8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Crooked River Chocolate Stout
Cask at the Old Cross Tavern, Hertford on 21st August 2025. Deep ruby black with shallow tan foam and spot lacing. Rich dark chocolate roastiness in aroma. Dark chocolate and spiced cake fruits in-mouth, and a finish of quality dark chocolate and raisins. Full bodied with a velvet smooth mouthfeel. Superb.
Cask at the Old Cross Tavern, Hertford on 21st August 2025. Deep ruby black with shallow tan foam and spot lacing. Rich dark chocolate roastiness in aroma. Dark chocolate and spiced cake fruits in-mouth, and a finish of quality dark chocolate and raisins. Full bodied with a velvet smooth mouthfeel. Superb.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2025
at 19:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can at the Strait and Narrow, Lincoln. Slight hazed golden colour with a white head. Slightly cordial and tropical fruity flavour. Light body
Tried
from Can
at
Strait And Narrow
on 17 May 2025
at 13:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Draft
at
Microbus Gateshead
on 14 May 2025
at 19:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Micro Bus, Gateshead, 14/05/2025.
Hazed orange topped with a lasting off white head.
Nose is orange zest, mandarin, papaya, grass, raw pineapple.
Taste comprises grapefruit, dank edged, grass, pine needle, light stone fruits.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Tidy pale.
Hazed orange topped with a lasting off white head.
Nose is orange zest, mandarin, papaya, grass, raw pineapple.
Taste comprises grapefruit, dank edged, grass, pine needle, light stone fruits.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Tidy pale.
Tried
on 14 May 2025
at 10:23
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tight white head on a murky dull golden coloured body.
Medium bodied, foamy dry & clean.
Malt, stone fruit, orange & booked sweets tastes with a bitterly hopped finish.
Deece
Medium bodied, foamy dry & clean.
Malt, stone fruit, orange & booked sweets tastes with a bitterly hopped finish.
Deece
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jan 2025
at 17:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
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Tried
on 07 Dec 2024
at 13:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gravity cask at Pig’s Ear 2024 - Hackney. Pours clear gold with a bubbly, white head. Light sweet flavour with. Let’s of doughy pale biscuits, lemony hops, wheat, hay. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. OK balance to finish, sweet pale malts. Drinks fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Dec 2024
at 22:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
3rd December 2024
Cask at Pig's Ear. A light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Light smooth pale malts, a fair dose of creamy sweetness. Decent hops, cooling pine, semi ripe but rich citrus. Light and semi dry finish. Bright and drinkable.
Cask at Pig's Ear. A light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Light smooth pale malts, a fair dose of creamy sweetness. Decent hops, cooling pine, semi ripe but rich citrus. Light and semi dry finish. Bright and drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Dec 2024
at 18:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can from Glenridding Mini Market. Pours a deep reddish amber, good off-white head. Herbal, spicy, malty aroma. Quite a spicy red rye to taste, nice sappy hoppy bite. Flavoursome, decent.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Sep 2024
at 21:00