7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried at the Nottingham Beer Festival 2016. Golden colour with a thick white head. Light citrus hop aroma. Taste is dry and light bitter to finish.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2016
at 10:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Five Bells, Tydd St Mary. Md-brown with a hint of red. Clear with a small amount of off-white head. Woody and slightly astringent smell with a good dose of malt. Strong medicinal bitter taste. A hint of sourness in the finish. Good enough but hard to get overly excited about. Nice to have it about 1.5 miles from the brewery.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Aug 2016
at 13:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Handpull cask at the Townhouse, Ely. Mid-gold, almost clear. A quickly-receding ring of white head. Smells nice enough with some lemon/grapefruit notes, but there’s a hint of soap. Taste has a hint of sweetness at the start but gets messily bitter and astringent quite quickly. Long finish continues along those harsh bitter lines. Agree with maeib’s rate in 2011 that the NZ Cascade is dominant. Drinkable but not the most successful concoction.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 May 2016
at 12:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Grain & Hop Store, Cambridge. Mid to dark brown with a ruby tint, very translucent. Nice tightish khaki head and lots of lacing. Liquorice and spice but also some odd metallic smells. The taste is sweet at first, turning to bitter, not all that engaging but certainly refreshing. Salad leaves in the aftertaste. Enjoyable enough, but there are too many odd twinges in the recipe.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Dec 2015
at 12:00
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Navigation Tavern Beer Festival. Golden with a thin head. Mid-malty bitter. Has a fair bitterness.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2015
at 06:48
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity poured half-pint on 26th Aug 2015 at the Peterborough Beer Festival. Golden body, wispy topping. Citrus front to the brew, New Zealand hops apparently, fairly bitter too. Not really by thing to be honest. Scored objectively.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2015
at 04:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried at the Peterborough Beer Festival 2015. Black colour tan head, aroma has roasted malt as fruity hops. Taste mid sweet to bitter finish.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2015
at 02:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Kingston Arms, Cambridge. Mid-gold with a fair bit of lacing but only a wayward smattering of white head. Aroma is too metallic for my liking, but it does have some nice floral notes. A tinge of wet dog. The taste however has a much better composition: a fruity/savoury bite fades to apple skin bitterness in the back of the throat. Dry finish. It’s not the best beer, but I enjoy beers like this one, that aren’t quite run-of-the-mill.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2015
at 16:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Part of my 2013 backlog, tried at the 2013 Peterborough Beer Festival. Golden colour with white head. Aroma is fruity, so is the taste, with peach and citrus.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2015
at 09:16
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity and citrusy hoppy. Bitter, citrusy and light grassy. Bitter and lingering crisp fruity finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Dec 2014
at 14:58