7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Hopology, Nottingham. Rich almost black colour with a very well lasting light tan head. Aroma ma has coffee, chocolate, and light fruit. Taste mostly chocolate and roasted malty bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2016
at 18:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On cask at Monsal Head Hotel. Appearance - golden with a nice fluffy head. Nose - flowers, grass and citrus. Taste - citrus, plant stocks and citrus pith. Palate - light bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - a good refresher after a cycle ride.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Aug 2016
at 07:30
6/10
Tried
on 04 Jul 2016
at 16:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Bow Bar. Just as Shiny Affinity, no note of the hop. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of peach, light toffee and cream. Taste is floral, peach blossom, light bitter. Slightly astringent finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jun 2016
at 12:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Devonshire Cat, Sheffield, 20/05/16. Clear golden amber with a decent off white head that retains well. Nose is orange peel, light floral notes, straw, toasted bread. Taste comprises orange pith, citric tinged straw, toasted grain, airy malt, lemon rind. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, grassy hop bitterness in the close. Decent enough blonde.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jun 2016
at 04:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On cask at 2016 Rail Ale Festival, Barrow Hill, Chesterfield - Decent clear brown body, lacing white head. Chocolate, pine, toasted, bitter malt finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jun 2016
at 07:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is sugary, chocolate, toffee, taste is similar, little thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2016
at 15:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Furnace Inn, Duke Street, Derby, Derbyshire, England DE1 3BX. [ As Shiny Sorachi Dark ].Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, moderate hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, chocolate, dark malt, citrus notes, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160220]
Tried
from Cask
on 31 May 2016
at 14:12
6/10
Tried
on 21 May 2016
at 10:29
8/10
Tried
on 21 May 2016
at 10:28