5/10
Tried
on 13 Apr 2013
at 12:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at The Punch Bowl in York. Pours translucent brassy gold with a creamy near-white head. Aroma is unusual fruit. Med body. Flavor is sort of a mixed earthy/fruit with some tropical fruit notes. Complex to me. Finishing dry and bitter. Really quite nice
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Apr 2013
at 14:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Pours a dark brown with a large head. Aroma is Juicy Fruits and marmalade on toast. Taste has Juicy Fruits and a little chocolate to start. Sweet, burnt malt finish. Some alcohol in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2013
at 12:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Metropolitan Bar(W’Spoons), Baker Street, London. An amber/brown coloured pour with a thin white head on top. Malty, fruity aroma. Tastes of caramel, malty, fruity, spice, almost peppery. Quite an interesting brew this one.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Feb 2013
at 14:36
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Hand-pulled pint in my local Wetherspoons on 12 Feb 2013. Mahogany body, bright and clean looking with a deep creamy head: the head was both creamy in texture as well as colour. The head left some good, thick lacing as the beer level fell away. The smell and taste were of roasted malts. Brown bread and home-made biscuity sort of aroma really. Dry and almost unsweetened feel to the flavours and mouthfeel. Mild bitterness towards the end but otherwise a weird mixed fruit/malt combination that didn’t really excite me.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2013
at 07:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Half pint shared with Finn, hand pulled cask at The National Winter Ales Festival. A golden-brown body to a bright, naked surface. Aroma of bread-like malts, semi-sweet. Spiced fruity taste joined by brown sugar. Bittersweet malty finish, long-lived. Likable (Manchester, 23.01.2013).
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2013
at 12:09
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
My first drink at National Winter Ales festival 2013. Half, hand pulled cask. Bright golden brown body. Bubbly ring to the rim of the glass. Smell of earthy malts joined by mild fruity notes. Taste of caramel malts with a fruity support. Oil-like bitter ending. Clean in the mouth. Thin to medium bodied. Decent Brit bitter (Manchester, 23.01.2013).
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2013
at 05:31
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Traditional ale that stands up well against the designer styles. Dark ruby coloured ale, lacks a decent head but its mild sweet character makes up for it. Medium bodied with a medium bitterness.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2013
at 16:11
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cold served clear golden ale. Full bodied with small head. Has a very mild pale aroma and character in its taste but also malty. Mainly a bitterness for flavour.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2013
at 09:42
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Clear yellow colour. Aroma has some floral notes and also vegetable water. Flavour has some pale malts but also a strange taste of canned peas.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2012
at 01:43