7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Opaque black liquid with medium to big, fluffy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of dark fruit, licorice, light coffee, soy, bread and toffee. Some light smoke as well. Taste is light sweet and light to medium bitter with a nice coffee/espresso finish with notes of vanilla, raisins and some booze. Full bodied medium carbonation. Nice stuff although a bit boozy. Would probably benefit from ageing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2012
at 13:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml Bottle - Dark brown, almost black, with some red tinges. Roasted malt. plain chocolate, coffee and nuts in the aroma. Rich, yet smooth taste, with notes of dried fruit, coffee and salty liquorice. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2012
at 14:26
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
9.3oz bottle poured into my squat little Oskar Blues 10-Fidy glass. It pours up with a deep dark body supporting a lasting fairly tall mocha colored head. The aroma offers up sweet dark fruity esters like figs and dates as well as earthy chocolate and dark roasted to a sliver of burnt malts. Smells nice. The taste is rich with mineral nuanced dark roasted malts and chocolate and near firm levels of brown sugar coated simmering figs. To midway the chocolate shows off some dark chocolate richness just as the modest level of booze is noticed. It ends with a pleasing and long lasting dark roasted malt to burnt malt to dark chocolate goodness that you really don’t want to end. Nice brew indeed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2012
at 21:50
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from ABCBeers,the Hague. Thick white head. Clear amber pour. Nice enough brew but it doesn’t stand out from the crowd.
Tried
from Bottle
from
B&M Bargains U.K Chain
on 02 Nov 2012
at 10:53
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
500ml bottle cheapie at £1 from Morrisons. First pour looks really good, a red body, nice white head. That goes to leave a thin froth, letting a bit of hoppiness through in the nose. Taste is a bit bland, very thin on the mouth. Ordinary.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2012
at 14:59
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Soapy in texture and aroma, and soapy bitterness for its taste. Not too pleasant.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2012
at 15:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A nice medium brown session bitter. Quite plain with only a light hoppy finish. Not bad.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2012
at 12:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and licorice flavor with weak hints of caramel. Has a roasted malty licorice and chocolate finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2012
at 05:25
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask at The metropolitan in London
Appearance: Cloudy golden with a off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Rotten fruit and bready
Taste: Tart citrus and herbal
I couldn’t finish a pint, not for me.
Appearance: Cloudy golden with a off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Rotten fruit and bready
Taste: Tart citrus and herbal
I couldn’t finish a pint, not for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Aug 2012
at 15:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hand pulled pint in my nearest pub (Park Inn, Wellington, Shropshire) on 11th May 2012. Amber body, clear and handsome looking: off-white head of foam sat on top. When ever I’ve had this beer (many times over the years) it has never had a great aroma: no matter who was brewing it at the time. Malts foremost with hints of fruity hops is what I got this time, which is more or less what I remember from other tastings. Malts lead the way in the taste too: with the hops and yeast coming along nicely in the background. Fruity biscuits; lightly baked with a finish of mildly bittering hops. Easy to drink and a standard ‘Best Bitter’; never been a favourite but nothing wrong with it.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2012
at 03:07