7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[Gravity cask at Reading BF] Pale amber, huge loose white head. Big bitter citrus taste, yet still very traditionally English in character (as are most of Chiltern’s brews) with a rustic earthiness in the finish. This is one of their best - refreshing, and yet comforting and fulfilling at the same time.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 May 2010
at 15:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The Kings Head, Aylesbury, Bucks 21-04-10 Pours amber with a white head. Mmmhh. this is a really nice beer, crisp, refreshing and indeed very spring like. There is a good prolonged bitterness, citrus peel and pith. I like this because it is weighted towards the bitterness and lacks the residual sweetness that could have spoilt it, some hops on nose. Nice beer. A7 A4 F7 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Apr 2010
at 05:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle, no.51825, picked up at The Real Ale in a Bottle Bar, GBBF 09. Stable, soapy white head. Slightly hazy, yet shining, golden-amber body. Rather faint aroma of herbal dried fruits. Tart citric fruits, malts and mild spices in a well balanced flavour. An integrate alcohol punch to a dry hopped ending. Likable, without being an exceptional barley wine (Tromsø, 02.02.2010).
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2010
at 12:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[330ml bottle from the brewery shop] Ruby brown with a large beige head. As seems to be the case with all Chiltern beers, it has a very traditional English ale taste about it. Wood and earth, with some dusty old chocolate and some granite. Very light mouthfeel, but tastes refreshing rather than watery. Very different to your average porter, but actually quite welcome for it. Quite enjoyed it actually.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2009
at 06:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Boot, Sarratt, Herts. Deep amber colour with small white head. Malty, fruity aroma. Sweet, malty, fruity, caramel taste. I didn’t think that this was an old ale, slightly similar to Fullers ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Oct 2009
at 14:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 50cl.Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, oxidide malt notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090802]
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2009
at 10:42
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Golden with a small white head. Fruity and malty aroma with a little oxidation. Sweetish fruity flavour
Tried
on 16 Sep 2009
at 12:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Golden colour, small beige head. Aroma is malts, hops, some slight earthyness (due to age). Flavour is malts, grains, some earth and grass. A bit signs of being old. 6 3 6 3 12.
Bottled. Golden colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity and floral with some very nice nutty and sweet malty notes. Flavour is fruity, floral and some slight sweet malty notes. Rather crisp maltyness. 8 3 7 3 15.
Bottled. Golden colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity and floral with some very nice nutty and sweet malty notes. Flavour is fruity, floral and some slight sweet malty notes. Rather crisp maltyness. 8 3 7 3 15.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2009
at 12:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Guest cask at the Shoulder of Mutton, Wendover, England on 25th June 2008. It was clear and well-flavoured for its low gravity. All the hop and fruit aromas were present - a perfectly well-kept beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jun 2009
at 11:14
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
[500ml bottle from brewery shop] Amber; moderate, slowly collapsing off-white head. Soft carbonation with occasional prickly bits. Smell on opening the bottle is fresh, fruity, citric and zingy. The taste is rather a disappointment in comparison. There’s some biscuit-y malt but with cardboard overtones. A hint of spiciness comes through before a rather bitter finish. It’s OK, but I really wish my second-closest brewery could do better than this...
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2009
at 03:52