6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity at Haddenham Beer Festival, Haddenham, Bucks, 05-07-08 Pours clear amber in colour with some sweet fruits on the nose, in fact it quite tropical and bananey. Taste is overwhelmingly of banana but there are some soft malty flavours as well, its a little sweet and I tired of it after a while but otherwise it was very likeable if like me you like bananas.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jul 2008
at 23:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.Clear medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, buttery. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (020508)
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jun 2008
at 13:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.Clear medium yellow amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toffee, buttery. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. (020508)
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jun 2008
at 13:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at Cambridge BF 08. Gold with thin beige head. First beer of the festival. Hop and a bit of syrupy malt on aroma. Decent mid citrus fruit, sweetish due to the alcohol. Reasonable, bit of hop and rose petal on finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jun 2008
at 09:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[i] [b] Cask conditioned at Banbury Beer Festival 09-05-08 [/i] [/b] Pours warm gold with a tiny thin white head, warming sweet honey flavours, spicy hops this is really rather nice although it can be just a tad cloying at times, still an impressive beer and reminds me just a little of Oakham.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 May 2008
at 09:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Pembury Tavern, Hackney, London, 24 April 2008) Dark amber colour with brief off-white head. Fruity, malty nose with notes of oranges and canned peaches. Fruity, nutty taste with orange, a hint of sulphur and slightly earthy hops in the finish. Light body. An uncomplicated but ok bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2008
at 09:55
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Cask at Oakdale Arms, Harringay, London, 24 April 2008) Golden yellow colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, malty nose with citrus, apricots and fresh notes of grassy hops. Malty, fruity, clean taste with notes of citrus and a dry, hoppy, grassy finish (almost leaning in the german pilsner direction). Some malt sweetness in the middle. Nice and very refreshing.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2008
at 09:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Oakdale Arms, Harringay, London, 24 April 2008) Dark amber colour with brief, white head. Suspiciously cloudy. Fruity nose with notes of orange peel and earthy, slightly citrussy hops. Fruity taste with citrus, nuts, toffee and balanced amounts of earthy hops in the moderately bitter finish. Light body. Decent session beer, but hardly exciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2008
at 09:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[i] [b] Cask, Gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival Feb’ 08 [/i] [/b] Brown with more than a touch of redness there, some white bubbles on the head. Very fruity to start with but then sweetness, spice and malts start to show, quite warming. Fruits become more discernible with plenty of dried stuff figs and dates notably. I liked this but have to confess that it wasn’t quite the barnstormer I was expecting it to be.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Feb 2008
at 01:22
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Hand bottle at home ... From the Merton Winter Beer Festival(feb ?08) ... Huge Huge Huge thanks to FIN for this ... Deep solid balck ... no head ... quit still again i suspect the hand bottling ... light roast chocolate malt ... Deep dark roasts ... Deep solid roast malts ... lots of chocolate ... some hops show through but well balanced ... some roast coffee and like others i do think i pick up a little soy sauce. 4.2 as it stands but i think its body suffers a little through the hand bottling. Cask at GRAF 2017... Dark black.. Thin tan lacing... Dark dry chocolate.. Massive licorice.. Dry chocolate roast malts nose.. Dark roast.. Light fruits.. Massive licorice.. Tiny coffee... Quite still as above but not flat.. Think i was carried away with hype before or times have changed or both 4.0
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2008
at 12:44