6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Hamilton Hall, JDW - London. Pours deep, unclear brown with a frothy, tan head. The nose has some ashy roast, burnt toast, some cocoa. Light sweet flavour with strong bitter ashy roast, baking cocoa, scorched earth. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Strongly bitter finish, slightly astringent, with more baking cocoa, tangy burnt wood, ash. So so overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2017
at 16:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
How: Cask.
Where: Oliver Twist, Stockholm.
Appearance: Almost black colour with a small tan head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, chocolate, some hops.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Roasted malt, chocolate, fruit.
Where: Oliver Twist, Stockholm.
Appearance: Almost black colour with a small tan head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, chocolate, some hops.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Roasted malt, chocolate, fruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jan 2017
at 14:30
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
330ml Bottle - Golden with a white head. Biscuity malt, caramel and a hint of cocoa in the aroma. Malty, nutty and biscuity taste with caramel, walnuts and grain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2017
at 13:12
6/10
Tried
on 06 Jan 2017
at 16:42
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ Kew Gardens Hotel, 292 Sandycombe Road, Kew, Greater London, England, TW9 3NG. [ As Portobello VPA ].Clear medium amber orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, light to moderate hoppy, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, fruity, caramel, pale malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150809] 6-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jan 2017
at 06:59
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml can into an old Budweiser Budvar stemmed tulip glass at home on 22nd Dec 2016. Obtained from The Willow Walk (a Wetherspoons near Victoria, London). Mid-gold body, clean and clear: white head with a bit of lacing. The aroma is floral/grassy and grainy, the taste leaning towards the grains with a slight bitter finish from the hop content. Easy drinking and not unpleasant.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Dec 2016
at 12:21
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tap, Queens Head, Weybridge. Vinegar aroma, which also comes through in to taste? Off? Otherwise basic bland bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Nov 2016
at 08:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2015, National Winter Ales Festival (2015), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Portobello Apache IPA ].Clear medium orange color with a small to average, open and frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, orange - citrus, mandarin - tropcial fruit. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, mandarin, orange, hoppy, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150213] 7-3-7-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Nov 2016
at 10:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Moon Under Water, JDW - London. Pours clear copper with a frothy, off-white head. Pleasant ripe, lightly dried berries in the aroma, with nips of toasted bread and berries. Light sweet flavour with more lightly toasted brown bread, soft leafy bitterness, leathery berries. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Finishes with touches of grape, brown bread, mild earth, orange peel, more berries. Enjoyable cask ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Nov 2016
at 14:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Willow Walk JDW. It pours near black with a bubbly tan head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, chocolate, dark fruits, roasted malt and malt loaf. The taste is bitter, earth roast, cocoa, coffee grounds, liquorice and some dark fruits (in particular plum) It finishes up plummy and roasty. Medium body and soft carbonation. decent enough porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Nov 2016
at 06:51