7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
bottle at home ... dark black .. thin tan lacing ... soft roast ... dark malts ... light sweet nose ...dark malts ... light bitter roast ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2012
at 13:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Brewed and bottled for Mr Lawrence’s Wine Merchant, Brockley. Reddish- brown pour with an off-white head Toffee, cinnamon and caramel aroma. Quite a sweet nose. Figs, dates, cinnamon and cloves flavours. Most Christmassy indeed. Quite tasty, I’ve even got a three Kingsesque crescent moon shaped froth in the glass, spooky! Sweet ’n’ spicy feel. A fair old effort.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2012
at 08:12
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Finally popping this thing since madmitch76 generously shipped it to me across the pond mid 2009. The half liter brown glass bottle pours clear amber with a nice full tight tan head. I would not have guessed this big well aged organic beer could deliver such a nice head of foam. Speaking of age the bottle states the best buy date is December 2010. This is being consumed December 2011. Hmm. Has it gone bad? So far so good. The modest aroma is sweet with honey coated Gala apple wedges and faint hints of plum and fig. The aroma seems to have held up without any issues. The taste is rich yummy sweet English Barleywine goodness with caramel, sweet ripe Gala apple wedges, brown sugar and a light oxidation sherry like note. So the extended age shows a tad bit of oxidation which for me improves the experience as I love that. Darn tasty brew. I hope I can swing getting the newer versions of this series some day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2012
at 22:12
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at Pig’s Ear Beer Festival, London. Hazy brownish amber. Aroma of caramel and cinnamon. Mid sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Faint caramelly finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Dec 2011
at 03:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@Pigs Ear Beer Festival 2011. Deep amber colour, small head. Aroma is wood, fruits, caramel and some slight spicy notes as well. Flavour is fruits, wood, resin and quite much spices and herbs as well. Rather pleasant flavour, but the aroma leaves a bit dull.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Dec 2011
at 23:44
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at Pig’s Ear Beer Festival, London. Hazy amber. Tart strawberry aroma. Sweetish with clean, rounded mouthfeel. Some lemony wild yeast flavours, a bit of caramel. Low bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Dec 2011
at 05:49
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
16th December 2011
Cloudy amber beer, residual off white head. Palate is semi dry and crisp but notably thin. Lots of spices - cinnamon and ginger but not overdone. Lots of tangy fruits as well. Minerals. Semi dry finish. Not bad for the style.
Cloudy amber beer, residual off white head. Palate is semi dry and crisp but notably thin. Lots of spices - cinnamon and ginger but not overdone. Lots of tangy fruits as well. Minerals. Semi dry finish. Not bad for the style.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2011
at 03:36
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@Pigs Ear Beer Festival 2011. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is wooden, nutty, caramelly with some slight notes of sour dough as well. Flavour is wooden, spicy, herbal, nectary and quite sweet malty notes. Aftertaste is nutty, floral and quite bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Dec 2011
at 00:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml.Clear light to medium yellow colour with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, fruity. Flavour is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, sweet malt, fruity. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110802]
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2011
at 13:41
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ The Old Coffee House, Soho W1. Pours a clear copper amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with hopy hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Nov 2011
at 06:22