7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Micro Beer Crate @ 8.5%. Pours a cloudy amber with lively white head. Aroma is sweet and slightly bready malts, yeast, marmalade and brown sugar. Interesting! Taste follows nose with a sweet, lightly sticky and boozy number with marmalade and zesty orange peel notes, floral hops with a decent bitterness. Sticky mouthfeel with a high frothy carbonation. A warming number, quite tasty, arguably a little rough around the edges but has an authentic old skool vibe to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml can from Micro Beer Crate. Took me a year to drink a Buckinghamshire beer then two come along at once. Just painted the main bedroom then mowed the lawn on a nice sunny day in May. Need a refreshing beer. This one has a light cloudy gold pour with a moderate sized foamy white head with plenty of carbonation, retention and lacing. Looks great. Aroma has sweet pale malts and a tangy fruity hop notable. Looking forward to this. Flavour has refreshing soft tropical profile with grapefruits, melon, citrus, some pine and wheat. Hit the spot nicely.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle from Micro Beer Crate online. I haven't had a gusher in so long I was lulled into a false sense of security which hit home when it spilt all over my trousers once opened. Didn't lose too much though. Pours murky reddish-brown with big beige head, settles to a nice creamy top. Aroma of toasted malt, stewed berries, banana, metal. Moderate and very creamy smooth body, soft carbonation. Taste has semi sweet roasty malts, dark fruits, modest coffee like bitterness, some cola. A porter with some red ale elements. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle as part of a delivery from the brewery. Drunk at home. Brownish gold, clear with a half-ring of off-white head. Golden syrup, raisins, marmalade on toast, cough syrup in the aroma with a light grassy character. Sweetctaste to the fore with some fairly intense bittering hop hitting the back of the tongue. Light vegetal character just before the finish. Thick, oily body; little on the way of carbonation. Well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2024
at 22:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle bought as part of a delivery from the brewery and drunk at home. Middle of the road gold, clear with a small film of whitish head. Light bready aroma, some citrus. Fresh taste, a little buttery, bitterness coming in quickly. Medium body, carbonation on the heavy side. Odd granit aftertaste. Typical golden beer, maybe slightly better than most.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2024
at 00:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle purchased as part of a delivery from the brewery and drunk at home. Very dark brown, almost black, opaque with a loose and quickly dissipating beige head. Aroma of dusty grains, some coffee, light yeast extract. Bittersweet taste, intense coffee, some souring dryness, more yeast extract, a bit of seawater. Bitter coffee and liquorice in the aftertaste. Intense.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2024
at 17:55
2.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Bought from their stall in St Albans market. Totally flat pour with no life. The taste was fish and this was an immediate drain pour. Awful.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2024
at 20:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle bought as part if a delivery from the brewery and drunk at home. Iced tea brown, clear with a little bit of off-white head. Light aroma of caramel and oak. Taste is sweet, oaky, slightly tangy. So subtle yet so good. And fantastic with food. Gentle body with medium carbonation. Chiltern haven't exactly set my world alight but this is a fucking excellent best.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2024
at 20:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
500ml bottle bought as part of a delivery from the brewery. Drunk at home. Dark brown, a little bit translucent with a quickly dissipating khaki head. Spice dominates the aroma. Lots and lots and lots of clove, maybe some cinnamon as well. Sweet taste, some chocolate and a little bit of cola. Peppery notes. Finish is slightly sour which is a bit odd but it works well enough. Light body, slightly heavy carbonation. I don't understand the rock bottom rates, it's not amazing but it's solid enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2024
at 18:36
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle bought as part of a delivery from the brewery. Actually it’s two bottles as one was a rebadge. Ok, let’s drink a litre of old ale. Tawny brown, clear with a ring of off-white head. Lots of toffee and caramel in the aroma, some fudge cake, a little bit of spiced orange. Bittersweet taste, more caramel and touches of citrus peel. Medium body and slightly heavy carbonation. Good for the style, I certainly enjoyed it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2024
at 18:52