Subsidiaries
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jan 2025
at 14:02
6/10
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 09:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The Flying Standard, Coventry. Clear amber with small beige head, great lacing. Notes of roasted malt, fruit cake and light spice. At the same time its quite easy drinking rather than rich. Moderately sweet and bitter. Nice balance, simple but tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Salmon, Leicester. Mid- to dark brown, very translucent with an uneven beige head and lots of lacing. Mega-malty aroma, loads of chocolate, touches of black grape. Taste is sweet, again very malty, with only touches of fruity bitterness toward the finish. Blueberry, chocolate and grape in the aftertaste. A proper decent porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Sep 2024
at 17:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the King's Head, Leicester. Light yellow gold and clear with a small frothy white head. Lotsbof lacing. Wheaty floral aroma slightly overshadowed by a metallic edge and a surprisingly boozy character for 6%. Tastes sweet and perfumed with a good amount of Hop bitterness in the finish. Bit of tropical fruit in the aftertaste. Full oily body with soft carbonation. It has some issues but it's overall a good enough beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Sep 2024
at 16:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Malty and reddish colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty and citrus fruity. Medium body.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2024
at 15:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at New Inn, Tutbury (not yet in RB). Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small tan head and good lacing. Roast malts to the fore in the aroma, together with chocolate. In the mouth it is bittersweet with roasted malts prominent again alongside liquorice and dark fruits plus hints of chocolate and cola, Finish is somewhat dry. This is decent – a proper stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 May 2024
at 20:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours golden yellow with minimal scummy off-white head. The aroma has citrus and orange plus hints of banana. In the mouth it is sweet and creamy with flavour of mango, banana and peach and traces of malts and lactose. Later on some alcoholic strength comes through and there’s a bitter metallic undertaste. Finish is dry and slightly spicy. This is pretty decent, if a bit strange. It certainly hides its strength well.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Dec 2023
at 20:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask ar Old Dolphin, Derby. Pours a slightly hazy golden amber with a small off-white head. The aroma is mainly malts with a hint of oranges. In the mouth it is sweet but with some underlying bitterness. Flavour has malts, barley sugar, werthers original sweets, oranges and mango. Still some sweetness in the finish. This is reasonable – if a little bland.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Sep 2023
at 20:15
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 13 May 2023
at 12:45