6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Draught keg at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Bluish purplish brown and hazy with a massive purple/white head. I'm getting plum, baked bready notes from the nose as one would expect. Sweet/sour taste, a little metallic, more fruit here. I feel like it's got all the ingredients here but they are not really gelling. Lightish body with medium carbonation. A rare meh from Shiny.
Tried
from Draft
at
Blue Boar
on 29 Apr 2025
at 17:52
6/10
Tried
on 13 Apr 2025
at 17:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Cask
at
Hop Inn
on 04 Apr 2025
at 13:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5.5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Hop Inn, Swindon, 04/04/2025.
Hazed orange golden topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is orange zest, melon, papaya, mandarin.
Taste comprises soft malts, faint soapy notes, melon, grass.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow hop bitterness.
Okay pale ... soapy edge knocks this down.
Hazed orange golden topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is orange zest, melon, papaya, mandarin.
Taste comprises soft malts, faint soapy notes, melon, grass.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow hop bitterness.
Okay pale ... soapy edge knocks this down.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2025
at 13:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
I visited the National Glass Centre as my cultural activity in Sunderland before my regular cultural activity kicked in. Glass has never been so interesting to me at this point. Very important of course as the substance currently holds this beer I'm rating! Crisp citrus tropical fruit and pine notes with some dryness and a noticeable carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Ship Isis
on 21 Mar 2025
at 14:28
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Mar 2025
at 17:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Colmore, Bingohame, 27/02/2025.
Black with a thin tan head that clears to a swirl.
Nose is light smoke, treacle toffee, dried red berries, chocolate shavings.
Taste comprises dried fruit rinds, charr, lactic pinch, cocoa powder, light smoke, an almost peated note about it.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a light rising boost.
Passable sipper ... for £7 a third this really lacks depth and barrel profile.
Black with a thin tan head that clears to a swirl.
Nose is light smoke, treacle toffee, dried red berries, chocolate shavings.
Taste comprises dried fruit rinds, charr, lactic pinch, cocoa powder, light smoke, an almost peated note about it.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a light rising boost.
Passable sipper ... for £7 a third this really lacks depth and barrel profile.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2025
at 12:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Half cask at Head of Steam Sheffield. Cloudy golden pour, skin of fine foam, lacing. Faint stone fruit aromas. Taste is mildly fruit, nectarine and cereal. Nice consistency from the cask pour.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Head Of Steam - Sheffield
on 10 Feb 2025
at 19:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at The Boiler Room, Leamington Spa, 08/02/2025.
Hazed orange topped with an off white head that thins to a swirl.
Nose is freshly squeezed orange, grass, melon, papaya.
Taste comprises papaya, melon, hint of soap, orange peel.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close splashed with mellow hop btitterness.
Okay cask pale ... the light soapy edge knocks this one down a few points for me.
Hazed orange topped with an off white head that thins to a swirl.
Nose is freshly squeezed orange, grass, melon, papaya.
Taste comprises papaya, melon, hint of soap, orange peel.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close splashed with mellow hop btitterness.
Okay cask pale ... the light soapy edge knocks this one down a few points for me.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2025
at 15:40