Subsidiaries
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 07 Dec 2024
at 16:05
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Black with a beige head. Not served in the best condition. Soapy with a little smoke. Smooth mouthfeel with some nice roasted malt, but also a slight sourness. It feels a little raw, and the soapiness didn't help. Didn't feel this was served in particularly good condition. It's odd that berkshirejohn had it in the same place and on the same day, and had such a different experience, but then I've never really liked this brewer's beers. It's odder that berkshirejohn seems to often be in the same place as me on the same day and yet I've never met him & don't know who he is - maybe I've got a stalker!
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Dec 2024
at 08:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A shiny peat brown coloured pour with a tight tan head; aroma of richly roasted malts and brown sugar; milky mouthfeel with a toasted grain taste and a smoky bitterness; then a dry finish with some acrid smoke and a gentle warmth. A proper porter.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 05 Dec 2024
at 12:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Jewel of the Severn, Bridgnorth. Pours bright gold with a large head. Aroma is grainy straw. Taste has straw and grain with a touch of egg.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Nov 2024
at 17:48
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Sep 2024
at 10:29
7/10
Tried
on 18 Sep 2024
at 14:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a mahogany red colour with a small, thin, off-white head that settled. The aroma is malty, cereals, berries and some dark fruit. A moderately sweet and malty taste, sweet cereal malts, dark fruit, berries, and spice flavours with a light bitterness.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2024
at 12:16
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Lyric Piccadilly. Dirty golden brown colour lasting white head. Decent hoppy beer. Good stratus flavours. Some lime some mango some pineapple. OK.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Aug 2024
at 14:18
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] An Olympic Games special. A bright amber pour with a thick creamy head; bready aroma; smooth biscuity malt taste; and a sweet biscuity finish with a touch of grassy bitterness. Good looking, but unexciting. Not worth a second; as Paul Heston says, “when blond and beautiful are multiple, they become so dull and dutiful”.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 22 Jul 2024
at 14:29
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] Described as a Triple IPA on the pump clip. A bright reddish chestnut pour with a thin cream coloured head; malty aroma; rather thin but with a pleasant dry malty taste; then a firm spicy bitterness to finish. Tasty for the ABV.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 22 Jul 2024
at 14:12