled at Ølfestival, Århus, 2008. A pitch black beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of roasted malt as well as light notes of soy sauce. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of wood as weill as light notes of oxidation, leading to a bitter finish. The body is thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2008
at 16:17
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask. Hazy amber colour with mediumsized white head. Aroma is nutty and flowery along with some nectary and wooden hints. Flavour is a pleasant mix of fruity and flowery hops, quite much grass and caramel malts balancing it up. Some notes of cookies also.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 May 2008
at 05:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, as Easton Spice (4.5%), end of cask@Kitty’s. Mildly hazy yellowish golden colour with mediumsized fluffy head. Aroma is some spices, herbs as well as caramel malts and some fruityness. Flavour is really spicy, almost tabascoish burning. at first red tabasco, when warming almost habanero hot. The spices pretty much cover everything except a certain bitterness. I like my spices in food, not necessarily in a beer...
Tried
from Cask
on 31 May 2008
at 05:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (Pullman Bar, Helsinki) - Golden/amber in colour with a slight haze and a small head. Fresh and hoppy aroma with grapefruit and peach. Slightly watery and thin taste at first but it has a pleasant bitterness thanks to the hops. The grapefruit notes appear again giving it a subtle twang.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 May 2008
at 13:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle as coal fire porter. Dark brown colour with a tan head. Aroma is coffee, roasted, hop. Flavour is roasted, coffee, hop. Coffee in the finish. Easy drinkable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2008
at 23:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, as Coal Fire Porter. A nice-looking beer, clear, dark brown body, and with a lasting, dense tan head. Quite sweetish on the nose, with some burnt malt, coffee and a little chocolate. A bit weak though. The flavor is much the same, but quite dry, yet there’s a sweet touch, and of course the burnt malt, coffee and notes of chocolate. Not much fruityness going on. Some hoppy bitterness though. A good dash of coffee-like bitterness too. Quite thin on the palate, but considering it’s 4.6% ABV, it is expected. As the beer warms up, some licorice occur in both aroma and flavor. Nice. The finish is a bit fruity, quite sweet, and with the same flavors found initially. Sure easy to drink, and quite enjoyable. (080510)
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2008
at 13:25
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Crosse Keys (JDW), City of London 3/4/08. Deep, hazy gold with a decent white head. Aroma of ginger with some peppery hops. The flavour began slightly sweet before some big spicing kicked in - the ginger was fine but the chilli was a bit crude, leaving a tingling sensation on the lips. Ok as a novelty.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Apr 2008
at 09:32
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Gold with thin ivory head. Quite an inviting aroma of mixed spice and the base beer is fine, but oh dear, the spice is rather unsubtle and unintegrated. Ginger and chillis really come through. Aroma is rather good. OK golden bitter, bit too much chilli on finish for me, but still, makes a change to standard bitters/golden ales.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2008
at 11:01