5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Keg at Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Covent Garden. Pours clear yellow gold with white foam. Aroma: mild grains, herbal hints. Taste: light sweet & bitter, follows the aroma. Light body with spritzy carbonation. Served too cold, lacking in flavour. Not sure why I'm surprised.
Tried
from Draft
at
Guinness Open Gate Brewery London
on 09 Feb 2026
at 21:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the London courtyard tap. Pours clear, light brown.
Basic porter, some toasted biscuits, nips of milk chocolate, soft earth, low roast. Drinks fine. Easygoing.
Basic porter, some toasted biscuits, nips of milk chocolate, soft earth, low roast. Drinks fine. Easygoing.
Tried
from Draft
at
Guinness Open Gate Brewery London
on 10 Jan 2026
at 09:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at the Guinness open gate brewery London. A very pale yellow straw coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is semi sweet apple, pake grains,, subdued. Flavour is composed crisp light grains, lemon hints, apple. Palate is crisp, semi drying spritzy carbonation. Pretty bland but inoffensive.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2026
at 21:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at the Guinness open gate brewery London. A hazed orange golden coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is semi sweet, juicy fruits, tangerine, jammy citrus. Flavour is composed of white grape, Sabro elements melon balls, juicy fruit, powdery wheat. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, powdery carbonation. Nice Sabro action.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2026
at 21:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tap at the Guinness open gate brewery London. A translucent golden orange coloured pour with a small white head. Aroma is green apricot, pithy, light tang, light salt. Palate is tangy, yoigurty sour, green apricot, pithy citrus.. Medium sour, pithy sour. Pinch of salt.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2026
at 21:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tap at the Guinness open gate brewery London. A clear nut brown coloured pour with a a lasting creamy beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, raisin loaf, nutty roast, light spice. Flavour is composed of malt load, raisin bran, light char, woody roast. Lingering bark and spice. Palate is semi sweet, semi crisp, highish spritzy carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2026
at 21:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tap at the Guinness open gate brewery London. A crystal clear golden orange coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is semi sweet, apple, jammy citrus biscuity malts. Flavour is composed of, opal fruits, mellow tropicals, jammy citrus, but wishy washy, powdery finish. Palate is semi sweet, fine carbonation.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2026
at 21:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tap at the Guinness open gate brewery London. A clear reddish amber brown coloured pour with a lasting khaki head. Aroma is semi sweet. Woody roast, blood, iron. Some dark fruits. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, creamy, woody bark, spicy bark, woody roast. Some chalk. Robust.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Dec 2025
at 23:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tap at the Guinness open gate brewery London. A mostly clear golden yellow. Pale gold with a lasting fine white head. Aroma is herbal, pine, grass, midget gems. Flavour is composed of. Semi sweet, crisp light grains, midget gems, pine , herbal notes,. Melow juicy fruit.
Palate is semi crisp, highish carbonation ok
Palate is semi crisp, highish carbonation ok
Tried
on 31 Dec 2025
at 23:00