7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Growler at home from BeerHeadz Grantham. Deep chestnut brown colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste are sweet nutty, malty and slight bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Growler
on 05 Nov 2021
at 14:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Light brown, transparent and clear with a fluffy beige head. Dusting of chocolate in the aroma with sweet spice and a little bit of blackberry. Taste is sweet and lightly spiced with some hop bitterness in the finish. Glat body. Pretty good stuff if a little bit nondescript.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Oct 2021
at 17:41
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Pours a pale yellow with a small white head and good lacing. Not much of an aroma wut there are traces of citrus and corn. In the mouth it has a slightly buttery texture with overall sensation being sweet but quite sharp and fizzy. Main flavour is initially orange, but later on floral hops and a hint of spices come through. Reasonable – but a bit too citrus orientated for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Oct 2021
at 23:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Clear dark yellow colour with thin soapy head. Light malty sweetness. A little plain. Just a touch of fruity hop. Quite watery.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2021
at 16:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Liquorice by name and liquorice by nature ! Pours almost black with a small beige head and good lacing. Lots of liquorice in the nose and tons more in the mouth. Some aniseed and roast malts too. Almost forgot – cask at Alexandra, Derby.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2021
at 22:17
6/10
Tried
on 10 Aug 2021
at 16:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle bought from the Offie, Leicester and drunk at home. Slightly reddish brown with a little ring of beige/khaki head. Quite a lot of vanilla in the aroma, with some earthy notes and some cooking chocolate.More vanilla in the taste but it isn't overly sweet; it actually has a good wallop of hop bitterness in the finish. Soft to medium carbonation. It's pretty decent all in all but I feel like the vanilla, lush as it is, papers over the cracks of a slightly less exciting beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2021
at 23:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Handpull cask at the Blue Boar, Leicester. It's ruby brown and clear with a small beige head and lots of lacing. Deep chocolate malts in the aroma with touches of vanilla and toffee. It's sweet all right, but it doesn't run away with the sweetness; there's a bitter hoppy character that takes precedent in the finish. Full oily body with low to medium carbonation. My goodness.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jul 2021
at 15:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Specially selected for my 1000th rate. Swap from a friend. Has a strange aroma of wet earth mixed with chocolate and a hint of lime. Pours a murky reddish brown with a small beige head. Quite a melange of flavours in the mouth, oranges. Chocolate, roasted malts and tropical fruits. Sweet malts and caramel come through later, after the initial bitterness has subsided. Finish is dry and treacly. Nice and hides it’s strength well, but not as sublime as I was expecting.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2021
at 21:38
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jun 2021
at 16:17