6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the 34th Ealing Beer Festival 2025, day one, 09/07/2025.
Deep mahogany brown topped with a beige cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is biscuit, stewed fruits, herb, grains.
Taste comprises dusty fruits, grains, brown bread, biscuit, toffee.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Okay mild.
Deep mahogany brown topped with a beige cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is biscuit, stewed fruits, herb, grains.
Taste comprises dusty fruits, grains, brown bread, biscuit, toffee.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Okay mild.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2025
at 16:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Hand-pulled pint in the White Hart (Shifnal) on 11th June 2025. Amber body, clean and clear, on top a decent white crown that hung around for a while. Malty with a semi-sweet caramel base, hop bitterness kicks in towards the finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
White Hart
on 11 Jun 2025
at 16:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Hand-pulled half-pint at the Pheasant Inn and Brewhouse on 11th June 2025. First beer of a boozy day (again). Golden body, clean and bright, on top a white rocky head. Mosaic hops doing their thing, so loads of tropical fruit like aromas and flavours, semi-bitter and easy to down.
Tried
from Cask
at
Pheasant
on 11 Jun 2025
at 11:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask at Lych Gate, Wolverhampton. Pours golden amber with a medium sized foamy almost white head and excellent lacing. The aroma is mainly malts and caramel with some hints of autumn fruits. In the mouth in fluctuates on the edges of sweet and bitter with malts, caramel and some traditional hoppiness. Later there are hints of honey, barley sgar and apricot. Bitterness wins out in the slightly dry finish. This is decent.
Tried
from Cask
at
Lych Gate Tavern (Black Country Inns)
on 09 Jun 2025
at 14:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Old Bush Revived, Rowley Regis. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with foamy creamy-yellow head and good lacing. Thereโs malts and oats in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet, but a little thin. Flavour has plenty of oats, and also roasted malts, liquorice and vanilla. Later on there are hints of chocolate and plums. Sweetness lasts into the finish. This is decent โ but a bit lacking in body.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 May 2025
at 11:53
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Guildford Arms. Pours clear golden amber with a thin white head. Aromas of light malt and grassy hops. Taste is thin, light sweet fruit. Thin finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Guildford Arms
on 21 Apr 2025
at 09:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
On cask at Old Bull's Head, Gornal clear yellow body with a lacing white top. Biscuity malts, some mildly sweet tropical fruit, little grassiness and slightly bitter on the way out.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Apr 2025
at 18:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Cask at the Weavers Ale House, Stourbridge, 28/02/2025.
Golden blonde with a white cap that retains.
Nose is pale malts, grass, herb, tangerine, light breads.
Taste comprises citric zest, grass, melon, tangerine, soft malts.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close splashed with mellow hop bitterness.
Okay cask pale.
Golden blonde with a white cap that retains.
Nose is pale malts, grass, herb, tangerine, light breads.
Taste comprises citric zest, grass, melon, tangerine, soft malts.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close splashed with mellow hop bitterness.
Okay cask pale.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 15:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Weavers Ale House, Stourbridge, 28/02/2025.
Extremely dark mahogany brown meets light black topped with a lasting faded khaki cap.
Nose is chocolate biscuit, light roast, dried fruit esters.
Taste comprises dark malts, cocoa powder, dried fruit rinds, charr.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Tidy cask stout.
Extremely dark mahogany brown meets light black topped with a lasting faded khaki cap.
Nose is chocolate biscuit, light roast, dried fruit esters.
Taste comprises dark malts, cocoa powder, dried fruit rinds, charr.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Tidy cask stout.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 15:38