5.5/10
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jul 2025
at 13:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
7/2/2025. Cask at the 15th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Pours clear pale orange gold with a small frothy just off-white head. Aroma is hoppy, citrus, leafy, sweet malt, floral. Moderate sweetness, quite bitter. Moderate body, oily watery, average to soft carbonation. Nice long bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Feb 2025
at 18:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask at EBF Autumn 22. Aroma is fruity and malty if low key. Opaque dark amber. Frothy off-white head. Medium sour with a bitter grainyness. Berries. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Nice enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Nov 2022
at 12:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at St Judes Tavern, Ipswich. Aroma is fruity - hence the apple? Berry edge. No head. Sour.juice and berries. Long grainy and malty streak. Light-medium bodied l. Slick. Average carbonation. Long dry finish. Nice but basic.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2022
at 19:49
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at St Judes Tavern, Ipswich. Aroma is low key and malty. Dark chestnut. A few mm of off-white head around the rim. Grainy. Citrus edge. Gains quinine Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Not great... but is it this pub's cask storage?
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2022
at 18:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at EBF Summer 2022. Aroma is sweet and frut syrupy. Clear light gold. Foamy white head. Medium bitter. Quinine. With citrusy and syrupy sweetness. Light. Thin but slick. Average carbonation. Long dry finish. Decent Gold.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jul 2022
at 10:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
17/6/2022. Cask at the 30th East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds. Pours clear dark amber bronze with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, fruit, light spice, hint of starch. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness and body. Slightly oily, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jul 2022
at 17:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask: Poured dark orange amber with a tan head. Aroma is fruity, malts, caramel. Taste is fruity, malty, caramel. It’s okay.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jun 2022
at 19:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a burnt orange with a bubbly beige head. Aroma is light malts. Taste is toffee, malty, caramel, bitter balance in this.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2021
at 16:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
26/8/2021. Cask at the 2021 East Anglian Beer Festival, Bury St Edmunds. Pours clear dark amber bronze with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of toffee, malt, fruit, biscuit, touch of veg. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily watery texture, average carbonation. Pretty decent sessionable ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2021
at 12:19