Subsidiaries
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 6/1/10. Now at 3.6% ABV. Copper coloured with a frothy, off-white head. Aroma had some damson fruit and biscuit malts with hedgerow hops. Flavour had more fruit and cereal malts, leading to a long, bitter finish. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jan 2010
at 13:26
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma of sweet malts and hops. Flavour is hoppy and malty. Some bread. Slightly dry and bitter.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2009
at 04:16
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
[Cask at Back of Beyond, Reading] So, champion beer of Britain eh? That’s some reputation to live up to. It all looks good at first - it pours a deep ruby-brown with a small beige head. The aroma is of cough mixture and coffee. Quite a smooth, rich mouthfeel. The flavour is at first of chocolate and ribena and all seems OK. But then pear drops and cough mixture rear their heads and it all goes a bit ugly. Although there is a touch of dusty bitterness in the finish, the cough mixture and pear drops made this too sweet and sickly for me - I enjoyed the first mouthful, but enjoyed each subsequent gulp less and less. Lots of flavour certainly, but the balance between those flavours is just not championship standard.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Dec 2009
at 14:26
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
clear brown, smooth light brown head. caramel, roasted malts, toffee in the aroma flavor is caramel, roasted malts, faint toffee. nice beer, not too much toffee in the flavor
Tried
on 23 Nov 2009
at 09:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and deep amber with a small tan head. Aroma is light roasted and light spiced. Flavoured is malty and light fruity with a light fruity note. Roasted and light fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2009
at 07:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours a clear brown with an orange hue and an off-white hue. Rustic, woody "Old Ale" aroma. Medium body, skewed maltiness, nutty. Rather hoppy finish. 231109
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2009
at 07:52
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at The Wenlock Arms. Gold, thin white head. It’s a run of the mill golden/blond ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Oct 2009
at 08:47
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (Oliver Twist, Stockholm) - Gold/amber in colour. Tea and hops in the aroma. Mildly hoppy taste with hints of citrus and tea.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Oct 2009
at 11:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (Oliver Twist, Stockholm) - Amber in colour. Tea and peach in the aroma. Fruity and hoppy taste with apricot and tea.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Oct 2009
at 10:58
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@Oliver Twist
Pale yellow, a bit hazy color, small white head. Honeyish, malty aroma, also a bit flowery. Flowery, honeysih flavor with sticky hoppyness. Lingering citrus-bitterness in the aftertaste.
Pale yellow, a bit hazy color, small white head. Honeyish, malty aroma, also a bit flowery. Flowery, honeysih flavor with sticky hoppyness. Lingering citrus-bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Oct 2009
at 05:01