7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours clear yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of skunky hops, citrus, mint. Light honey. Taste is a little thin, light lemon. Clean, thin finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2019
at 12:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Rheged. Appearance - golden with a decent fluffy head. Nose - metallic and tomato plant. Taste - more of the same. Green notes again. Palate - creamy and light bodied. Dry bitter finish. Overall - not a bad example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2019
at 12:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of something metallic, herbal, sweet malt. Taste is light sweet, malty, light dried herbs. Clean finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2019
at 12:20
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Golden colour with light head. Aroma and flavour have soft sweet malts. Initial floral hoppi ess. Aftertaste has a growing hop bitterness.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2019
at 22:26
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
440ml can: BB 19th Sep 2020. Poured into a UK pint sleeve at home on 17th Oct 2019. Murky dull orange, scummy head. I am all for trying new stuff but Yuzu and semi-sour citrus fruits combined, plus hops that have a citrus leaning, is too far for my delicate palate. I thought this 'bloody awful'.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Oct 2019
at 17:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Wainwright, Keswick. Traditional session bitters are sadly conspicuous by their absence these days, so I always try to have them for their rarity value. This one's light amber with a white head. It tastes of toffee and twigs, with a mellow fruity background. It is in fact an archetypal session beer, and as such so much better for a mellow lunchtime drink or relaxing after work drink than all the bland gold's that dominate the market these days. In 2009 I would never have guessed that now, 10 years on, l would be saying I wish there were more session bitters around!
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Oct 2019
at 05:33
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can. Morrison’s. Seemed a tad underfilled, this. Hazed, dirty gold. Bit of white froth as a head. Nose has yuzu. Cos we all know yuzu. Lime. Pink grapefruit. Some buttery malts, unfortunately. Taste is super bitter, with a jarring, buttery sweetness. Light to medium body. Foamy carbonation. Jarring bitterness to finish. Smells ok, but overall this is grim.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Oct 2019
at 18:25
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Rheged. Appearance - hazy golden with a nice fluffy white head. Nose - pleasant tropical and citrus notes. Not much of the resin type notes. Taste - melon, pineapple and lime. Palate - creamy and light to medium bodied. Dry balanced finish. Overall - good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Aug 2019
at 18:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Rheged. Appearance - cloudy yellow to brown. Generous fluffy/lively white head. Nose - pithy citrus and tropical. Canned oranges. Very ripe but bitter. Nice. Taste - more of the same. The bitter citrus thing is confirmed in spades. Palate - creamy and dry through the middle. Bitter pithy finish which still is balanced. Overall - good gear.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Aug 2019
at 20:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can from Gloucester Services. Hazy golden with a thick white head. Citra aroma. Slightly oily light bitter. Slight thin.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jul 2019
at 15:21