7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask from the Blue Boar, Leicester. Dark brown, pretty much opaque with a loose uneven khaki/tan head. Muted aroma with chocolate fudge, not getting quite so much coffee. Taste is sweet and- oh there's the coffee- with a sugared creamy notes leading to a more balanced finish with chocolate malt in the aftertaste. Super-oily body, soft to no carbonation. An excellent little brew.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jun 2023
at 17:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
1/6/2023. Cask at the 36th Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival. Pours clear very pale gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is hoppy, straw, lemon, flowers, slight mucky edge. Moderate sweetness and medium plus bitterness. Light body, slightly watery, soft carbonation. Bitter floral finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jun 2023
at 13:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Pours a dull murky brown with minimal off-white head. Just a sweet maltiness in the aroma. Sweetness too in the mouth, though it is somewhat watery. Flavour has malts, plus hints of ash, caramel and treacle. A bit nondescript really.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 May 2023
at 23:17
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 17 May 2023
at 22:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Tiny Tavern, Lincoln. The look of a proper old Bitter, not a golden beer trying to be a bitter. Deep amber golden colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste are malty caramel sweet to light bitter. Nice classic.
Tried
from Cask
at
Tiny Tavern
on 14 May 2023
at 13:54
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Bridge Bier Huis, Burnley. Very dark with a creamy-frothy head. Has a light roasted nose with a similar taste, and is quite a full bodied mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 May 2023
at 20:51
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Pours chrome yellow with minimal off-white head. Not much of an aroma, just some generic citrus notes. In the mouth it starts off sweet with flavours of grains and pine. Fairly quickly though comes a massive does of floral hops to swamp everything, though citrus notes can still be detected. Finish is quite bitter. This is OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2023
at 19:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, third pint. @CAMRA GBBF Winter Festival 2023, Burton-On-Trent (UK). 17/02/2023 [#5.867 Global - #644 England - #1 Ashover Brewery (My English Brewery #212)] Pours golden with a small head. Aroma: grains, soft floral and yeast. Taste: very grainy and floral. Next one please!
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Mar 2023
at 12:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the GBBF Winter 2023 Festival, day 2 at Burton On Trent Town Hall, 17/02/23. Light golden blonde with a good sized white cap. Nose is grass, melon, light floral whisper, lemon zest. Taste comprises tangerine, soft malts, melon, grass, perfume. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with light juicy hop bitterness. Decent refreshing cask APA.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Feb 2023
at 16:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
cask sample at GBBF Winter. Pale golden pour with a thin white head. Aroma is hoppy, floral, soapy. Taste is light bready malts with a brisk, biting hoppiness. An oily feel to this alos. Didin't quite work for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2023
at 14:24