5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, butter, caramel and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2011
at 09:21
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at the GBBF 2011. Dark golden with a small white head. Malty aroma with grain and bread, and a grassy touch. Dry and thin grainy flavour with a tannic bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2011
at 12:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7
bottle at home ... deep black ... thin tan lacing ... soft dry roast malt chocolate nose...way tooo fizzy ... some chocolate malts ... dark roast .. bit to thin ... other wise nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2011
at 10:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
50cl bottle, thanks to Dan. Pours a hazy, pale, lemon colour with a decent head, some of which hangs around. The nose has raisins, hay and then oranges. The taste has more raisins and cereals. The palate is medium-bodied and textured with a dry finish. Overall, this is not a lager in my mind, maybe somewhere between a pale ale and a saison. My least favourite of the 4 I’ve tasted from Whitewater, but a good standard overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2011
at 14:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
50cl bottle. Pours opaque black, there is a coffee hue to be seen when held to the light, initially there’s a good head but it disappears really quickly. The nose has coffee - dry whole beans rather than ground or the actual wet beverage - and there’s also a note that can only be described as charcoal. On the taste, boy this is such a dry stout, there’s more charcoal, huge smokiness and a hint but no more than a hint of chocolate. The palate is medium to large in structure and texture. The texture also seems to have fine tannins like a big red wine, that swoosh around the mouth as you drink. The finish is very dry and very elegant. Overall, an intriguing ale that challenges the palate and engages the brain. This si the 3rd beer I’ve tasted frmo this brewery and my expectations have been surpassed on each of the three occasions and this is the best so far.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2011
at 15:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl bottle, thanks to Dan. Pours a chestnut brown colour with a good head which fades quite quickly. The nose has caramel, raisins and a background smokiness. The taste is toasty, there is a small note of chocolate and some very dry raisins.The palate medium bodied and textured and there is a very dry finish. Overall, a really interesting recipe that seems to have some characteristics of stout and some of bitter,
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2011
at 15:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
50cl bottle. Pours a lovely transparent copper with very steady bubbles and a great head. The nose has toffee and dried apricots. The taste has toffee and some pungent spicy earthiness, probably parsnip I think. The palate is medium in structure, creamy in texture and there is a long dry finish. The first ale I’ve rated from my homeland and I’m delighted - a great ale whether you have one or twenty one, I reckon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2011
at 15:27
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium amber colour with a small to average, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sour malt. Flavor is moderate sweet, light acidic and bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt - fruit, thin. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110802]
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2011
at 14:00
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours clear golden with a off white head. Tart fruity flavor. Vegetables, fruit and corn. Thin and flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2011
at 05:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2011. Goldeny amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, some mild sulphur as well as some mild floral and raisiny notes. Flavour is fruits, wooden and floral hops along with some mild spices. Rather bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2011
at 00:10