5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
330ml bottle shared with jeevan. Pours clear copper red, no head. Earthy beetroot aromas, light fruit. Taste doesn’t really deliver, more earthy than anything else. Slight bitter finish. The Tinpot one with black pepper was better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2014
at 09:49
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at NWAF, Derby, 2014. Pours gold with a white head. Citrus and apricot aroma. Citrus and light malt. Light bitter finish. Very ordinary.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Feb 2014
at 12:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from the Deeside Drink’s Emporium. It pours deep brown with a medium light tan head. The nose is rich smoke, honey roast ham, Asian-style pork, light roast, leather and tobacco. The taste is smokey, rich earthiness, black tea, roasted malt, bacon frazzles, light caramel, liquorice, faint astringency and a touch of acidity with a dry, bitter finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Interested and pretty well-executed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2014
at 08:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle from Provenance, Edinburgh. Clear gold pour, nice white head. Big hop aromas, touch of butterscotch, but not too much. Taste has a malt backbone behind the big citrus and pine notes. bitter finish, not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2013
at 14:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle from Provenance Wines, Edinburgh. Some honey on the nose, floral hops, light citrus. Taste brings it together, but a little thin. not a right lot going on, but not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2013
at 14:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33cl bottle from Provenance Wines. Appearance - between very dark brown and black. There’s a chink of light getting in which produces a red chink on the edges Looks good. And a lovely generous head. Nose - smoke and the faintest hint of milk chocolate. Taste - more of the same. Get the smoke but not the tea. Palate - medium bodied with a dry texture which lasts through to the finish. Overall - another one that tails off at the end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2013
at 15:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33cl bottle from Provenance Wines. Appearance -opaque black with a generous fawn head. Nose - dark chocolate with a little bit of creaminess in the background. Taste - more dark chocolate but with a dry maltiness following it in. Palate - medium bodied but then slightly too astringent for my taste. Overall - it looked and smelt good but then fell away.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2013
at 15:07
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home... Golden yellow amber... Huge Bubbly white head... Soft fruit funk.. Little nose.... Soft fruits... Tuti fruity... Light sulphur... Soft fruit eggy
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2013
at 10:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle at home .. dep brown ... massive bubbly tan head ... soft swett smoked ...light toffee nose ... bit thin ... smoke and im no smoke fan ... toffee malt ... sweet roast
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2013
at 08:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Keg and bottle. Black brown body with a thin beige head. Good lacing. Aroma of metal, vanilla, cocoa powder and prune. Flavour of milk chocolate and underripe plum. Thin body with a watery, slightly oily texture. Soft carbonation. An easy drinking Porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2013
at 12:08