6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle ordered from Kay Gees. Aroma starts off fruity before developing. Amts and booze. Opaque dark brown. Foamy beige head attempts to escape the bottle but calms down by the time it reaches the glass. Medium to heavy bitter. Booze. Flat. Charcoal. Dull malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Sticky. Average prickly carbonation. Long astringent finish. Punchy but bland.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2024
at 13:21
7/10
Tried
on 20 Sep 2024
at 13:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
20th September 2024
Bottleshare at Chez Frog. Thanks to Mark. Almost opaque dark brown beer, small tan head. Light palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Thinnish dark malts, a cardboardy dark chocolate. Dark malt tang. Touch of ripe fruits. Light semi dry finish.
Bottleshare at Chez Frog. Thanks to Mark. Almost opaque dark brown beer, small tan head. Light palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Thinnish dark malts, a cardboardy dark chocolate. Dark malt tang. Touch of ripe fruits. Light semi dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2024
at 13:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, roasted coffee, vanilla, taste is bitter roasted coffee, chocolate, meaty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2024
at 19:30
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16/3/2024. Bottle from Left Field Beer. Pours black with a small tan coloured head. Good pour. Aroma is dark chocolate, meaty, molasses, roasted malt, liquorice, toffee, coffee, candy sugar. Moderate sweetness and mellow roasted bitterness. Full bodied, smooth, soft carbonation. Very slight boozy harshness but really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2024
at 00:21
7/10
Tried
on 24 Feb 2024
at 23:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Panda at home, thanks to Kenny, 18/01/24. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a beige cap that veers edgewards. Nose is fruit rinds, toffee, vinous, earthy, soy sauce, like Kenny says ... aged smell about it ... you know - the typical aroma of a Leighton tasting beer! Taste comprises sweet malts, figs, liquid fruit cake, the aged notes have gone and it now shows its freshness, toffee, spice, vinous, figgy jam, vanilla, cocoa sprinkle, caramelised brown sugars. Full bodied, fine carbonation with a light oily mouthfeel, semi drying close with a spike of alcohol. Solid sipper.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2024
at 19:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
30th December 2023
Almost opaque dark brown beer, a few fine tan bubbles never comes close to forming a head. The nose reminds me of 100s of 1970s and 1980s bottles of beer that have been opened over the last 15 years. Aged caramel malt. Smooth and slightly soft palate, mildly dry, reasonable fine carbonation. The aged malt nose follows in to the taste but is richer, rounder and paradoxically, fresher. A little ripe fruits before a light and semi dry finish. Different. Really tastes like it could have been brewed when Wilson was prime minister, but that isn't a bad thing at all. An unusual stylistic choice but fine by me.
Almost opaque dark brown beer, a few fine tan bubbles never comes close to forming a head. The nose reminds me of 100s of 1970s and 1980s bottles of beer that have been opened over the last 15 years. Aged caramel malt. Smooth and slightly soft palate, mildly dry, reasonable fine carbonation. The aged malt nose follows in to the taste but is richer, rounder and paradoxically, fresher. A little ripe fruits before a light and semi dry finish. Different. Really tastes like it could have been brewed when Wilson was prime minister, but that isn't a bad thing at all. An unusual stylistic choice but fine by me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2023
at 10:57
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Brown collar on a still black body. Liquorice, malt, raisin, boozy & demerara aroma. Full bodied, super smooth (like baby oil) body with a clean back. Liquorice, raisin, tangy red wine, malt & berry tastes with a big boozy finish. That's Class.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2023
at 17:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at Tilt, Bingo-Cotts Convention, Thanks to Mark 08/07/23. Black with a tan cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is toffee, liquorice, herb, spice, tangy dried fruits, umami. Taste comprises treacle toffee, molasses, booze, dark malts, toasted brown sugars, honeycomb. Full bodied, oily mouthfeel, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Sips very well for 21% if lacking some complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2023
at 14:36