7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2013, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Pitfield Chococino ].Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, coffee, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130813]
Tried
from Cask
on 25 May 2014
at 14:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Market Porter, 28th February 14, nice light coloured ale, good taste, nice one to quaff back at lunch time
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Feb 2014
at 10:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at Pigs Ear 2013 - London. Pours clear brown with a bubbly, tan head. Lots of lovely wintery spices in here, ginger cookies, faint dry chocolate. Light bodied with fine carbonation; nicely conditioned. Balanced finish with further festive - though restrained - spicing, and ginger cookies. I like it.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Feb 2014
at 02:08
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle at home from Oddbins London bridge. Orange amber caramel coloured pour with a creamy thin persistent greyish head. Aroma is initially some plastic hockey puck phenols, but these blow off pretty quickly. Aroma later is light caramel and some english yeast esters. Flavour is sweet raisin / apple oxidised malt with a big alcohol bite. Do not get much chilli character, some other christmas spices. Aggregive rough lingering bitterness. Mid sweet palate, some sweet fruits. Not lasted well in the bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2014
at 14:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 0.375l at Gallow’s Bird, Espoo. Real Ale Festival 2014. Vintage 2008. BBE 12/2015. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Raisins, dark fruits, sweetness, hints of alcohol and malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2014
at 08:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
37,5 cl Bottle vintage 2008 as ”Organic Pitfield’s 1890 Stock Ale” @ Gallows Bird ⅩⅦ Real Ale Festival, BBE 12/2015
Aroma has lots of toffee typical to Engilish ales. Also some honey and hints of plastic glue. Flavour has ’cold’ moldy cellar notes, some toffee, alcohol, sweetish apples, some raisins and distant pear notes. Also some dried fruits. Finishes with some English hops and toffee. A feeling of a ’beer too old’ here. Interesting. Adding the yeast makes this a bit more messy and bitter.
Aroma has lots of toffee typical to Engilish ales. Also some honey and hints of plastic glue. Flavour has ’cold’ moldy cellar notes, some toffee, alcohol, sweetish apples, some raisins and distant pear notes. Also some dried fruits. Finishes with some English hops and toffee. A feeling of a ’beer too old’ here. Interesting. Adding the yeast makes this a bit more messy and bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2014
at 08:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at Pigs Ear Beer Festival 2013 - London. Pours hazy brown with a mild, creamy head. Doughy, dark bread in the nose. Medium sweet flavor with toasted bread, milk chocolate and light green pepper. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately sweet to end, with more toasty bread and faint chili spice in the throat. Nicely balanced for a chili beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2014
at 09:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml Bottle - Black in colour. Liquorice, coffee and vinous fruits in the aroma. Rich, fruity and slightly roasted taste with notes of liquorice, plain chocolate and coffee. It has aged fairly well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2014
at 09:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity dispense at Pigs Ear, 03/12/13. Murky light black with a thin tan covering. Nose is dark malt, light roast, spice. Taste carries more depth, dark chocolate, subtle chilli kick, light roast, brown sugats, dark toffee fudge. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light chilli and green pepper kick in the finale with a little spiced heat. Ok.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2013
at 14:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gravity dispense at Pigs Ear, 05/12/13. Very dark mahogony brown with a thin light tan edge. Nose is faint nutmeg, cocoa, earthy, dark fruit tang. Taste comprises cocoa, toffee, cinammon bark, star anise, five spice. Medium to light bodiment, fine carbonation, dry closure. Ok spiced up mild adding a little winter cheer!
Tried
on 13 Dec 2013
at 13:23