5.8/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
7/11/2025. Cask at the 13th Beccles Beer Festival. Quite a lifeless pour. Aroma is hoppy, peachy, orange, lucozade, flowers, blossom. Quite sweet with mild bitterness. Hint of spice developed. Moderate body, light spritzy carbonation. Improved on initial impressions but a bit of a miss for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Nov 2025
at 18:59
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 9
Bottle conditioned from the brewery. Clear mahogany colour lasting beige head. Malty. Spicy esb hoppy peppery aroma. Smells yummy. Yes its a traditional English malt English hopped strong ale. Good malt backbone. Some syrup flavour. Good ale yeast fruity esters of red and dark fruits. Hedgerow. White pepper hop finish. Maybe a little better condition would help. But its bloody delicious. Tastes of England.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2025
at 19:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample courtesy of Grumbo. Cheers! Aroma of malts, biscuit and caramel. Quite watery but delivers on the slightly bitter finish. Easy to drink.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 11:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Oldham Beer Festival 2023. Dark clear copper-amber with a glow to it. Smooth tasting porter, fairly full in its taste at a very appealing strength. Includes mild roasted malts in both aroma and taste.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2023
at 11:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Station Hotel, Framlingham. Clear brown with a small head. Has a light dark-malt aroma and a mildly sweet taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jan 2023
at 18:01
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ King's Head, Yoxford. Golden coloured with a small head. Golden styled session brew ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jan 2023
at 09:30
04/08/2010.GREAT BRITISH BEER FESTIVAL, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, SW5, England
Tried
on 27 Nov 2022
at 14:37
Historic check-in
Tried
on 27 Nov 2022
at 14:23
26/04/2014. MAYFLOWER, 5-6 High Street, LEIGH ON SEA, Essex, England
Tried
on 27 Nov 2022
at 14:22
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Rumburgh Buck, Rumburgh. Clear copper-gold bitter with a mid-bitterness at best. Some sweetness tries to break through.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Oct 2022
at 17:12