7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Apple-berry wheat malt aroma. Golden yellow color with giant white head and mild effervescence. Light honey malt and strong grassy hops finish. Nicely hoppy.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2008
at 12:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle as Branded Drinks Coal Fire Porter (bb. Oct.08). Dense, brownish head resting on a devil-black body. Pruney fruitiness to the nose with hints of dark malts. Quite multi-flavoured with smoked malts, liquorice, wood and bitter fruity notes towards the end. Approved as a winter warmer on a Friday eve up north (07.03.2008).
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2008
at 02:33
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Cask/gravity at Battersea Beer Festival 6 Feb 08. Dark brown / mahogany colored. A tiny layer-head. Modest aroma with traces of raisins. Watery flavor with an evolving taste of prunes. No bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Feb 2008
at 15:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
[i] Cask at The National Winter Ales Festival, Manchester 2008, thanks to Mes for this one [/i] Poured dark brown with a nose of smoked malts, there was a smokiness to this but having had more than a couple of the Scherlenka Urbocks this was beaten into submission. This was still a pretty decent beer with coffee in the mouth and some bitter chocolate, these flavours lingered but again I just kept dreamily thinking of Urbock which was another beer that Mes had pointed out to me.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jan 2008
at 02:23
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF 2007. A dark golden beer with no head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of caramel and hops. The flavor is sweet malty with a slightly bitter finish. Kind of boring.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jan 2008
at 15:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Clear orange color, short head. Aroma of very nice English hop, soft, bit grapefruit. Dry bitter taste, slight sweet only. Nicely balanced english IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2007
at 09:31
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask/GBBF. Golden with a small white head. Weak perfumed floral aroma. Dry and fruity with a hint of pear in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Dec 2007
at 15:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at 3 Judges Glasgow ... copper ... light malt nose ... fruit malt with a little spice... ok but no real complexity
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Dec 2007
at 08:09
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Copper beer with a small white head. Fruity aroma with some caramel and some apple. Dry malty flavour, quite thin and watery.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2007
at 10:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2007, London. Unclear to hazy amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, roasted, light to moderate hoppy, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2007
at 01:49