6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Rating from bottle collection/historic notes. Supermarket purchase. Poured clear amber colour with a small white head. Aroma of light hop, and caramel malt. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness. Towards being medium bodied. Soft carbonation. Finish a little dry. An ok bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2016
at 06:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Cricketers Arms, Bedford. Dark gold, big foamy white head which dissipates quickly. Aroma of sour orange, tropical fruit and cinnamon. Interesting but it doesn’t really work. Taste is a full-on sour bitter with a bitter finish. Sour bitterness overstays its welcome in the aftertaste. Good to see Potton pushing the boat out, but this is too odd and unbalanced for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jun 2014
at 11:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml Bottle: BBD end of July 2014, poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard at home on 28th May, some two months before it’s life ends. Obtained from a ’Wye Vale’ garden centre some time ago. Clear mid-amber body with a full and lasting off-white head. Malts lead the way in both the aroma and taste. Light, semi-sweet molasses in the nose push out any hop aromas while in the mouth the malts give a mild caramel and toffee flavouring that hides the hoppy bitter underbelly until the finish where a mini bitterness comes to the fore. I really enjoyed my pint (well 500ml then, not the correct 568ml).
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2014
at 11:40
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle from ASDA. Amber with a short-lived, white, head and plenty of fizz. Sweet, caramel and berry aroma with a surprisingly strong whiff of booze. Flavour was also sweet with doughy malts, some orange and a gentle finish with slight boiled sweet edge and hint of toastiness. Didn’t work for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2014
at 13:05
4/10
Tried
on 13 Mar 2014
at 15:31
6.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Cricketers Arms, Bedford. Golden beer, takes a white to settle. Once it does, it has a compact off-white head. The aromas are faint and confusing. Metallic and woody notes predominate, with something sweet (bubblegum?) also detectable. The taste is very unexpected: fresh at first fading to bitter. Extremely bitter, almost acrid, aftertaste. The very dry woody character takes a while to get used to.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Nov 2013
at 00:51
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Cask @ Three Cups, Bedford. Dark gold, hazy (new barrel?). Smells of TCP and butterscotch. Taste is very, very smoked, dry like charcoal and burnt wood. Can’t get my head around this one.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Sep 2013
at 12:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Grape and Grain, Crystal Palace. Amber pour with a white head. Roast malt, caramel and toffee aroma. Orchard fruit flavour with hints of smoke. Dry, smoky finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jul 2013
at 07:26
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle at home. Light amber orange colour. Thin fleeting white head. Nose is sweet toffee and grassy hop. Flavour is toffee with a hint of roast. Semi dry finish. Some metallic, and a dirty grassy bitterness. Palate is light and a little thin. Middle of the road.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2013
at 14:04
4/10
Tried
on 01 Apr 2013
at 17:43