7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a butterscotch color ale with a nice big foamy head with good retention. Aroma of nutty caramel malt is near perfect. Taste is also dominated by the nutty caramel malt. Body is a bit thin for the style and carbonation is quite lively. Hops are no really overly present in here but I think could have provided more complexity if they had been more present. Overall, this is a very nice beer but lacking a little something to make it truly great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2006
at 13:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Morpeth Arms, Pimlico, London, 31 July) Colour is pale amber with small head. Nose is fruity with citrus (orange, mandarin) and some dusty, fruity hops. Taste is fruity with apricots, mandarin , orange and some dusty hops in the finish. Has the traditional earthy Youngs character, but slightly less bitter than most of them. Refreshing and nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2006
at 15:35
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark amber color with a meduim brown head. Very malty, quite sweet. Taste: chocolate and some dried fruits. Bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2006
at 03:05
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Bottle] Amber coloured with a small but firm head. Somewhat fruity aroma with a light touch of caramel. Medium bodied with hoppy, somewhat floral flavour. Ok ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2006
at 12:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at GBBF 2006. Bottle number 11567. Never seen this before. Gold, copper with bubbly off white head. Youngs yeast and attractive hop aroma. Quite strong alcohol. Chewy. Just a bit too carbonated. OK malts but maybe a bit thin. Don’t think that it was bottle conditioned which would account for the thinness of the malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2006
at 07:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
An orange beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma is sweet spicy; (citronmelisse?) and peaches. The flavor is sweet malty and rather spicy, I pick up cloves and citronmelisse?. The end is only slightly bitter. A refreshing and different beer.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2006
at 13:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Amber coloured, lively carbonation, large off-white fluffy head, slowly diminishing; sweetish-fruity (oranges) and caramelly nose with moderate floral hoppy edges; moderate bitter and fruity taste, long aromatic, dry hoppy finish. A tasty, well made Ale !
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2006
at 05:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle: Light amber coloured, thin foamy layer, lacing, lively carbonation; quite strong herbal hoppy aroma mixed with a fruity touch of honey; moderate bitter flavour; fruity, quite dry bitter-aromatic finish. A fine, pleasant Ale....
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2006
at 05:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Kent BF 2006. Crystal clear pale copper colour with bubbly disappearing off white head. Yeasty caramel aroma. Caramel in mouth. Spritzy hoppy citrus finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jul 2006
at 03:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
BotTle picked up from Waitrose 10th July 2006. Pours a golden colour, definate hoppy and floral notes to this beer, tasted also very hoppy with nice bitterness levels and all in all a pretty good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2006
at 02:14