6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Hazy pale gold with a frothy white head and a fruity nose. Fresh and a little bit fruity, some hop bitterness and a dryish finish.
Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival 2025
Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival 2025
Tried
from Cask
at
Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival
on 24 Sep 2025
at 12:00
5.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 4
Cask at Crewe Dog, Crewe. Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow with minimal almost white head and good lacing. Not much of an aroma – just vague hints of floral hops and malts. In the mouth it starts off sweet but with a little underling bitterness, which increases rapidly to dominate. Increasing sharpness too after a while. Flavours have floral hops, citrus, gooseberry and grapefruit. Finish is decidedly dry and somewhat sticky. This is reasonable but has been marked down due to the horrible taste it left in my mouth !
Tried
from Cask
at
Crewe Dog
on 06 Sep 2025
at 12:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried to think of someone who I have met, and came up with Dennis Rodman... the basketball star who struck up and unexpected friendship with North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un. Blonde in colour, hoppy session taste. Not quite as fruity as its hops might suggest but decent enough.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Fox
on 22 Aug 2025
at 17:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 6.5
Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours a dark (almost very dark) reddish-brown with minimal cream head and good lacing. Malts to the fore in the aroma, plus traces of honey and herbs. In the mouth it is quite sweet but with a little underlying bitterness and a decidedly watery texture. Flavour is smokey malts and dark fruits with hints of humbug sweets and hops coming through later. Slight dryness in the finish. This is reasonable – if a bit thin.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hops
on 13 Jul 2025
at 13:41
8/10
White Rat but NZ hops? Yes fucking, please.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2025
at 20:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Half pint on cask at the Leopard.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light smokey aftertaste
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light smokey aftertaste
Tried
from Cask
at
The Leopard
on 28 Jun 2025
at 16:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half pint on cask at the Leopard.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness --- Beer aliased from original tick of King Rat on 30 Oct 2020 at 20:31 - Score: Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7. Original review text: 44cl can as a takeaway from Fernandes.
Thin white head. Clear golden pour. Lovely bitterness.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness --- Beer aliased from original tick of King Rat on 30 Oct 2020 at 20:31 - Score: Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7. Original review text: 44cl can as a takeaway from Fernandes.
Thin white head. Clear golden pour. Lovely bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Leopard
on 22 Jun 2025
at 07:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow with a minimal frothy almost white head. Aroma is mainly floral hops plus traces of cabbage (in a good way) and smoke. In the mouth there is a brief initial burst of sweetness before that is swamped by intense bitter hoppiness. The hops do subside gradually allowing some other trace flavours through later – grains, honey and tropical fruit. Finish is decidedly dry. This is very good – what a hoppy beer should taste like. Also, I would class this as a session IPA, not a golden ale.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hops
on 31 May 2025
at 13:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Half pint on cask at the Leopard.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light citrus bitterness
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light citrus bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
The Leopard
on 27 May 2025
at 18:13