7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Many thanks to Erzengel for sharing! A clear dark ruby brown beer with a huge good lasting beige head. Aroma of soft smoked dark malt, toffee. Taste of mild roasted dark malt, toffee, nuts, hints of smoked malt and wood. Nice!
Tried
on 08 Oct 2017
at 13:57
6/10
Tried
on 29 Sep 2017
at 13:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Many thanks to Minutemat for this bottle! Great rich dark malty beginning. Nuts, caramel, roast. Full and round for the 3.7%. Roasted dry nuts in the aftertaste, moderate bitter, refreshing and round with a great roasted bitterness on the end. Great dry caramel with nuts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2017
at 06:21
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Aldi, Chertsey. Slightly floral malty aroma. An attractive bright amber. Gleams in the glass. Thin bubbly white head. Medium bitter - surprising kick to it. Malt. Quinine. Pepper. A bitter? Light. Thin. A buzz of carbonation. Abrupt finish. I've borrowed a soft spot for Holden's from two Black Country mates, but this was better than I was expecting. Interesting bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2017
at 14:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Aldi. Crystal clear, pale gold. Film of sticky, white head. Nose has grass clippings and privet leaf. Some biscuity malts. A bit toasty. A bit lemony. Taste is nicely balanced, buttery sweetness, with lemon hop bitterness. Clean and crisp, drying mouthfeel. Grassy, lemony bite to finish. Good golde.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2017
at 13:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Sampled @ GBBF 2017, Day 3. A clear deep golden beer with a small off-white head. Aroma of toasted malt, soft grainy malt. Taste of toasted malt, yeast, some ripe fruits, clove.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2017
at 14:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, malt, grass, straw and hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 06:19
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and light hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 280717
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 06:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Queens Head, Stourbridge. Pours bright gold with a small head. Aroma is flinty and honey. Taste is dry, flinty and stony. A little honey on the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jul 2017
at 14:49
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle handed to me by my colleague as I left his house. Drank at a bus stops somewhere in the Black Country as I waited for the 126 back in to town. Sweet malty aroma. Amber. Thin frothy white head. Medium bitter. A tang to it. A malty base. Light bodied. Soft carbonation. Long finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2017
at 06:54