5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Casked. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruitish and flowery hops. Flavour is quite watery, hoppy and flowery. Slight hints of caramel. Quite pleasant in cask also.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Oct 2006
at 11:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught. Pitch black colour, huge white head. Aroma of sweet malts, some hops, roast and hay. Also dark fruit and slight roast. Flavour strong roasted and smoked malts with caramellish hints. Wet smoked wood in finish and aftertaste. Quite leathery all the way through also. Pleasant brew, though the hops do make it a bit "strange".
Tried
on 02 Oct 2006
at 03:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
[Cask at Stockholm Beer Festival] Clear golden. Concentrated hay aroma. Soft and medium bodied. Malt is there to support and lay a soft foundation, but hops make up most of the flavour - hay is dominant. Medium bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Oct 2006
at 09:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at Stockholm Beer Festival] Clear deep golden. Pleasant grassy hops dominate the nose. Underneath lies soft caramelly malt building up a medium sized body. Medium bitterness. Good beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Oct 2006
at 09:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap@Beer Hunters, Pori. Pitch black, tiny tan head. Chocolaty, slightly roasted aroma. Roasted, chocolaty, maybe a hint of smoke here in the flavor, otherwise "smoked" is quite misleading.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Sep 2006
at 11:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Pours a slightly hazy, fully golden colour with a small, white head. Citrusy nose. Fairly light body with very fresh, citrusy notes leaving a discreet and pleasant bitterness. Very fresh. Thanks to tbone_ for this. 130806
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2006
at 07:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Volunteer Arms, GBBF 2006. Hazy golden colour with a small white head. Fruity hoppy floral aroma. Fruity malty slightly hoppy flavor. Fruity hoppy aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2006
at 17:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Cask at Thomas Rigby’s, Liverpool, 25 July) Copper colour with a frothy disappearing head. Nose is fruity with citrus and grapefruit, nice hoppy aroma. Taste is fruity and hoppy with mandarin and grapefruit. Long bitter finish. Nice beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2006
at 14:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Fly in the Loaf, Liverpool, 25 July) Colour is amber with a thick white head. Nose is malty with dried fruit, apricots and some dusty hops. Taste is malty with notes of dried fruit. Rather neutral/clean taste. Spicy hops in the dry bitter finish. Yet another ok bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2006
at 14:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask handpull at Folkestone Wetherspoons. Black beer with thick bubbly beige lasting head. Porter is such an under made and under appreciated style, every brewery should make one and brew it on a regular basis, it’s a great style. And this is an interesting version. Odd burst of hops on aroma. You expect roast malt/choc/coffee or sour liquorice, but it’s choc hop instead. In mouth there’s liquorice and choc and then tight hop bite on the end with more liquorice. Interesting hop/liquorice/choc balance
Tried
from Cask
on 20 May 2006
at 07:49