7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Swan, Stone. Pours a bright golden yellow with a small off-white head and good lacing. Just some vague maltiness in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet and creamy. Initially the flavour is mainly malts and tangerine, but with some traditional hops lurking underneath. After a while it becomes more bitter with lemongrass and hints of pine. Bitterness lasts into the finish. This isn’t wildly exciting, but it is decent and certainly very refreshing.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2022
at 22:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Seven Stars, Derby (not listed in RateBeer). Pours a bright burnished copper with a small white head and good lacing. Aroma is not overstrong, but is a curious mixture of nuts and ice cream. In the mouth it starts off malty with a caramel base, but in due course old school hops come through, along with marmalade. A hint of almonds too. Finish is dry. A nice old style beer – simplicity well done.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2021
at 19:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the creaky floorboard derby. Almost black colour with a pale tan head. Roasted malty sweet and fairly dry to finish. Smooth body.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jun 2021
at 19:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Creaky Floorboard, Derby. Dark brown, translucent with a ring of khaki head. Chocolate malt aroma with notes of liquorice. Sweet taste with a light sourness, chocolate with touches of molasses and yeast extract. Flat carbonation. Pretty good.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jun 2021
at 12:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Creaky Floorboard, Derby. Pours almost black with a minimal beige head. Has a decent aroma of roasted malts and coal. In the mouth the dominant flavour is milky coffee, aloing with chocolate and liquorice and hints of vanilla and dried fruit. The liquorice lingers in the malty finish. This beer is very agreeable.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 May 2021
at 17:09
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask @ The Crown, Oakengates during covid restrictions. Misty amber, off-white head. Aroma is weedy. Taste is a little sour, vinegar notes, cardboard, bitter. Probably not at its freshest. Rated objectively.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Sep 2020
at 13:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask pint @ Snuggery Tap, Newport, Shropshire. Pours amber, with a well-appointed off-white collar atop. Aroma presents some lightly sweet malt. Soft on the palate, with a gentle airy amber malt character and a soft best better sweetness carrying through, light bitterness. Good pintworthy stuff.
Tried
from Cask
at
Snuggery Tap
on 02 Mar 2020
at 11:32
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at Last Post, Derby Pours a pale yellow with very little head. Nose is vaguely lemony, but unpleasant – washing up liquid maybe ? In the mouth it is basically bland with very little going on – just some lemon hints. There are some hops in the finish, but they fade to a nasty “bitter lemon” aftertaste. Won’t be drinking this one again.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Dec 2019
at 22:28
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From cellar run @ Smithfields Hotel Manchester. Creamy roasty aroma. Roasty flavor with coffee and blackberries. Creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2019
at 16:24
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
3rd Jan 2019; cask, hand-pulled half-pint at The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Shropshire. Pale golden body, clean and clear, white head that gave lacing. Sadly I found this a little bland with not much going on aroma or taste wise, more of a summer quaffing ale than a cold winters day offering. Basically a weak blend of malts and hops with no real flavours to get my senses excited.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jan 2019
at 11:44