8.4/10
Malty, sweet and bitter
Tried
on 05 Jan 2025
at 18:05
8.6/10
Roasty, chocolate and malty
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jan 2025
at 17:46
8.6/10
Sweet, roasty and light bodied
Tried
on 05 Jan 2025
at 17:28
8.8/10
Malty, bitter and smooth
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jan 2025
at 17:13
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
On tap at Barley & Sword, pours a clear amber with a small white head. Aroma has plenty of resinous hops, chewy caramel malt, and plenty of bitterness. Flavour is very chewy, with lots of resinous hops, chewy caramel, and big bready malt. A bit syrupy and clumsily balanced. Needs a bit of work.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Aug 2024
at 03:34
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Barley & Sword, pours a deep dark brown / near-black with a small tan head. Aroma is soft, with English bready malt and a hint of dry soft cocoa. Flavour is full of dry English bready malt, and a hint of oyster-like tartness. Dry and very English. It's fine at best.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Aug 2024
at 03:33
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Barley & Sword, pours a clear copper golden with a small white head. Aroma had crackery malt, straw and a touch of grassiness. Flavour is clean, with straw, soft grassiness, and crackery malt. Needs a lot more Saaz spiciness to be a true Czech Pilsner. It's alright.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Aug 2024
at 03:33
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at Barley & Sword, pours a clear pale copper golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma is subtle, with light grass and sweet cereal malt — doesn't really smell like a helles. Flavour is not particularly on style, with sweet cereal grains and gentle grassiness. Drinks more like a weak German pils than a helles. It's fine.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Aug 2024
at 03:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Barley & Sword, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out light mineraly notes and a touch of citrus. Flavour is very light, with gentle citrus, hay, and mineraly notes. Dry, grainy finish. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Aug 2024
at 03:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Last try at Barley & Sword. Had fun but I've run out of things to talk about. Opaque, oily, thin. Well done meat & oak smoke. Taste is patent-ish, smokey, light meat, carob, burnt rubber, ash, lingering subtle sweetness. Subtly liked this.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2024
at 00:27