Subsidiaries
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the Land Rover Beer Festival 2016. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a bubbly white head. The aroma is yeast, light tropical fruit. The flavour is light to moderate bitter sweet with a smooth fruity woody light pepper spice palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Oct 2016
at 07:39
6/10
Tried
on 26 Sep 2016
at 19:58
8/10
Tried
on 17 Sep 2016
at 14:20
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Pours a little hazy coppery color, topped with a medium small off-white head, a bit creamy. Mild caramel nose, not much else. Some biscuity feel, but mild. Medium full body, gentle sweetness with metallic feel. Some medium bitterness. Not nice after. Terrible aftertaste actually. Ruins the first impression.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2016
at 12:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Small yellowish head over faintly veiled orange-copper, lazily carbonated beer. Toasted malts, very, very lightly liqueurish. Good hoppy bitterness, but ending harsher metallic. Some sweetness; bit herbal, citrus (also in the aftertaste). Medium bodied at best, feels better carbonated than it looks. Not bad, nothing special.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2016
at 13:17
3/10
Utter bilge.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2016
at 22:21
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at High Wycombe cricket club, 25/06/16. Golden orange with a decent egg shell white head. Nose is biscuit, light hop strains, bitter fruit esters, a touch of twig. Taste comprises biscuit malt, straw, earthy, brown bread, faint orange. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a light bitter edge. Ok bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jun 2016
at 08:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Bull, Bell Street, Henley. Back in production, and being brewed at the Bell Street Brewery at the back of the Bull. An attractive tawny brown pour with a cherry red gleam and tight cream head; aroma of toast; thin at first with a fruity sweetness, then some soft oaty grains add body; the finish is dry with lingering licorice. A proper old-fashioned mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jun 2016
at 03:48
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle split at Level 42, thanks to Fergus, 24/05/16. Lightly hazed orange amber with a moderate off white covering. Nose is varnish, spice, tarte fruit esters, sharp bitter notes, not overly pleasant. Taste comprises caramel, fruit loaf, less of the sharp and bitter, dates, Xmas cake. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. So so ... nose lets this down a few points.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2016
at 12:33
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Old bottle thanks to Fergus at level 42. It pours murky deep brown with a thick Biere head. The aroma is earthy, dirty, brown bread, nail varnish remover, candy, melon, old musty apple and candy. The taste is earthy, musty, old dirty apple, earth, damp leaves, alcohol, pear drops, barnyard and wet cardboard with a dry, musty finish. Medium body and foamy carbonation. Pretty knackered.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2016
at 12:31