6/10
Tried
on 24 Dec 2014
at 15:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hand-pulled half-pint in a Shrewsbury Wetherspoons (Montgomery Towers) on 8th Dec 2014. Bright and clear amber body with a healthy white crown that gave off some impressive lacing. Malty, fruity, woody and nutty: roasted biscuit maltiness leads the way with the other flavours trying to assert themselves and prevent the beer becoming too sweet. Nice.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2014
at 03:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
500ml bottle: BBD Jul 15. Poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard at home on 5th Dec 14, the first beer in a random tasting night with myself: no sharing. Full light beige head on a clear amber with a red hue body. Malty and semi-sweet in the nose and taste, some fruitiness seeps into the flavours also. Nice and better than the weaker cask version in my opinion.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2014
at 10:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl bottle from a local garden centre. A reddish copper colour with a ring of white head; sweet, musty aroma with a trace of roasted chestnuts; sweet fruity taste to statr - almost toffee apple - then showing some port-like notes, and also some butterscotch; before a dry warmingfinish. A rather good winter ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2014
at 07:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Wellington; clear dark copper pour with a thin bubbly beige head, robust malt aroma, taste has caramel, foraged winter berries, wet autumn leaves. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Nov 2014
at 02:57
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Wellington; hazy golden yellow pour with a bubbly white head, pale malts, hint of citrus, grass, sweet honey.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Nov 2014
at 02:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Really pleased to see this, an old friend from many years ago: 6th Nov 2014, hand-pulled half-pint at the 24th Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival. Copper with darker ruby hint, wispy head on this pour. Aroma is toffee apple like, as is the taste, both of which have a fruity semi-sweet feel to them. Medium bodied and very easy to drink.
Tried
on 09 Nov 2014
at 10:19
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at the Watford beer festival 2014. Light haze, golden straw coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is candied orange, honey, caramel. Little Belgian phenol on the nose as well. Flavour is candied orange, sweet tangy orange rind, Belgian yeast. A bit weird all round. Palate is medium sweet, grainy wheaty on the tongue and highish carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Nov 2014
at 14:27
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
23rd October 2014
Church Inn. Ludlow. Cask. Almost clear fold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and light and semi dry. Mild fine carbonation. Very light pale malts, semi dry. Mild sweetness. A dry tangy mid. Very mellow and somewhat tired tasting orange hops on the back end. Mild bitter linger. It’s okay, quite drinkable.
Church Inn. Ludlow. Cask. Almost clear fold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and light and semi dry. Mild fine carbonation. Very light pale malts, semi dry. Mild sweetness. A dry tangy mid. Very mellow and somewhat tired tasting orange hops on the back end. Mild bitter linger. It’s okay, quite drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Oct 2014
at 10:50
6/10
Tried
on 05 Oct 2014
at 09:58