Subsidiaries
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] A slightly hazy amber pour with a tight cream coloured head; malty aroma; fruity malt taste; then a woody herbal bitterness leading to a very dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jan 2024
at 13:32
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Dec 2023
at 16:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] Bright amber pour with a tight creamy head; malty aroma; smooth and creamy in the mouth with a fruity malt taste and a light hedgerow hop bitterness; then a biscuity malt finish. A gentle old-fashioned malty bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Dec 2023
at 15:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
--Cask at Queens Head, Kings Cross, London. -- Clear copper colour, small head. Intense toasty nose with raisins and leafs. Mid sweet with light to medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Intensely roasty with leafs and hay. Long bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Nov 2023
at 18:25
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Park Tavern, Eltham. Gold pour with a white head. Orange toffee, peach & tangerine aromas. Orangey flavours, bitter malts. Good easy drinking ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Oct 2023
at 22:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Park Tavern, Eltham. Copper coloured pour with a white head. Nose is toffee apple, red fruits, malts. Taste is orchard fruits, toffee, malty bittersweet action. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Oct 2023
at 22:08
3.7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.6
Keg at Live & Let Live, Cambridge. Pours straw yellow with a white cap. Pale malts, fruit, light citrus aroma. Light to moderate sweet & bitter, cereal, again some citrus. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Basic but fine
Tried
from Draft
at
Live and Let Live
on 19 Oct 2023
at 07:19
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gravicask, half, 4.3 % abv, at St Albans Beer & Cider Festival 2023. Deep ruby dark body, off-white head, fair lacing. Slightly roasted brown malty nose, hints of fruits. Caramel-fruity flavours followed by a bittersweet finish. Decent, easy to drink. (St Albans, 27.09.2023).
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Oct 2023
at 10:30
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught, one-half, shared with Finn at St Albans Beer & Cider Festival 2023. Stable, bubbly white head, lacing rings down the glass, and a clear late straw coloured body. Moderate malt-fruity aromas. Blended malt-fruity flavours, ripe citrus, mango, and cereal malts. Rounded malt-fruity ending. Quite alright. (St Albans, 27.09.2023).
Tried
on 07 Oct 2023
at 10:23
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught, one-half, shared with Finn at St Albans Beer & Cider Festival 2023. Decent white head leaving lacing rings down the glass, cloudy golden body. Moderately apricot on the nose. Dough fruity flavours joined by caramel malts. Rounded ending. Satisfying. (St Albans, 27.09.2023).
Tried
on 07 Oct 2023
at 10:17