Subsidiaries
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
[i] Cask at The National Winter Ales Festival, Manchester 18-01-07 [/i] Pours dark brown with molasseses, burnt wood and some coffee on the nose. First taste made me think of syrup more than treacle but with perseverance I suppose I could get the treacle helped probably by the aroma this was a bit fruitier than I had expected, quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jan 2008
at 06:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity at the Pig’s Ear Beer festival 4/12/207. Amber coloured with a slight off-white head. Aroma of caramel with plenty of citrus hops. Chewy malt flavour before a hoppy, dry finish. Very good.
Tried
on 05 Dec 2007
at 12:19
7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home ... Pale crisp golden yellow ... lots of hop and light fruit in nose ... clean fresh fruitb and little caramel followed by a crisp citrus hop ... little drying in finish with a good hop linger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2007
at 11:15
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask@GBBF2007. Golden colour, big white head. Aroma is hoppy and slightly yeasty. Also has some slight spicy hints. Flavour is spiced, wooden and quite grassy and dry hoppy. Good balance, refreshing, but then again quite empty.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Sep 2007
at 03:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home ... deep red brown ... nice faom head ...lots of roast fruity malts and no doubt of the treacle, which adds a lovely extra dimension to the nose .... Mouth feel is a bit thiner than expected ... sweet herby tones with some caramel tones ... little bitterness ... little drying little blackcurent, but its the overwhelming herby medicinal tones that unbalance this beer. THe lovely aroma pushes this beer to a pip or two higher than i think it deserves. But actually on drinking rest of bottle it the herbyness mellows a bit and in fact uprate from 3.0 ->3.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2007
at 12:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ The Swan, DY8, Amblecote. Clear medium yellow color with a small, creamy / fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, citrus, lemon, and light yeasty, fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2007
at 07:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Mill Hotel, CH1, Chester. Clear ornage color with a small fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, straw, moderate hoppy, grass, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, and a nice dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2007
at 01:28
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
a pale yellow colour, with a light sweet hop nose, and a mostly hoppy palate. no complexity.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2007
at 14:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Banbury Beer Festival Fri 23rd March. One of my favourite beers that did exactly as it ’said on the tin’ i.e it was indeed a dark dry bitter although more amber than really dark. I got a taste of marzipan in my first mouthfull which to a lesser degree kept coming back with each subsequent slurp. This was a thoroughly decent beer that I could happily have had a session of, most enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Mar 2007
at 02:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask handpull at The Dispensary, Liverpool. Pale gold, with thick white head. Hoppy aroma. Citrus lemon/grapefruit throughout. Some yeast on aroma. Fine pale malts in mouth before balanced pink grapefruit kicks in. Very drinkable citrus blonde beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Mar 2007
at 05:34