8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pint on tap at Galbraith's. Golden bronze still beer with a thin creamy white head. Nose is caramel malt and toasted bread. There's some solid sequential lacing. Good body, smoooooooth. Taste is fruity, sweet, toffee. Finish is peppery with bitter lemon and more toffee. Amazing Bitter, one of the best I've ever had.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Sep 2019
at 06:20
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pint on tap at Galbraith's. Hand pull from cask. Crystal clear golden amber beer with a small creamy head. Subdued malty hoppy nose, very English. Nice lacing. Refreshingly bitter, even a touch of nettles/resin. Finish is bitter, earthy, herbal. Nice 'best' bitter, true to style.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Sep 2019
at 02:36
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pint on tap at Galbraith's, Auckland. Hand pull from cask. Still clear amber beer with a thin creamy white head. Fruity malty nose, a little smoke? Good lacing. Light body, sweet taste with a bitter/sour finish. Some lingering fruit too. Very typical English bitter, very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Sep 2019
at 02:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the brewpub. Pours dark brown. Toast, coffee, pineapple, raspberry. Good soft body. Yum.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Apr 2019
at 21:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Galbraiths. Pours hazy pale yellow. Lemon, grapefruit, peach, passionfruit, pineapple, mango, touch of minerality, touch of honey and grain. Medium body. I was not expecting much from this but it's pretty good.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Mar 2019
at 05:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On handpull at the brewery. Pours gold orange. Peach, strong grain, lemon peel, fragrant stonefruit stuff, biscuit. Soft body. Lots of flavour, interesting.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2019
at 05:27
7/10
Tried
on 05 Oct 2018
at 08:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty caramel chocolate and licorice aroma. Roasted malty caramel chocolate and licorice flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel chocolate and licorice finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2018
at 09:33
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
On tap at Galbraith's. Pours orange brown. Popcorn, floral, peach, chalk, bit of passionfruit, biscuit. Medium body. Not the first Galbraith's keg seasonal that has tasted fairly faulted to me, which is a shame given how consistent the cask seasonals are.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Sep 2018
at 07:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle, possibly from HB&B, Peckham Rye. Pours jet black with a decent tan head. Aroma: roasted malts, chocolate, caramel, toffee, pinch of coffee. Taste: moderate sweet & bitter, dark chocolate, treacle, espresso, dark fruits. Medium bodied, fine carb, dry bitter chocolate finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2018
at 22:04