5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ GBBF 2006. Amber colour with an off-white head. Fruity malty aroma. Sweet malty fruity flavor with some hints of dark fruits. Malty bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Oct 2006
at 10:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, from Chris_o. Copper with bubbly thin disappearing head. Good carbonation. Malty sweetness. Smells like a barley wine. Some strong hop. Good sweet malt/hop. Some good perfumed aroma too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2006
at 15:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, thanks Chris_o. Not what I would call an old ale. Copper colour with beige head. Sweetish malt aroma, some hop. It’s more of an ESB. Not at all bad. Good dried fruit. As an ESB it’s good. Bit of choc malt. Hop balances it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2006
at 15:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, thanks Chris_o. Very deep chestnut with thin beige head. Toffee, whisky aroma. Slight musty. Nice choc porter though if a touch astringent
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2006
at 15:41
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at GBBF] Amber colour. Sweetish and fruity with firm body and gently rounded mouthfeel. Resiny and with notes of pears. Light salty finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Aug 2006
at 14:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
[Bottled] Deep golden. Sweet with plenty of toffee. Sweat and full bodied with loads of caramel and crystalized sugar. Salty finish with medium bitterness. Slow glowing and warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2006
at 14:34
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
[Bottled] Clear amber. Flowery hop aroma. Medium sweet with clean hard mouthfeel. There’s some hazelnuts and caramel. Light bodied. Resiny finish with average bitterness. Not all that interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2006
at 14:32
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
[Bottled] Pale nut brown. Sweetish and nicely roasty with fairly hard but rounded mouthfeel. Some caramel and butterscotch. Fairly low bitterness. Light for a porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2006
at 14:28
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle, 25-03-06 picked up a mixed case from the brewery on Thursday, slowly getting through them. Hazy warm golden colour, small white head, and had a yeasty smell. Slightly citrus tang and a little hoppy, this didn’t really strike me as a barley wine and actually wasn’t as good as their ’Bodger’s’. Ok but not worth £6.95 or whatever it cost me a bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2006
at 20:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, 25-03-06 picked up a mixed case from the brewery on Thursday, slowly getting through them. A fair enough beer but as barley wines go nothing special, very malty and it has that sticky sweet feel to it. I thought it lacked in depth of flavour and whilst I prefered it to some of their others no of them have jumped out at me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2006
at 01:23