6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
6th December 2011
Cask at Pigs Ear. Clear dark amber beer, residual white head. Light palate, semi soft and semi dry. Sulphur on the nose and in the mouth. A jarring juxtaposition of sweet fruits kicks in during the mid. A mess! 1.6
10th August 2012
GBBF. Rich malt - a little dry. Nice subtle dried fruits with a whisper of red berries. Dry finish. A lot better than Pigs Ear but still not the greatest.
Cask at Pigs Ear. Clear dark amber beer, residual white head. Light palate, semi soft and semi dry. Sulphur on the nose and in the mouth. A jarring juxtaposition of sweet fruits kicks in during the mid. A mess! 1.6
10th August 2012
GBBF. Rich malt - a little dry. Nice subtle dried fruits with a whisper of red berries. Dry finish. A lot better than Pigs Ear but still not the greatest.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Mar 2012
at 04:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle at home ... copper ... thin white head ... soft metalic ... sweet fruit nose ... light biteter ... fizzy front ... dark sugers ... soft malts ... again a touch metalic ... but definite roast sugers ...hint of honey ... not my thing
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2012
at 11:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Tuckers Malting’s, Newton Abbot. Black pour with a beige head. Chocolate, raisin and brown sugar aroma. Raisins, plum pudding and chocolate flavour. Sweet, malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2012
at 12:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, shared with Dimo, Penka, Lyoli, grandma Elena, Ivanka and Nora. Pours cloudy, light brown with a foamy, white head. Rich, malty aroma filled with alcohol-soaked fruits. Flavor is plenty sweet, with lots of bread, toasted sugar, ripe fruits, light booze. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Faintly warm finish, toasted sugar, faint honey, rich bread, light cake, light alcohol, light woody bitterness. Lingering sugary malts. Decent English strong.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2011
at 05:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Copper coloured with next to no head. Sweet, toffee and red fruit aroma with a touch of English hops. Flavour was also sweet, with plenty more fruit, a suggestion of spice and bitter finish, with the alcohol prominent. Fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2011
at 08:10
3.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 1
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Cask at Pig’s Ear Beer Festival, London. Hazy mahogany colour. Aroma of rotting eggs. Sweetish and fruity with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Overwhelming flavour of sulhur and egg fart. Eh...
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Dec 2011
at 05:32
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask@Pigs Ear Beer Festival 2011. Deep amber, close to black, colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is rotten eggs. Flavour is liquorice, malts, roast, some wooden and spicy notes along with mild ashyness.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Dec 2011
at 00:44
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from bottle at Scopeys 2nd East Croydon Beer tasting. Hazy dark orange color, small white head. Smell sweet, little bit like Apple. Taste sweet: too sweet. Average carbo, low to medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2011
at 06:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Humpers of Staple Hill. Cola coloured with no head and slight carbonation. Sweet roasted malts, tropical fruit and chocolate aroma. Light mouth feel, with flavours of caramel, honey and coffee, leading to a dryish finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2011
at 08:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at the 2nd East Croydon Beer Tasting from Sainsbury’s Purley Way. It pours amber, with a thin off-white head. The nose is varnish, cherry, strawberry, toffee and Granny Smith apple. The taste is ripe blueberry, cherry, dryness, sticky toffee apple and light spice, with a bitter-sweet finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and sticky mouth-feel. Too brash and sickly sweet for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2011
at 06:05