6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Christmas Day 2012 ( ten past midnight and Iโve just finished preparing for later): I need a beer. 500ml bottle conditioned: poured slowly into an โOld Speckled Henโ badged pint vase. Nice looking brew: an off-white foaming head sat on top of reddy/brown coloured beer, sadly some of the sediment got out of the bottle so it had a slight hazy hue within the body. Malts rule the roost: caramel nose and taste but not overly sweet. Pleasant blend of ingrediants with a bitter hop backbone running through the maltiness of the main flavours. An OK beer rather than a great brew: would happily try a cask version given the chance though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2012
at 16:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle from Brewery this time last year (seems my original rating disappeared) - Hazy russett pour, lots of head, little bit of floating sediment which settles. Very grapey boozy nose, similar to a cognac without the harshness. Rich ripe body, long warm aftertaste. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2012
at 16:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 24 Sep 2012
at 16:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 24 Sep 2012
at 16:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 24 Sep 2012
at 16:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 24 Sep 2012
at 16:06
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Tried
on 24 Sep 2012
at 16:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On cask at Dartington Food Festival - SEP 24, 2012 - Cloudy yellow body, with a non-existent top. Nose is clean and citrus, with a acidic sugary bite at the end of the first sip. The body is reasonably robust, and despite looking awful, wasnโt too bad at all.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Sep 2012
at 16:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium to dark orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramle, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, grass. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, hoppy bitter, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120805]
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2012
at 01:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium yellow - orange amber colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, nutty, light to moderate hoppy. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, hoppy, light licorice hops. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120805]
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2012
at 01:38