6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
21/1/2021. Bottle bought direct from the Brewery. Pours clear tawny brown with a small creamy off-white head. Aroma is malty, caramel, fruity, slightly nutty. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Nice bittersweet finish. Body as you'd expect from a 3.7% bitter. Keeps a bit of carbonation throughout. A perfectly drinkable traditional session bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2021
at 10:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle conditioned: BB Mar 2021. Poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard at home on 4th Sep 2020. I allowed the sediment to leave the bottle, so my dark brown body had a few floating articles within, the head was an impressive foaming affair in a tanned colour. Slightly harsh body feel, a bit too highly carbonated from the bottle conditioning. Hedgerow fruits in the nose and taste, red and black berry like, prunes and dates too. Liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2020
at 11:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On cask at Coach and Horses Dronfield - Clear yellow body, thin head. Rather grassy, both in taste and nose, slight bitterness at the ensd
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Mar 2020
at 20:23
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Third, gravicask, at the 22nd Oxford Beer & Cider Festival. Shared with Finn. Filmy layer, hazed golden body, dotted spots. Citrus nose, semi sweet. Mixed flavour character of herbal hops, bite of apricot and citrus. Mid-dry fruity bitter endnotes. Satisfying. (25.10.2019).
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Nov 2019
at 08:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune på the 22nd Oxford Beer & Cider Festival 2019. Ferskenfarget. Litt uklar. Filmskum. Plommearoma. Smaken plommer med hint av sitrusfrukt. Behagelig bitter avslutning.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2019
at 11:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On cask at Coach and Horses, Dronfield - Unremarkable pale ale, a little citrus and cereal. Nothing much to shout about.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Dec 2018
at 18:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On cask at Coach and Horses, Dronfield - Solid black body, with a thick creamy top which lasts to the last drop. Nose has the pumpkin, cinnamon, bonfire toffee notes, but the taste packs it all again with a smack to the chops. Very nice effort, and one I would go out of my way to try again.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Nov 2018
at 20:49
6/10
Tried
on 04 Sep 2018
at 20:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF '18, day 3, 09/08/18. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is lIght roasted tones, dried fruits, brown bread, cocoa sprinkle. Taste comprises fruit loaf, liquorice, dried fruits, raisins, toffee, burnt brown sugar, light chocolate. Medium bodied, softcarbonation, semi drying close. Decent mild ... fairly complex for the style.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2018
at 08:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2018 - Day 1 🇬🇧 [ Great British Beer Festival 2018 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.
[ As Drone Valley Candleriggs ].
ABV: 5.8%. Clear dark red brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, dark malt, wood, light smoke. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration, dark malt, roasted - chocolate, smoke. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180807]
6-3-7-3-14
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2018
at 03:50