Subsidiaries
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Haymarket. Pours clear pale gold, thin white head. Not much on the aroma, light malt and lemon maybe. Taste is similar. Not much hop action, despite the bold claim.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Dec 2014
at 07:48
6/10
Tried
on 02 Dec 2014
at 14:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at tap east. Chestnut brown hazy pour with a big frothy cream coloured head that lasts. Aroma is Belgian yeasty, straw and a bit of clove phenol. Flavour is crisp wheaty bready grains with Belgian yeast, mineral and a hint of orange. Really not very much dark malts just a little nutty raisin malt. Palate is frothy on the tongue, high carbonation and a semi crisp finish. Pretty tasty like a dark weizen with Belgian yeast.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Nov 2014
at 11:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Post Office Valults, Birmingham. Poured a clear light amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is light grassy hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a grass nettle hop citrus bitter palate. Light bodied witn soft carbonation. Drinkable but doesn’t really float my boat.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Oct 2014
at 12:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Victoria, Birmingham. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy white head. The aroma is roasted malt. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a smooth creamy light caramel, chocolate, coffee, roasted malt bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation. Gorgeous. This is how a stout should be.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Oct 2014
at 10:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, handpump at The Grapes, Oxford, Sunday 26th October 2014 Pours mid-dk gold with slim white head. A little bitterness prickles the tongue. Fruity but a little thin. Absolutely fine but nowt exciting. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Oct 2014
at 09:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Craven Arms; dark amber pour with a froth white, taste had assertive hop along with caramel, light biscuity malt action.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Oct 2014
at 15:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Beer Central, Sheffield. Clear, pale amber. Thin, bubbly, white head. Spicy biscuit malt. Fusty orange. Some fruit salad sweets. Taste is light bitter, with some of the spicy dryness. Fairly full palate for the ABV. Well carbonated. Finish is short bitter. Nicely fusty. Liked this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2014
at 11:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On keg at the Craft Beer Rising event at the Drygate brewery. So, plenty of biscuits and spice on the taste. It was a bit grainy on the nose. Fairly balanced overall, though.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2014
at 08:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On keg at the Craft Beer Rising event at the Drygate Brewery. Unfortunately with this one, there was a cardboard smell on the nose which I thought was strange since that fault is usually found in bottle if it does exist. The taste delivered on a tropical citrus - grapefruit and pineapple combination - with decent bitterness on the finish. I’ll retry this one when I see it next as I wonder if it was in perfect condition on this occasion.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2014
at 08:49