6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Cask at City Arms, Manchester, 27 July) Colour is golden amber with a thick white head. Nose is fruity with mandarin, orange and apricots. Same goes for the taste: fruity with orange, mandarin and apricots. Starts a bit sweet, turns drier with a spicy, flowery hop character in the finish. Balanced bitterness. Refreshing.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2006
at 16:33
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at Market Porter, Borough. Hazy gold colour with thin white head. Good malt/hop balance. Juicy malt in mouth. Just some odd flavours, bit of bleach? but a good citrus finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jul 2006
at 07:28
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Rugby Beer Festival, 2006 Pitch black beer with a light head. The aroma is rustic and oaty and the flavour is dry, oaty and slighlty coffee. Overall a nice dark beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 May 2006
at 09:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity at Reading BF 06. Copper/amber with thin bubbly beige head. Hey, nice hop on this. Good bitter. Bit of tea and tobacco, but the hop is excellent.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 May 2006
at 04:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask@Burton Winter Beer Festival 2006. Black beer with a light brown/white head. The aroma is expresso coffee and dry and the flavour is sour, slightly watery, coffee with a dry finish. Overall an average weak, sour watery effort.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2006
at 05:22
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask handpull at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Golden with lasting white head. Grassy hop aroma, some grapefruit/lime. Not served freezing cold for once. Not overly full in mouth, bit of a dirty flavour. Finish is a bit flat, some lemon acidity. Starts well and then fades
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jan 2006
at 16:44
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
An amber-red beer with a huge light orange head - quite dark for a bitter. The aroma is sweet malty with a hint of acidity, while the flavor is acidic malty with light notes of caramel.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2006
at 16:27
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
A deep red beer - almost brown - with a huge light brown head. The aroma is acidic, fruity and roasted. While the flavor balances between sweetness and acidity with notes of roasted malt and hints of butter, leading to a dry end. The mouthfeel is slightly sticky.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2006
at 17:33
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Black with dark beige head. Tarry aroma with some chocolate and coffee. OK in mouth, with tarry/coffee/chocolate and grainy finish. Got better as the pint went down
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2005
at 14:24
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2
Bottled. Plain weak looking black beer. The aroma is very, very sweet and slightly watery and the flavour is like weak cold coffee with far too much sugar in it. Overall a horrible beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2005
at 16:03