5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Tried
on 29 Aug 2006
at 10:08
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Hog’s Back Bottle Shop. I know I’ve had the original version before because my brother bought me it and a Bluebird glass for Christmas last year. But I failed to rate it. Oops. This is golden with a thin white head. Nice Mount Hood hop aroma. Some pale malt and some citrus fruit aroma. Good in mouth with nice malts balancing the hops. Nicely balanced juicy malt and then hoppy, but not too hoppy, finish. Extremely drinkable. Would like to have this on cask in a pub on an autumn day after a walk and I have a feeling I would sink at least half a dozen pints of this. Not exceptional, but really drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2006
at 16:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Bottle conditioned. Pours a clear, pale amber with a small, creamy, off-white head. Fresh, citrusy nose. Medium-bodied with accents of nuts and citrus with a fairly hoppy finish. Very clean and lovely. 240706
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2006
at 13:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 2
Overall 7
Bottle picked up at Sainsbury’s, Kidlington 03-07-06. Amber coloured beer, with small white head, aroma’s are slightly sweet and fruit is noticeable. Very easy drinking beer with some light fruitiness and hops not too bitter touch sweet very nice though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2006
at 00:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a hazy amber colour with a small off-white head. Very fruity hoppy aroma with some hints of honey. Malty fruity flavor with some hints of honey and hops. Sweet malty finish with some bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2006
at 15:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours deep amber into an english pint. Bright white head slowly recedes. Caramel and bread aromas. Upfront is creamy dry malt with a medium lasting lightly hopped bitter finish.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2006
at 19:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Clear amber body with a medium frothy off-white head. Sweet malt aroma with some light hops in the background. Sweet flavor, lots of sweet caramel and some light hops.
Tried
on 01 May 2006
at 22:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Brown colored beer. Nice creamy head with medium duration. Taste is both bitter and sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2006
at 12:32
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask. This to me seemed more of a pale ale. Poured a copper color with little head. It was not distinct and definitly was not a golden ale. It actually was nothing special but nothing bad either.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Feb 2006
at 00:05
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
50cl bottle-pours a 2 finger high foamy light tan head with hazy gold color. Aroma is grassy, grain, skunky, earthy, floral and doughy. Taste is malt with a bit of a bite. OK effervescence, flat aftertaste. Faint hops (although brewer calls it intense). Date stamped L05-076.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2006
at 21:24