5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
bow bar edinburgh ... Pale yellow ... light leafy hop ... light fruit hop ... nice hop balance, but not for me.
Tried
on 28 Jul 2007
at 09:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Deep solid black,Little smoke littel malt in the nose, rich roast malt, lots of chocolate bitterness, nice but an imerial stout? 3.1 cask at closters ... deep black ... thin tan ... soft roast malt ... roast malt .. odd burnt tones ... big bittter ness.2.9
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2007
at 07:22
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask@Kent Beer Festival 2006. Dark amber color, small white head. Fruity, slightly sweet nose. In the start fruity malty, but then the finish is moderate bitter. Long hoppy aftertaste. Well-balanced bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jul 2006
at 02:41
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask handpull at Dering Arms, Pluckley. Badged as Dering Ale. Deep copper, lasting white head. Extremely malty and hoppy. Orange/tangerine fruit, somewhat like candied fruit with smack of bitter hops on end. One of the best pints of this that I’ve had in a time. Seems to have more of the fine light ale about it than the dark. Distinctive Goacher’s aroma and just slightly acidic in the mouth
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Apr 2006
at 07:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Gravity dispense Merton Beer Festival 18th Feb. This is a pretty good example of what a typical English mild is all about. Dark brown, nice clean head, whilst a tad on the light and thin side it has a pleasant malty flavour with a slight bitter and dry finish.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2006
at 02:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Volunteers Arms, GBBF 2005] A red-brown beer with a nice brown head. The aroma is sweet roasted combined with very light notes of hops. The flavor is very sweet with light notes of roasted malt, chocolate, vegetables, and celery. The alcohol prickles the tongue slightly. I wonder where the Imperial in the name comes from in a beer of 4.5% ABV?
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2006
at 16:45
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Cask at Dering Arms, Pluckley Kent Dark ruby colour with nose of sweet malt, but there is certainly an astringency and hoppiness there in the aftertaste. Good for warming you up in the middle of winter 3.4/5.0 Re-rate. 08/01/07 Very deep brown with touch of russet and lasting beige head. Roasted nuts, coffee, strong dry malt and touch of syrup on the aroma. Some hop too. Gorgeous in mouth, exquisitely full, light choc malts and roasted nuts. Toasty more than dark roast. Some juicy dark fruits. Finish is dry, full and juicy with dry toast coming through most. The longer it oxygenates, the sourer the fruit becomes. Damson, sour dark plum, sour dark cherry, sour blackberry. All wonderful. Give it another couple of hours in the cask and it will be even more wonderful.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jul 2005
at 07:04
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Gravity at Red Lion, Snargate. Dark ruby with burnt malt with coffee and chocolate blanaced with some hops to give a dry finish. Lots of flavour for such a low alcohol beer and a mild too boot. Excellent Cask at Catford Beer Festival. Normally one of my favourite milds, this one was a bit thin, tired and acidic. Good burnt malt notes on the nose with bitterness throughout. Quite a short finish
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jun 2005
at 03:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Gravity cask at Ashford Beer Festival. Golden hoppy citrus nose with strongish alcohol kick and creamy mouth. Excellent lemony citrus fruit flavours and good bitter hops on finish
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jun 2005
at 11:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at Crabble Corn Mill Beer Festival Dark brown beer. Grainy roasted malt nose, full in mouth with chocolate and caramel malts leading to dry malty finish. Excellent dark ale
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2005
at 04:46