6/10
Bottle from the Castle Inn Bungay. Brownish black colour with a thin tan head. Roasted malty with a sweetish taste and smooth body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2019
at 20:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried at the Castle Inn Bungay. Amber colour with a white head. Fresh malty aroma and taste, light bitter. Medium body.
Tried
on 30 Oct 2019
at 17:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
3rd LCRBM. Slight roast aroma. Firm roast flavor with some malt and licorice. Just a bit sweet. A touch of milk. Just below medium bodied. Nice porter, without being spectacular.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Alder Carr Farm Shop, Needham Market. Roasty cardboard aroma. Opaque cola brown. It's a lively one - thick foamy beige head. Sour with some bitternes. Dark berries and restrained coffee. Quite tangy. Develops a roasty character as it warms up. Medium bodied. Slick to creamy. Low key fizzy carbonation. Long astringent finish. It's fine. The sourness provides some character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2019
at 21:21
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Served in a glass but originated in a bottle? At Alder Carr Farm Shop, Needham Market. Vague malty aroma. Copper gold. Creamy white head. Medium bitter with a sour tang. Some malts and a sliver of butter. Light-medium bodied. Thin bodied. Lifted by soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry finish. Decent stuff. May benefit from being my first rate of the hols.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2019
at 13:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample@GBBF2018, London, with the Malmö crew - amber pour with off-white head. Medium sweet and toasted malty, some caramel, biscuit, dried fruit, medium body, sweet malty close.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2018
at 11:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the GBBF 2018 day 1 07/08/2018. A clear copper brown coloured pour with a a lasting beige head. Aroma is subdued apple, cake, nutty malts. Flavour is composed of brown sugars, died apple and raisin. Palate is middle of the road, semi sweet, decent cask condition.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2018
at 19:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF '18, day 1, 07/08/18. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent lasting beige head. Nose is tobacco, light spice, toffee, biscuit. Taste comrpises brown bread, fruit cake, nutty, biscuit, straw. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Decent mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2018
at 11:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at CBC, Covent Garden on 18th February 2018. Dark reddish brown with thin tan film and spot lacing. Bittersweet roasty aroma. Complex roastiness in-mouth with smokiness - woodsmoke. A touch of coffee in the finish. A fairly light body and a smooth yet engaging mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Feb 2018
at 00:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Grain & Hop Store, Cambridge. Mid-brown, clear and oh so translucent. Smells of chocolate malt, weak coffee and some dusty berry notes. Sweet chocolatey taste at first, but this ushers in a fruity hoppy bitter which clings on to the long finish. Chocolate milk and cherry in the aftertaste. Very watery body. Needs more character, but other than that it’s a fine mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 May 2017
at 14:32