6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Clarence Tavern, Gosport. Pours a dark mahogany color with a samll off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramle and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Nov 2009
at 08:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Clarence Tavern, Gosport. Pours a pale amber color with a samll off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty slightly dry caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with some weak hints of hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Nov 2009
at 08:37
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear dark brown color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark roasted, burnt, light coffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090805]
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Nov 2009
at 07:04
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Guide Dog Inn, Southampton. Pours a slightly hazy pale golden color with a small whitehead. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Dry malty hoppy bitter flavor with some hints of citrus. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Nov 2009
at 03:36
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol 5/11/09. Deep copper, with a slight, off-white head. Sweet, malty aroma with damsons bready malts. Caramel and re dfurit flavours, with some woody earthiness and a bitter finish. Ok, but Oakleaf can brew much better.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Nov 2009
at 11:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
[Cask at the Hope Tap, Reading] Amber with a beige head. It’s got an immediately rich mouthfeel, and is sweet and fruity up front (made me think of rhubarb crumble!). Then lots of toffee and crisp autumn leaves come through, with a good bitter bite in the finish. In the afertaste oak and vanilla (maybe for custard to go with the rhubarb crumble?) come through. This is a good’un!
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2009
at 15:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Dark brown with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of fruit and chocolate with a touch of coffee. Sweetish malty flavour with a nice roasted character.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2009
at 12:07
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Cask at the Hole In The Wall, Southsea, UK on 16th October 2009. Gold with offwhite head of foam giving some lacing. Stongly pungent aromatic and bitter. Pleasant hop touch with some citric notes (lemon mainly) and hoppy grassiness. Malt more evident in the finish. A very well-balanced, well-crafted ale. RE-RATING 13th January 2013: Bottle at home, Christmas gift. Pours almost clear amber with thin white non-lacing head. Hoppy, grassy aroma. Rich grassy hop in-mouth with delicate citrus. Tangy finish of citrus fruit and late maltiness. Zingy, bodiful texture. Excellent bottle.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2009
at 11:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
[500ml bottle from Tesco’s, Portsmouth] Pours amber-gold with a half-hearted white head and a fizzy appearance (fortunately the fizz was far milder in the mouth). Beautiful fresh aroma of lemon and sweet malts (reminded me of a more intense Adnams brew). Taste is a letdown in comparison - a touch of minerals at first, then bready, biscuity malts that sit uneasily beside the mild grapefruit in the finish. Quite bitter, but not overly so. Yet another APA that’s a bit of a let-down - I’m starting to think that perhaps I’m not overly fond of the style... c5
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2009
at 14:05
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask, from the Central Southern Bar at GBBF 09. Jet black body carrying a few floaters on the surface. Mild roasted malty aroma. Vaguely taste of roasted, dark malts. Semi-sweet impression. Not bad for a British mild (Earls Court, London 05.08.2009).
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Sep 2009
at 14:46