Subsidiaries
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught (Olafs Tun, Southampton) - Hazy light orange. Orange, grapefruit and mango in the aroma. Orangey taste with notes of mandarin, mango and blood orange standing out.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2022
at 18:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Awakening Festival, Gosport. Pours light hazed ruby brown with a beige cap. Aroma: malt, caramel, berries. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, semi-dry, caramel, hedgerow berries, light spicy rye. Light to medium body with light carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Apr 2022
at 21:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Awakening Festival, Gosport. Malt and berries for aroma. Cloudy red tinged brown. Bubbly off-white head. Rye and berries. Underlying nougat sweetness. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Flat carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Not bad just doesn't do too much for me (others were more severe).
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Apr 2022
at 17:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can ordered from the brewery. Coffee aroma with an evident lactose injection. Dark. You know, stygian. Creamy beige head soon recedes. Coffee is certainly the focal point - rich with a berry edge. However there is also sugary creamy streak. Light-medium bodied. Slick with a touch of cream. Average carbonation. Long somewhat astringent finish. Well... an enjoyable Coffee milk stout but part of me feels it's a tad OTT and could do with some more balance.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2022
at 21:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can ordered from Twisted Crow, Basingstoke. Aroma has tart edged stone fruit. Hazy pale orange. Thick fluffy foamy white head. Light-medium bitter. Resinous. Grainy. Followed by sharp citrus and stone fruit sourness, which is relatively restrained. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Enjoyable unshowy APA.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Dec 2021
at 19:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can ordered from Twisted Crow, Basingstoke. Aroma has that distinctive rye smell with a touch if fruit and basement. Cloudy orange-btown. Fluffy foamy white head. Medium-heavy bitter. A big dose of earthy rye plus resin. A slight citrus tang. Spice (although that would be the rye). Medium bodied. Slick. Average prickly carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. No complaints here in that the went all in with the rye. Perhaps rough and ready but no skimping. I wonder how it would go with some smokey BBQ?
Tried
from Can
on 15 Dec 2021
at 19:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can ordered from Twisted Crow, Basingstoke. Aroma had juicy citrus. Lightly hazy dark gold. Thick foamy white head. Light-medium bitter with a fruity citrus edge. With the resinous element these combine for marmalade effect. Some sugary sweetness but this remains bitter. Light bodied. Thin. Average carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Dec 2021
at 20:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can ordered from Twisted Crow, Basingstoke. Aroma is grainy with a jammy resin underbelly. Opaque amber. Frothy blotchy translucent white head. Medium-heavy bitter. There was a slight pause before it came through. Resinous. Grainy. Quinine. A hint of jam. Underlying malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Nice enough but basic... there's no depth to it.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2021
at 19:22