Subsidiaries
6/10
Ty grumbo. Pours golden. Aroma and flavor are sweet and bitter, fruity, citrus, bit dirty / yeasty, malty. Okish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2020
at 21:00
6/10
Smoked, leather, malty, bitter
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2020
at 21:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
14/8/2020. Cask at the White Horse, Overstrand. Pours clear pale gold with a fluffy white head. Aroma of citrus, flowers, grapefruit, melon and grass. Light sweetness and medium bitterness. Moderate body, average to soft carbonation. Lasting dominant bitterness to finish which I quite enjoyed.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2020
at 20:28
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - golden amber and hazy. Nose - orange and biscuit. Taste - burnt bread then more orange. Almost astringent but ok. Palate - close to medium bodied. Creamy texture. Burnt and crunchy finish. Overall - ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2020
at 19:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
23/6/2020. Sample courtesy of the SHIG, cheers! Pours deep amber bronze brown with a lasting off-white to beige head. Aroma of toffee, malt, slight smoke, stone fruits and golden syrup. Moderate sweetness and medium developing bitterness. Medium body, slight sticky, soft carbonation. Bitter, earthy finish. Tasty stuff. I have a bottle in stock carefully maturing so may rerate at a later date but this was good anyway. 20/2/2021. Bottle shared at the third Ipswich Lockdown 3.0 virtual bottle share. Suffolk vs Norfolk. BBE April 2021. From Beautiful Beers, Bury St Edmunds. Super barley wine aroma. But slightly disappointing taste, ashy, smoky, quite bitter. Bit odd and surprising.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2020
at 18:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Reddish brown still body. Stewed fruit aroma. Medium bodied, sharp, dry & clean. Oak, woody, bitter pith, vinous, stewed fruit & earth tastes.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2020
at 22:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a burnt orange with off white creamy but fast dissipating head. Aroma is big boozy, some hops. Taste is a bit smokey, peat like a scotch, malty, fruity, finishes dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2020
at 00:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beers Of Europe. Appearance - a beautiful deep autumnal red almost hinting at mahogany. Off white, almost fawn head. Nose - wood, booze, cherry and marzipan. Taste - wood, booze ans marzipan again. Walnuts at the back. Palate - full bodied and boozy. Dry woody and slightly gnarly finish. Overall - challenging but complex and worth the perseverance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2020
at 19:41
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a brown with a orange edge tint, frothy beige head. Aroma is smoke, malty. Taste is is more burnt smokey, very rich, malty, toffee, some dark fruits.
Tried
on 24 May 2020
at 20:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
19/5/2020. Bottle from 3at3, Ely. Brewers Reserve Strong Brown Ale. Pours mid-brown with a foamy/creamy long lasting off-white head. Aroma is earthy and ashy, malty, burnt toffee, dried fruits and chocolate. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Quite full bodied, slick/sticky texture, soft carbonation. Earthy chewy warming finish. Good brew, great depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2020
at 22:04