5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask, Charlie’s Bar. Copper color, short head. Aroma of caramel malt, some hop. Bitter taste, bit malty.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 May 2007
at 03:55
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Orange/brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is fruit, hop. Flavour is fruit, hop, malt, sweet. Not my kind of beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2007
at 01:11
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
500 ml bottle. Hazy dark orange body with a rather small white head. Relatively vague hoppy aroma, but delicate. Flavor is rather bitter with a nice malty sweetness. Medium body. A nice but rather plain hoppy ale that improves after a few more sips. Interesting and a bit different.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2007
at 12:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottled. Dark Copper hue, poured with little head. Slightly fruity aroma with a slightly sweet taste with some burnt caramel. A bit of bitterness in the finish. Not bad, if a bit subdued.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2007
at 11:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. Bottle conditioned. Hazy golden brown colour, moderate head. Unusual sweetish aroma, jam, cooked vegetables, hay. Malty flavour with a noticeable sweetness, some caramel and fruit, and a distinct "bite" from the Progress hops in the finish and aftertaste. Not bad at all!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2007
at 14:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Thin white coarse head. Deep dark brown body. Sharpish licorice, nuts, and metal aroma with sweetish wooden plum notes. Deep sweet wooden licorice taste with dry nutty aftertaste. Traces of smoke. Quite good, but not a sensation. (0.5l bottle.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2007
at 14:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500 ml brown bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. ABV is 5.0%. Copper coloured, slightly hazy, moderate to low off-white head. Aroma of earth, honey and flowers. Flavour is rich and malty but not too sweet, some burnt caramel, balanced by decent hops, a distinct bitterness in the finish and aftertaste. Moderate carbonation. I like it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2006
at 14:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500 ml brown bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. "Conditioned in the bottle". ABV is 6%. Copper coloured, slightly hazy. Moderate beige head. Very nice aroma, vinous notes, also notes of rum-drenched raisins, oak and Christmas pudding. Rich flavour with substantial malts, hints of Christmas pudding, caramel, spices, oak and port wine. Decent hops dominate the finish and the bitter aftertaste. A very nice Christmas ale!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2006
at 18:33
2.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Bottle: poured a cloudy orange-brown, with a trace of off-white head - not very appealing to look at. Aroma of stale biscuit, watery with burnt malt to start followed by s atridently bitter hop finish. Hopefully just a bad bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2006
at 16:55
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, Sainsburys, Kidlington, available as part of a presentation pack that also includes Otter Claus and another that I’ve forgotten. Dark brown colour with a malty and sweet aroma some burnt sugar perhaps? Taste is also a bit sweet with fruits and malts, this is fine but nothing great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2006
at 06:31