4.5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 5
Overall 5
500ml bottle, gift from a friend, BB Oct 21. Pours a see through coca cola look with next to no head. Aromas & tastes of dried fruits, burnt ash & malt. Moderate body. Sweet finish. Very poor effort I'm afraid to say, hard to finish & I've a second bottle to get through at some point.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2025
at 18:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Half pint from the cask at the Maidenhead Inn, Basingstoke. Pours dark brown with a small off white head. Aromas & tastes of coffee, cranberry & malt. Moderate body. Smooth finish
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jan 2025
at 11:21
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] This looks more like a fruit beer than a stout, with a dark purple colour and a tight beige head; the aroma has chocolate powder and and cranberry; in the mouth it has a watery cranberry and malt taste; with a dusting of cocoa powder to finish. Odd.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hope Tap
on 23 Jan 2025
at 15:24
5.4/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Spoons in Waterloo. Aroma is malty, grainy.... at a stretch. Opaque brown. Foamy translucent white head. Light bitter with a big malty streak. Slightly sour herbal edge. Earthy. Light. Thin. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Drinkable if bland.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jan 2025
at 16:41
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Cask at the new Spoons, Waterloo. A dull gold. No head. Aroma is malty, citrusy, low key. Flavourwise we have a metallic and grainy streak with a yeast edge. Some malts. Some citrus. Thin. Light. Lazy fizzy carbonation. Long dry finish. Boring.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jan 2025
at 16:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a clear gold, small white head, moderate retention. A floral, citrus and grapefruit aroma - decent punchiness. Taste again quite floral with a leafy bitterness but does have some sweet citrus, grapefruit and malt. Medium bodied, slightly dry. Decent.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Soloman Cutler, Spoons, Birmingham. Clear gold with smooth as you like white top, great lacing. This one has a malty backbone with a touch of biscuit. Up front is an odd syrup like citrus, bitter boiled vegetables and spice. Smooth body, drying. Interesting.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from LCB. Clear gold with light white bubbly foam. A fairly standard biscuit like malt with citrus aroma. Taste again has a biscuit and tangy citrus note but there is a floral bitter hop presence in the finish which gives a nice crispness. Light bodied but has a slickness to it. Its ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle BBE Mar-21 Look - clear gold, small white head, modest retention. Aroma - sweet caramel malts, floral and grass. Taste - sweet, malts, light fruity hop, grass Palate - light body, zingy carbonation. OK Pilsner.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:26
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
[33cl can from Lowcostbeer.com] A murky straw coloured pour with a billowing white head; grainy aroma; lemony citrus taste; then nothing more.
Tried
from Can
from Lowcostbeer
on 30 Dec 2024
at 18:57