4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 5
Draft at Craft Beer Rising 2014 - Brick Lane, London. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white head. This is a very shabby bitter. There are dominant notes of plastic and dirt. Light bodied with fine, soft carbonation. Abrasive plastic in the finish, some grassy bitterness, lightly sweet brown bread. Really not at all enjoyable. Poor.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Mar 2014
at 15:26
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From bottle at Craft Beer Rising 2014. It pours deep brown with a small beige head. The nose is wood, caramel, berry, toast and dark fruit. The taste is bitter-sweet, caramel, dark fruit, vinous quality, toast and earth with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Not a whole lot to it... OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2014
at 07:36
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
500ml bottle from Drinkmonger, Edinburgh. Pours clear copper, nice lacing. Aromas of soft caramel, light fruit. nothing much else, nothing much changes on the taste, a bit watery. Passable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2013
at 14:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Home. Pours black with a small light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, little chocolate , little wood, smoke. Flavor is malts, coffee, dark chocolate, wood, little licorice. Thin body, soft carbonation. 181013
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2013
at 12:11
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Almost black with a lasting light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, dark chocolate and coffee. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and roasted moderate bitter finish. 171013
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2013
at 10:52
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 4.4%. Very dark brown with medium beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, milk chocolate, coffee and caramel. Flavour is roasted malts, milk chocolate, caramel, medium sweet, hop and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2013
at 10:52
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2013
at 13:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from AlesByMail.co.uk. Huge head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, caramel, little wood and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2013
at 10:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
5.2% part of a Rakuten 12 pack. It is a nice looking beer pouring a very dark brown with a light beige head. The aroma is sweet ginger. The flavor is a zesty sweet giner which was unexpected but nice. Possibly a touch too sweet. I get lemon, ginger, some dark chocolate malt notes(very subtle) but no cinnamon at all. An interesting twist on a dark beer, it reminds me of Ichijoji Brewery’s Black Pearl Grapefruit Stout. Some roast coffee notes in the aftertaste. Not too bad but be warned it is mostly ginger in the flavor profile. After it had warmed up more of the chocolate malts come through and it balances out.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2013
at 07:18
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 4
Mixed 12 set from Rakuten. Bottle. While it is listed as a bitter but it is made with pale & wheat malts. A fruity mildly spiced aroma, thick eggshell white fluffy head on a slightly cloudy mellow gold body. Nice full mouthfeel but the flavor has a bit of a bitter astringency to it. Fruity at frist, then an odd bitter flavor that leaves behind a somewhat chalky aftertaste. It is an odd tasting beer...
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2013
at 06:47