6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Booths. Deep red with lasting beige head. Malty fruit on aroma, quite smooth in mouth, fruity, red fruits. Quite creamy, bit empty. Nice redcurrant finish. Bit of caramel. Not a great beer, but tasty enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2007
at 03:09
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Dark red brown ale witg a thick off white head. Sweet brown sugar aroma, like vanilla fudge and dry raisins. In mouth, sweet caramel with very buttery notes, oxidized taste, a bit astringent, nothing thrilling. BB April 2004....jeez, I have to check my BB dates more carefully!
Tried
on 07 Apr 2006
at 18:45
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Sweet raisin malt aroma. Cloudy orange brown color with small head. Brown sugar and raisin flavor with moderate hops finish. Pretty weak for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2006
at 20:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at GBBF 2005] A hazy yellow beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet and slightly hoppy. The flavor is sweet malty with light notes of both citrus and hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jan 2006
at 13:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity Notts BF 05. Hazy chestnut colour with beige head which lasts. Nice columbus hop aroma. Some malt. Cut grass aroma. Finish is a bit grainy with more hop. Bit muddy
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2005
at 15:07
9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Cask gravity at Notts BF 05. Ties as my beer of the festival. Black beer with lasting beige head. Intense hop, dark malts, some tar and bitter choc. Like a really good imperial style stout. Beautifully balanced, hops on end plus more bitter choc. Not too strong not too intense, not too alcholic, perfect balance
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2005
at 16:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Very deep amber/bronze colour, limited slightly off-white head. Very malty with an extreme caramel-/toffee-like flavour - but very dry also, not much sweetness. The hops balances out any attempt to sweetness . Quite an exciting beer. 150105
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2005
at 14:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Dark bronze with a creamy, cappuchino-like head. Quite full-bodied in spite of the low alcohol. Very aromatic with a dark and lightly burned character and a nice hoppiness that reaches far into the finish. 010104
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2005
at 04:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Brown sugar, caramel, and leafy, tobacco-like hops permeate the air just above the clear coppery red, tan-headed liquid in my glass. Great flavor too- these English ales seem like the perfect complement to a cigar while flipping through ancient, dusty books in a dark, wood-shelved castle library. With a candle, of course. But I digress...there is plenty of brown sugar and caramel in the flavor, with woody notes, raisins, and leafy, spicy hops. Earthy, a bit chalky, and flavorful. You really can’t go wrong with this beer.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jul 2004
at 20:38
6.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A dark amber beer with a light brown head. The aroma is sweet malty on a sour backgroun - and so is the flavor.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2004
at 13:27