6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Cask at the organ grinder Newark. Off black with almost no head. But gravity pour. Roasted malty slight chocolate. Thin flat body.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Organ Grinder
on 23 May 2025
at 12:38
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Strugglers Inn, Lincoln. Pale yellow golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are floral citrus and slight bitter, sweet to light bitter finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Strugglers Inn
on 17 May 2025
at 11:30
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 bitterness. Not well balanced
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness. Not well balanced
Tried
from Cask
at
The Leopard
on 16 May 2025
at 19:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Gunner Tavern, Newcastle, 14/05/2025.
Black topped with a lasting frothed up khaki cap.
Nose is charr, roast malts, toffee, hint of coffee.
Taste comprises roast malts, cocoa powder, light sour fruit tang.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Decent flavoursome stout.
Black topped with a lasting frothed up khaki cap.
Nose is charr, roast malts, toffee, hint of coffee.
Taste comprises roast malts, cocoa powder, light sour fruit tang.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Decent flavoursome stout.
Tried
on 14 May 2025
at 13:51
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Large foamy white head on vivid hazy golden coloured body. Medium bodied, sharp & dry.
Pine, grapefruit, resin & pithy tastes with a bitter hoppy finish.
Rough round the edges - Northern Ale.
Pine, grapefruit, resin & pithy tastes with a bitter hoppy finish.
Rough round the edges - Northern Ale.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Apr 2025
at 16:05
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. Nice bitterness
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Nice bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
The Leopard
on 04 Apr 2025
at 19:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
In one of those places you think you've been in before, but can't be 100% certain. I worked around the corner from it for two months in 2015, but maybe I didn't come here, it's been updated recently anyhow. The beer is kept well, this hoppy session effort from rat proving a good enough choice.
Tried
from Cask
at
Denbigh Castle
on 29 Mar 2025
at 15:01
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half pint on cask at the Leopard.
Medium creamy white head. Clear light amber pour. Light bitterness
Medium creamy white head. Clear light amber pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
The Leopard
on 22 Mar 2025
at 09:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
I'm probably going to come across all stuffy here, but bare in mind this is Sunderland in 2025, and I'm aware in a few years time this will be a normal price, but £5.60 a pint for a 3.8% session brew seems excessive in these austere times in the pub in the city I am in. That said it's a quality brew, hoppy, easy, good water, looks fantastic with a deeper golden glow. Definitely could drink more of this.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Mar 2025
at 16:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
My train at Filey yesterday got delayed in the station for good reason whilst a wheelchair passenger waited to board, however it was interesting to see how the level crossing immediately outside the station coped with this. It didn't, it had to wait too having already closed a short time before the choo choo even arrived. Ordinary life things, a bit like this, which straddles the styles Golden and Bitter. It's not outstanding in either aspect but is more than sessionably palatable.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hop (Ossett)
on 13 Mar 2025
at 19:02