7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at Moncada Brewery Taproom (soon to open), Friday 16th May 2014 with Ang’, Morten and the other young guy whose name I forget (sorry) Pours golden, really refreshing, soft in mouth, nice carbonation, I found this similar to the Beavertown Neck Oil, I’d just had at The Union Tavern and that is praise. Restrained but pleasant bitterness and citrus. A6 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 3.6
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2014
at 21:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Moncada Brewery Taproom (soon to open), Friday 16th May 2014 with Ang’, Morten and the other young guy whose name I forget (sorry) Pours black (or as near as).with off-white creamy head we had this alongside the milk porter both v.good but I preferred the latter. Some mollasses and a light smooth coffee flavour. Good. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2014
at 21:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Darkest brown colour late awakening and simultaneously diminishing, eventually small, frothy, minimally lacing, tan head. Chocolately dark malty aroma that can’t deny its grainy origin, some coffee and caramel, all with grainy residues, some husk. Taste is slightly bitter and roasty dark malty, hints of coffee surrogate, dark chocolate, some hay; soft carbonation, fluffy palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2014
at 13:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the egham festival... Deep black... Big tan head... Dark chocolate... Big roast... Chocolate nose... Dark sweet chocolate... Big soft lactic roast... Mellow chocolate malts
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Apr 2014
at 22:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml bottle. Deep dark red glowing, quasi black colour with average, thick, creamy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, ochre-ish tan head. Chocolately dark malty aroma, notes of roast, dark chocolate. Taste is roasty dark malty, notes of dark chocolate; slightly monotonous and one-dimensional. Full body, super-soft, silky palate. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2014
at 07:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Egham USC Beer festival 2014, Egham, Surrey. A dark amber coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Sweet, port like, fruity aroma. Tastes similar, sweet, port, fruity, caramel. Rich and tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Apr 2014
at 00:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 5%. Black with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee and liquorice. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, little liquorce, medium sweet, hop and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2014
at 12:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the egham festival... Dark brown... Small bubbly white head... Soft sweet toffee caramel chocolate roast nose... Soft toffee fruit
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Apr 2014
at 05:18
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Small white head quickly disappears entirely. Clear yellow body. Fruity spicy aroma with gingery wooden notes. Dry-sweet herbal gooseberry and wood taste with strawy notes. Mid-to-light body. Mild, soft, flat mouthfeel. Dry fruity strawy ginger aftertaste with grassy herbal notes. Light, drinkable, but low on flavour. (0.237 cask at Truscott Arms, London.)
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Apr 2014
at 11:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 5%. Black with medium brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee and liquorice. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, medium sweet, little liquorice, hop and medium bitter,
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2014
at 11:21