6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle - Xmas gift. Poured a really pale golden colour with a very thin white head and some lacing. Aroma of pear drops, straw and melon. Grassy hops in the initial flavour with some boiled sweets and light toasted malt. Finish was straw, peppery hop and grain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2014
at 12:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green, 30/12/13. Lightly hazed golden with a moderate off white covering that retains well, decent lacing ensues. Nose is lightly hopped, orange, citrus fruits, bread dough. Taste comprises orange pith, grass, soft bread dough, lemon rind, light tropical fruit notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation leading towards dry grassy bitterness in the closure. Solid GB affair.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Dec 2013
at 02:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Sussex arms. Aroma is lemon grainy straw lime. Flavour is grassy lemon rind, English yeast esters. Medium palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Dec 2013
at 10:54
7.5/10
Swan on the Stray, Harrogate
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Dec 2013
at 13:15
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Mahogany colour. Has lots of Christmas cake flavour with a touch of spice. Thin and watery.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2013
at 08:43
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask@The Hack&Hop, London - pours almost clear gold with very small to no head. Light floral/hoppy citrus taste and aroma, some straw, grass, not much "bite" to this, body is very thin, not much going on with the palate. Not sure on this one.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2013
at 03:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Golden with a thick creamy head. It has a light wild bushy character to it, not quite medium bodied but close. Aroma is a wild berry.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2013
at 11:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Lyric, Soho - big thanks to agent Paolo of the Londres bureau of CDA for putting me onto this one, I was there 61 minutes after the call, 19/11/13. Light black with a good sized head of tan bubbleage. Nose is light roast, pine needle, jammy berry fruits, light tropicals, earthy cocoa powder - ticks all the CDA aroma boxes. Taste comprises earthy hops, pine tingles, Ribena berries, mineral bite, light roast, faint cocoa. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light roast and moderate hop bitterness at the reckoning. Decent CDA.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2013
at 13:49
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the Lyric - Soho, London. Pours rich black with a frothy, beige cap. Good roasted malt nose, lots of burnt pine, earth, grapefruit and cocoa. Medium sweet flavor with dried citrus fruit, bittersweet cocoa, torched wood and earth, burnt bread. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Has a fairly dynamic cocoa finish, some baking cocoa, some milk chocolate, more bitter burnt pine and earth. Solid offering.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2013
at 09:28