7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
At Steel City 49 Festival, Kelham Island - Deepest brown, small white head. Smoky liquorice and sweet roasted malts. Hides ABV well, a little too easy going.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2025
at 13:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Sheffield CAMRA Beer Festival 2025, Beer#12. Golden-blonde and hoppy, like many in this series. This one has a very light tropical fruitiness behind the more dominant aforementioned.
Tried
from Cask
at
Steel City Sheffield Beer & Cider Festival (CAMRA)
on 17 Oct 2025
at 11:32
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sheffield CAMRA Beer Festival 2025, Beer#19. Black-brown mild in colour, but it's a bonafide mild in style. Very light roasted, light sweetness, smooth in texture.
Tried
from Cask
at
Steel City Sheffield Beer & Cider Festival (CAMRA)
on 17 Oct 2025
at 04:01
7/10
Citrus and tropical
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2025
at 12:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Hand pulled pint at the Wrekin Inn on 8th October 2025. Black bodied, tanned crust that hung around for a while. Malty, with a coffee and chocolate feel, it's fine and fairly tasty for a 4.3% Porter.
Tried
from Cask
at
Wrekin Inn
on 08 Oct 2025
at 16:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Hand pulled half pint in the Pheasant Inn & brewhouse on 11th September 2025. Black bodied, tanned/beige crown. Sweetish strong Mild, liquorice and malts in both the nose and taste, slight fruity bitterness in there too.
Tried
from Cask
at
Pheasant
on 11 Sep 2025
at 19:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half pint on cask at the Leopard.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
The Leopard
on 13 Jul 2025
at 07:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
A suitably named first choice beer for the day on Independence Day in America. Quite a bittered hoppy amalgamation in this latest version.
Tried
from Cask
at
Fox and Goose
on 04 Jul 2025
at 11:30
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap cask, at the Smithfield, Derby in the company of Dad, Pauline, Scott and Mandy Saturday 7th June 2025. Pours clear gold, slim white head. There is a little bit of fruitiness, a touch buttery on the nose, simple and lacks a little bit.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Smithfield Alehouse
on 07 Jun 2025
at 11:11
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Feathers and Star, Wirksworth, 06/06/2025.
Light black with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is light charr, smoke, dried fruits, cocoa powder.
Taste comprises chocolate biscuit, dried fruit rinds, dark malts, charr.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Tasty mild.
Light black with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is light charr, smoke, dried fruits, cocoa powder.
Taste comprises chocolate biscuit, dried fruit rinds, dark malts, charr.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Tasty mild.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2025
at 19:17