6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Orange brown color. Hoparoma with touches of citrus and blackcurrant. Hoppy, just a bit earthy flavor with laurel and blackcurrant. Hopbitter blackcurrant aftertaste with a touch of plastic. Thinnish.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle (best before 2008!) @Bir&Fud Bottega (Rome). Bruna leggermente rossastra, schiuma avorio media. Al naso note di toffee, nocciola, caramello, biscotti di marzapane. In bocca è dolce, ma non stucchevole, con finale piacevolmente amarognolo. Corpo medio-alto, carbonazione leggera. Nonostante l'età, ha retto alla grande!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2019
at 16:33
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
From old tasting notes. Translucent reddish brown color with a tannish brown head of immense proportions. Bittersweet toasted malt aroma has a caramel character. Intensely sweet toasted malt flavor upfront is slightly cloying. Bittersweet middle is heavy and complex. Finish is bitter and highly hopped leading to a long bitter aftertaste. Big, full bodied and potent. A mouthful in every sip. Outstanding!
Tried
on 19 Sep 2017
at 22:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Rated from old notes for posterity. Very pleasant. Has an underying burnt bitterness with fruity overtones. Creamy. Warming, but not so alcoholic as the style might dictate.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2016
at 07:02
6/10
Tried
on 06 Jul 2015
at 04:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark burgundy coloured, creamy winter warmer with sweet caramelly malt profile, candied fruits and warming, liqueurish alcohol in the finish without any astringency. Great, though more and old ale than a true barley wine to me. Too bad this isn’t made anymore.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Sep 2014
at 08:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Old school English bitter made with hops from the famed Kew Gardens; the profits are invested in the protection of endangered plant species, so this beer immediately gained my sympathy. Amber coloured bitter with soft caramelly and nutty malt sweetishness, dried fruits and spicy hops in the finish, well balanced.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2014
at 07:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at chriso’s May 2014 tasting - London. Big thanks to Mrs. Lowrey for this one; how prescient of her to see the aged beer craze coming. Pours clear gold with a white cream head. Nice pale bread in the nose, definite notes of oxidation, toffee. Medium to big sweet flavor with syrupy honey, white bread, biscuits, marmalade. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes sweet with rich toffee and oxidation, white bread. Nice old stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2014
at 16:07
2.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 1
Chriso May 2014 tasting. Stale aroma. Stale flavour. It’s not great. Frankly it’s revolting. Drain pour.
Tried
on 25 May 2014
at 16:38
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled (BBE 2003, from old bottle collection). Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is mild fruits, zest, some slight cardboard (surprisingly little cardboard actually), Flavour is zest, mild grassy, mild citrus and some herbal and grassy notes. Mild cardboard too. Has aged surprisingly well considering the age and the clear bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2013
at 08:50