7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - cheers Graham!]. Hazy, orangey dark golden to amber colour with average, frothy, slowly osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head with sulphureous nuances. Somehow muesli-like aroma, notes of fruit, dried fruit, cereals, a touch of honey, caramel, raisin, dried apricot, yellow apple, toffee. Taste is sweet-ish malty and slightly fruity hoppy, notes of marzipan, honey, dried fruit, yellow apple, hints of raisin, dried apricot, a touch of cereals, caramel, toffee, bitter hoppy counterpart; minimally overcarbonated. Well balanced, harmonious and mature - in the sense of a constantly refined recipe over the years.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2020
at 21:30
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[Cask at the Bell, Waltham St Lawrence.] A glossy black pour and a thin tan head; milk chocolate aroma; smooth in the mouth with burnt grains and cinder toffee. Rather good.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Mar 2020
at 17:25
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
[Cask at the Bell, Waltham St Lawrence.] A bright golden amber pour with a thin white head and attractive lacing on the glass; malty aroma; simple caramel malt taste; then a drier finish with a touch of spice and biscuit. A straightforward bitter which could easily be twice the strength.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Mar 2020
at 17:37
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
[Cask at the Bell, Waltham St Lawrence.] A beautiful deep tawny coloured pour with a thin oatmeal head; rich vinous aroma, seeming much stronger than 5%; smooth in the mouth with a sweet Demerara sugar taste, then oaked red wine; leading to a dry tannin finish with traces of chocolate. Superb.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Feb 2020
at 17:39
7/10
Decent bitter
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Metro Lounge, Amersham. Poured a clear medium amber colour with a short-lived frothy white head. The aroma is malt, light caramel, light woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a smooth, sweet caramel, nutty, light hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2019
at 20:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at White Horse on Parsons Green, 20191017) The beer poured deep amber and clear. Its head was small, white and it lasted long. Aroma had toasted malts, caramel and earth. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were toasted malts, earth, caramel, herbalness and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty, hoppy and bitter. A tasty malty brew with hop bite.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Oct 2019
at 17:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Bell, Waltham St Lawrence.] A bright amber pour with a ring of white head; malty aroma with a hint of tangerine as promised; slightly oily in the mouth with a firm vegetal bitterness before a sweet nutty malt body emerges. A pleasantly autumnal bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Sep 2019
at 17:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle at home, as LL 'cream' Porter, 10/08/19. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent beige head. Nose is dark fruits, dark malts, toffee, hint of cocoa, brown sugar. Taste comprises light roast, toffee, fruit slice, hint of coffee, brown sugars. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2019
at 14:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Gravity cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 24 Nov 2018) Dark ruby colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with caramel, chocolate and spices (nutmeg, cinnamon). Malty taste with notes of caramel, black rye bread, coffee, a touch of smoke and a dry finish with a mild roasty bitterness. Medium body, quite dry. Tasty and well balanced porter. Quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jul 2019
at 15:29