5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Counting House, JDW. Hazy copper colour, creamy tan head. Aroma is caramel malts, some fruits. Flavour is caramel malts, little toffee. Soft and creamy taste. Slightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 May 2011
at 06:19
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, light roasted, light hoppy, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100806]
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Apr 2011
at 12:53
3.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
bottle@home: tasted like someone left an open pack of grape juice outside of the fridge for 7 months, fascinatingly disturbing & messed-up, bottle may have been a little bit old but still this was nasty, like sour, bitter rotting grapes with malts or something, originally brewed only for the directors of the company, that just shows that their employees hated them
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2011
at 15:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. Clear amber golden with a dense off-white head. Nose is a little nutty, lightly sweet burned caramel and overripe fruit. Medium body, almost flat, honey notes and a swet nutty edge. Subdued bitterness. 140211
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2011
at 12:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
9th February 2008
A 1995 bottle! Not a promising appearance, a bit cloudy with bits of malt mud! Still manages to pour reasonably clear and with some carbonation! However itโs a bog standard brown malt beer! 2.3
5th March 2009
Clear light brown beer. Well balanced. Nice malt and hop levels - not too watery. Light and crisp with a semi dry edge. Quite drinkable.
A 1995 bottle! Not a promising appearance, a bit cloudy with bits of malt mud! Still manages to pour reasonably clear and with some carbonation! However itโs a bog standard brown malt beer! 2.3
5th March 2009
Clear light brown beer. Well balanced. Nice malt and hop levels - not too watery. Light and crisp with a semi dry edge. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2011
at 10:15
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle. Pours dark orange with a large frothy head. Aroma is faint, some spicy malt and cardboard. Bready start. A bit of spicy malt in the finish. Quite a bit of carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2010
at 14:05
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Copper-amber, naked surface. Caramel malts to the nose. Toffee malts in flavour, sustained by developing bitter fruits towards the finish. True to the style. Cask, half at Hand & Shears, London 4 Oct 10.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Nov 2010
at 12:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Originally rated August 2004. Sampled from a 500ml can at Pub Italia in Ottawa. This bitter english ale poured a deep amber colour with a good looking head. Had slight aromas of caramel and nuts. Taste was not as bitter as I expected, more smooth and malty. Not quite the beer I thought it would be, but a very good one nonetheless. Would have this brew again.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Oct 2010
at 22:35
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 4
500ml bottle. Pours amber with a medium head. Aroma is slightly spicy hops. Some bread in ther somewhere. Some spicy hops hops on the finish. Very watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2010
at 11:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Pride of Paddington. Pours a mostly clear, amber-ruby with a receding, white and creamy head. Fairly fruity aroma with some toasty malts and faint hops. Sweet flavor with some orange and biscuit, followed by mild citrus and earth bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes sweet and malty with short-lived bitterness. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2010
at 03:53