6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a dark brown colour with a reddish tint and a small khaki beige head. The aroma is roasted, roasted malts, bitter chocolate, and coffee. A moderately sweet roasted taste, roasted malts, dark chocolate, coffee, and dark fruit flavours with a sweetish, roasted finish.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2024
at 15:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask @ The Waterhouse, Manchester. Darker clear amber with a creamy off-white head. Also fairly crisp and smooth with traditional, also smoothish malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Dec 2024
at 20:16
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The Flying Horse (Wetherspoon), Gatwick Airport 03/12/2024 Toasted and sweet malty with notes of dark fruit cake, some caramel, twiggy hoppy undercurrent, soft cask mouthfeel with a medium body, lightly spiced into the sweet malty finish. Pretty good seasonal ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Dec 2024
at 11:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at JD Witherspoon Ritz, Lincoln. Amber colour within off white head. Aroma and taste are malty caramel and bitter sweet. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2024
at 16:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask, third pint. @The Roebuck Inn, Nottingham (England). 11/10/2024 [#7.863 Global - #956 England - #2 Exmoor] Pours clear amber with a creamy head. Aroma: burnt caramel, toffee and dusty grains. Taste: smooth caramelly malts, toffee and yeast. Malty palate. Medium bitterness. Next one, please!
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Nov 2024
at 11:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hand-pulled pint on 25th October 2024, The Robert Fitzharding (a Spoons in Bristol). Dark brew, ruby hue to the body, beige crown. Malty, boozy and heavy. On the sweet side with a 'fruit and nut chocolate bar' sort of taste.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2024
at 08:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol October 2024. Deep copper in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Yeasty grains, some caramel sweetness, red berries a touch of leafy hop and moderately bitter finish. This beer had not travelled well and I am not surprised others' ratings are higher.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Oct 2024
at 09:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Caley Picture House. Pours clear copper with a thin off-white head. Aromas of red fruit, toffee, honeycomb. Taste is biscuit, raspberry, jammie dodger in fact. Light sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Oct 2024
at 14:38
7/10
On cask at the SO. Appearance - autumnal red, thin creamy white head. Nose - caramel, toffee and a hint of red fruits. Taste - burnt toffee, edge of almost liquorice but definitely some blackberry jam. Palate - medium bodied, sweet and then tangy dry. Overall - this grew on me.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Oct 2024
at 15:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] A golden amber pour with a tight cream head; malty aroma; rich caramel malt taste; with a spicy bitterness to finish. Smooth and satisfying.
Tried
from Cask
at
Old Manor
on 13 Oct 2024
at 16:24