Subsidiaries
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 650ml bottle on 4/6/2012. Pours a clear dark golden with a medium head. Has a moderate aroma of spices, caramel and a touch of fruit. The flavour starts with a big dollop of caramel and biscuity malt and moves onto to some sweet citrus fruits (particularly orange). As stated on the bottle, there is some spice and pepper to be found in this decently hoppy brew. Slightly unusual and quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2012
at 02:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 650ml bottle on 2/6/2012. Pours a light clear golden with a small to medium head. Has a modest aroma of biscuit, grass and citrus fruit which doesn’t reveal the intensity of what is to come. This is quite a difficult beer to categorise. It has a touch of caramel malt and lots of citrus fruit (orange and lemon) but it’s the long, slightly sour bitterness that really stands out (it’s quite grapefruity in that regard). It’s got some APA, IPA and Saison elements to it. This is a beer with a very distinct character. Interesting stuff, though the lemony sour bitterness is perhaps just a little over the top from a balance perspective.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2012
at 01:48
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Pours dark brown with a small head.Nose shows nutty malt, chocolate and soft coffee. Faint but nice.Flavours include the same nutty and coffee characters, followed by a mild bitterness.Could use a thicker body, seems watery at the moment.
Tried
on 17 Jan 2012
at 01:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours dark amber with a small fading head.Nose shows caramel and over-ripe apples alongside some faint, spicy hops.Similarly malty flavours, with nutty and toasty characters. Also some boring spicy hops leading to a mild, plain bitterness in the finish.Could use more carbonation and a richer body.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2012
at 02:25
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 6
Pours gold/amber with a small fading head.Nose shows honey and floral hops. Simple but nice.Flavours include the same spicy and floral hops along with some honey. Finishes with a mild, plain bitterness.Could use a little more carbonation.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2012
at 23:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle at home from my GBBF 2011 haull ... amber ... thine white head ... sweet honey on toast (thanks to Rich for those words) nose ... sweet malts ... wooody fruit ... toffee fruits ... light sweet roast ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2012
at 11:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From a 330ml bottle on 26/11/2011. Pours a clear amber with a negligible head. Has a strong caramel and toffee malt aroma with some honey. There is a strong caramel sweetness up front, followed by a relatively sharp offsetting bitterness. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2011
at 23:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home ... from my GBBF haul ... deep dark brown ... soft dark toffee malt fruits nose ... light fizzy ... dark toffee malt... soft chocolate ... sweet honey ... light grapefruit hop ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2011
at 11:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 330ml bottle on 9/10/2011. Pours an extremely dark ruby colour with a small head. Has a nice,quite a strong malty, bready aroma with some chocolate and a bit of honey. The flavours are similar, though sweet chocolate and caramel really come to the fore. Finishes with pleasant tempering bitterness. A good dark beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2011
at 20:53
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
From a 330ml bottle on 13/9/2011. Pours a light golden with a biggish head. Has only a slight aroma of grain and citrus. The taste is frankly a bit weird, with a sharp, slightly sour bitterness quickly overwhelming the slightly sweet start. Doesn’t work for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2011
at 02:52