6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home from Sainsbury’s. Pours a slightly deep yellow, a bit of head, fair bit of lacing and quite a lot of carbonation. Faint but pleasant aroma of lemon washing-up liquid and Cascade hops.Taste is bitter, weak, and somewhat soapy. Better when chugged with abandon rather than sipped. Not a great golden ale, and certainly not the best Maxim ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2013
at 10:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ The New Oxford, 11 Bexley Sq, Salford, Manchester, England M3 6DB.Clear dark red brown color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, dried dark fruit, light butterscotch. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130125]
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Dec 2013
at 03:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol, October 2013. Deep copper in colour with a slight, off-white head. Sweet, malty and plenty of red fruits, with moderately bitter finish. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2013
at 14:59
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
500ml bottle at home. Pours clear amber with little to no head. Malt aromas, malt sweet taste. Malty. One dimensional in a not very good way. Thin too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2013
at 11:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Sainsburys. Deep gold with a slight white head. A touch of citrus fruits, sweet cereal malts, and a big, bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2013
at 13:28
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Moon Under Water (JDW), Watford on 30 October. Poured a clear ruby colour with a tight white head and good lacing. Sweet, malty aroma with hints of raisins and fruit cake. Flavours of biscuity malt, spice and cooked apple. Finish is light grassy hop, chewy malt and brown sugar.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Nov 2013
at 12:57
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Stick or Twist, Leeds. Copper with a small hew and a small head. Has a malty character with a spicy aftertaste and a medium bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Nov 2013
at 00:35
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Victoria Station Spoonaleum, 29/10/13. Lightly hazed golden amber with a thinnish dull beige head. Blackcurrant is evident on the nose allied to grassy notes, not unpleasant but a one trick nose. Taste comprises caramel, berry fruits, biscuit malt, blackcurrant, light spice. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, light strains of bitter fruits in the finale. Mediocrity @spoonsfest shocker !!!
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Nov 2013
at 06:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Quite a fruity aroma. The flavour is also sweet with some fruitiness. There’s a light bitter dryness in the finish. Quite thin and watery.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2013
at 14:37
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the moon under water Watford jdw. Light amber orange with a loose off white head. Aroma is alcohol, caramel and light toast. Flavour is caramel sweet kamp coffee and stale malt. Palate is average medium carb. Overall not great.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2013
at 14:43