6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask. Copper colour, small off-white head. Aroma is sweet bready malts with some mild bitter wooden notes as well. Flavour is grassy hops, sweet malts and mild dry dark fruityness. A quite hoppy and bitter old ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Nov 2011
at 00:08
6/10
Tried
on 27 Oct 2011
at 13:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle bought from The Real Ale In a Bottle Bar at GBBF ’11. A bottle conditioned ale that comes in a nice bottle with a dark blue neck. Top score for its appearance; offers a bubbly, solid off-white head that stays throughout, and left a good amount of lacework behind. Ruby-red body. Aroma of roasted, earthy malts. Sweet and roasted flavour of caramel malts joined by hints of dark fruits. Rounded bitter ending. Ashy dry. A tasty porter, without being outstanding (shared with Finn, 13.10.2011).
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2011
at 06:14
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium amber yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caraeml, sour apples. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. IMO a bit borring ! Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110428]
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Oct 2011
at 15:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle bought at St Albans beer festival 2011. An amber orange coloured pour with a huge off white head. Sweet, fruity aroma. Tastes sweet, dark fruit, caramel, rich, malty. Belgian styled barley wine. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2011
at 15:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask, handpump at The Kings Head, Aylesbury, Bucks 14.09.11 Pours amber, good clarity with a white head. Nice beer, bitterness was more pronounced than expected and this didn’t carry quite the sweetness that I anticipated, other than that I was in a rush, so very lazy review. However a nice beer. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.4
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Sep 2011
at 13:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml Bottle - Brown with some red tinges. Blackcurrant, dried fruit and malt in the aroma. Roasted, chocolatey and slightly sweet taste with notes of roasted malt and coffee. Almost a year out of date, but it’s still drinking well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2011
at 14:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in London. Pours brown with a foamy, light tan head. Aroma is light cocoa, semi-dark malts and faint berries. Medium sweet flavor, some dark malts, mild roast, hints of alcohol. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Mostly sweet finish, light earthy bitterness, subtle roast. Very average overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2011
at 14:56
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
cask at gbbf 2011 ... amber ... soft dry toffee nose ... dry woody mellon .. toffee malts ... thin and cardboardy.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2011
at 01:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle bought at the Royal Farm Shop in Windsor, Berks 18 months ago, BBE 4/9/10 on the label. A dark brown/ruby red coloured pour with a large beige head on top. Fruity, caramel aroma. Tastes of dark fruit, malty, caramel, spice, quite sweet, a hint of rum. Love the bottle and the beer inside is quite good too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2011
at 07:35