7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the 2017 Cambridge Beer Festival. Dark, dark brown, only slightly translucent with very little head. Freshly ground coffee combines with chocolate milk in the aroma. Taste starts sweet, but then the sourness sneaks in and takes over. Sweet and sour interplay in the finish. Coffee, blackberry, plums and dark chocolate in the aftertaste. Worth seeking out.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 May 2017
at 17:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the Three Blind Mice bar, 2017 Cambridge Beer Festival. Reddish golden, very hazy with a touch of white film on top. Aroma consists of red liquorice with some freshly mown grass. The taste, while sweet and refreshing at first, turns surprisingly bitter and almost acrid for a moment. It’s a fleeting moment however, and the finish remains well-balanced with just enough bitterness in the aftertaste to make it last. Fruity wheat beers (and there are a lot of them at this festival!) don’t always work so well in cask. This is pretty average all in all.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 May 2017
at 05:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
KeyKeg at the 2017 Cambridge Beer Festival. Honey brown, hazy, a fair bit of visible carbonation and a small white head. Light but unobtrusive bergamot and hay aroma. Nicely balanced bittersweet taste. It starts sweet with delicate bitter hop balance.The bitterness then threatens to asset but the beer ends sweet, floral, fruity and refreshing. A bit run-of-the-mill for Three Blind Mice but still solid and very drinkable.
Tried
on 24 May 2017
at 06:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at The Plasterers Arms, Norwich, Saturday 6th May 2017 Sparkling gold in colour with a white head. Fruity and really refreshing with a good streaky bitterness that builds, really dry back end. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried
on 06 May 2017
at 05:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Plasterers Arms, Norwich, Saturday 6th May 2017 Really lemony beer that teeters on the edge of a sour/pale. Amber in colour with a white wispy head, a little dry, good but a bit strange. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4
Tried
from Cask
on 06 May 2017
at 05:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keykeg at the Drayman’s Son, Ely at 4.1%. Pale yellow/orange, just a trifle hazy. A fairly large loose white head which quickly fades. There’s lemon in the nose to be sure, but the aroma is punctuated by sticky resinous hops. Taste is bitter/sour lemon underpinned by a light almost sugary sweetness. Bitterness in the aftertaste with gentle grapefruit notes. Very enjoyable.
Tried
on 02 May 2017
at 12:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Reading Beer Festival. Tart lemon with some icing sugar. A little thin and a little odd - it tastes somewhere between a golden ale and a sour and feels a little confused as to what it’s trying to achieve. It’s OK though.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Apr 2017
at 15:49
6/10
Tried
on 28 Apr 2017
at 14:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From the Key-Keg Bar at the 26th East Anglian Beer & Cider festival, Bury St Edmunds. Pours black with a lasting tan colour head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, roasted malt, cream and vanilla. Medium to heavy sweetness, light roasted bitterness. Medium body, slick texture, average to soft carbonation. Finish is sweet, coffee,, and light roasting. Decent.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2017
at 08:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg from the Cambridge Blue. Very dark brown. I may be imagining a purplish hue. The milk chocolate and yeasty notes come through clearly on the nose. Taste is more sour/bitter, with sour cherry and a bready yeast hit. Long drying finish. More cherry on the aftertaste. A trifle unbalanced but very easy drinking. Somewhere between a fruity brown ale and a Dubbel-type concoction.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2017
at 12:16