Subsidiaries
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle Malty nose, a bit citrus and quite a bit dust. Dark amber, low creamy head. Dust notes and unpleasant edgy malt flavors. No hops to be detected. Medium body, smooth moutfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2004
at 13:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle
Brown amber colour, quickly vanishing bubbling white head. Fresh grassy hop aroma. Watery carbonated mouthfeel. Hoppy flavour with hints of coffee. Bitter finish. Waiting for to get a cask version pint! (7/4/8/3/14 3.6)
Bottled 0.3l
Copper-brown color, tanned head. Toffee notes in the nose. Caramel flavors with bitter and roasted base. Nice long bitter aftertaste. (6/3/6/3/12 3.0)
Brown amber colour, quickly vanishing bubbling white head. Fresh grassy hop aroma. Watery carbonated mouthfeel. Hoppy flavour with hints of coffee. Bitter finish. Waiting for to get a cask version pint! (7/4/8/3/14 3.6)
Bottled 0.3l
Copper-brown color, tanned head. Toffee notes in the nose. Caramel flavors with bitter and roasted base. Nice long bitter aftertaste. (6/3/6/3/12 3.0)
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2004
at 07:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
Perfect golden amber body with a small white head. Rich aroma with honey and some burned caramel. Initial flavour is acidy, which turns into hop bitterness. Long lasting burned/bitter aftertaste.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2004
at 07:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Nice boxed chrismas present from my sister. Citrus and peach aroma plus some peppered hops. Orange-amber color, big bubbles, blanket head. Fruity flavors, peaches, berries and tea. Slight oak and strawberry aftertaste. Wellrounded and pleasant, but I agree it wouldn't hurt with a bit more character - some edges to make it livelier. Nice full and warming body.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2004
at 12:28
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Golden brown in colour with a faint malty nose. The malts are not overpowering, and there is a nice bitterness which comes out in aftertaste. Good body.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2003
at 16:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask Conditioned
Light amber color; poor head. Light aroma (malt and some esters). Quite warming, malty, cheesy (this reminds me goat cheese, such as Roquefort! Don't worry: it's just an impression, the beer is good). Caramel as well. A good Bitter, lacking a better hoppy character and/or fruitness.
Light amber color; poor head. Light aroma (malt and some esters). Quite warming, malty, cheesy (this reminds me goat cheese, such as Roquefort! Don't worry: it's just an impression, the beer is good). Caramel as well. A good Bitter, lacking a better hoppy character and/or fruitness.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2003
at 11:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Beautiful dark amber beer with a lasting frothy head. Malty aroma with some lemon and burnt caramel. Bitter and lasting hop finish.
Tried
on 08 Oct 2003
at 12:29
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
The aroma is sweet and malty. The color is orange and it has a fine dense though disappearing head. The flavor is sweet and malty but slightly flat. The Shepherd Neame yeast is clearly present in the flavor. A boring Christmas beer.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2003
at 18:03
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Deep, bright bronze. Aroma is minerally, slightly caramelly. The malt-accented palate is caramelly, quite chalky, with a late hoppy dryness. Decently balanced but just not that interesting. A visitor to Ontario who sampled our supply of English ales might be forgiven for thinking that all English beers taste the same.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2003
at 23:02
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Very nice thick head, egg white, some fruits in the nose, but to the mouth, very thin, with metallic notes (drank at 10C), malt doesnt cover that defect...more along the lines of other Brit commercial beers
Tried
on 29 Sep 2003
at 22:59