6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at Thomas Ingoldsby, Spoons, Canterbury. Gold with thick lastnig beige head. Never sure in a Spoons if this is how the beer is supposed to taste. Good condition. Fine bitter, nothing out of place, but nothing remarkable either. English hops are ok, earthy, bit of tingle on end, faint citrus. Malts give mouthfeel fullness. Yeasty/citrus aroma. Fine. Re rate at ashford spoons. Better
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2007
at 06:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 10
Texture 6
Overall 5
500 ml bottle. Golden body with a medium white head. Aroma is citrus and peaches. Flavor is sweet, a bit bitter and grapefruit. Quite nice, but misses some complexity. A really wonderful flavor, but something is missing. A bit short-lived.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2007
at 12:33
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle. Golden yellow, not much froth. Fruity and malty, hints of orange and lemon. Not very hoppy, but quite full-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2007
at 09:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a slightly dark copper colour with a small amount of head. A fairly standard affair, slightly sweet aroma, fairly well balanced hop/malt flavours. Nothing special, but perfectly drinkable.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2007
at 20:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle. Dark colour, nearly black, large head. Flavours of coffeeand bitter chocolate combined with fruity and citrusy hops, which makes an excellent comination. Dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2007
at 15:18
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Devonshire Arms, South Normanton, Derbyshire. A rather plain and straightforward bitter. Chestnut hued with an off-white head; aroma of stewed fruit and hops; taste is clean hoppy bitterness then some sweet malt; with a sweet and slightly fruit finish. Rather unexciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 May 2007
at 12:19
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is fruit, malt hop. Flavour is fruit, malt, hop, citrus . ordinary.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2007
at 14:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Dark brown coloured brew, with a rich chocolate roast nose and a deep fruity rich roat flavour with a little tang and zip to ip. a little chocolyte , but the strength does tend to show through.
Tried
on 02 May 2007
at 06:32
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Clear, golden beer with a white head. There’s some butterscotch and citrus as well as peach and malty sweetness. Maltysweet in the mouth, followed by citric hops. Medium mouthfeel and a finish which is a bit sweet, and fades with citrusy hops. A quite nice easy-to-drink ale. (070427)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2007
at 15:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask handpull at White Horse, Parson’s Green. Very deep ruby colour with lasting beige head. Subtle dark malt aroma. Burnt toast. Good dark strong beer, good mouthfeel. Not great, but extremely competent. Bit of creamy vanilla too. 3.5/5 Re-rate at Metro Bar, JDW, Baker Street. I missed this at the beer festival last year, so pleased to see it. Very deep mahogany, lasting thin beige, lovely choccy strong ale, lots of dry malt. Lots of malty fruity flavour. Tasty as hell, just a little syrupy. Alcohol is well contained in the big malts. Excellent. Dryish finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Feb 2007
at 11:21