6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle, Spar, Bethesda, Snowdonia. Dark ruby tinged brown pour with a thin tan head. Sweet nose with notes of cola and redcurrant, quite unusual. Flavour had further fruitiness with some roasted malt present and notes of dark chocolate and nuts. Medium bitter finish. Pretty decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2010
at 14:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 1/11/10. Opaque, jet black with a decent tan head. Big aroma of chocolate, dark fruit, root ginger and bay leaves. Flavour had plenty of bitter chocolate, a big herbal edge and more fruit, before a spicy, bitter finish. too much going on for a session beer, but unusual and challenging in a positive way.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Nov 2010
at 15:34
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 1/11/10. Deep gold with a slight white head. Sweetish aroma of apricot with a whiff of diacetyl and some grassy hops. Easy drinking, with more fruit, cereal malts and a decent bitter finish. Ok, despite the butterscotch.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Nov 2010
at 15:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ 11th Ayrshire Real Ale Festival. Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma is citrus, hoppy and light malted. Flavour is light malts, hoppy, fruity and citrus. Slightly sweet and sour finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2010
at 12:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
@ Raven, Bath. Bright orangey-amber. The aroma is a bit toasty with some chocolate accents. Decent bitterness, toast, light chocolate. The flavour is a bit heavy for such a light beer.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2010
at 12:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Bree Louise. Pours dark amber with a light film head. Malty, lightly spicy aroma. Some fruit in the flavor, sweet, with bread and light earth. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet, dry finish with nice balance.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Sep 2010
at 04:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Amber-brown with a loose head. Has a toasty, breadcrusty aroma. Soft body starts spicy before giving way to more breadcrusty, molassesy notes. Fairly tannic as well, an unusual character I thought.
Tried
on 10 Sep 2010
at 03:09
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
15th July 2010. Chelmsford Beer Festival. Clear amber gold beer. Residual suddy head. Light dry palate. A little orange dry fruit. Finishes dry. Respectable.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2010
at 07:10
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Very pale ale with no head. Bit grainy nose, duck-weed, and impression of a slight sourishness. Bit peppery flavour, grainy and sweet notes, as from pale malts. Light body, bit watery, spritzy. Not really special.
Tried
on 03 Jul 2010
at 03:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
2nd December 2008. Clear brown beer, small suddy head. Nice flavour. A lively acrid bitterness with a smooth malt that balances out quite well. A little sour fruit. Good beer but couldn’t drink loads!
Tried
on 14 Feb 2010
at 13:45