7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Keg at the Cambridge Blue. A hangover (no pun intended) from the recent pub beer festival where TBM were prominently featured. Dark brown, almost but not quite black. Very little head. Light aroma for a beer of this intensity: some milk chocolate and latte notes. The taste is infused with chai spice but there’s an unwelcome medicinal and herbal note. The finish is long and focused with Irish cream, liquorice and potpourri finishing it off. Good but not great, and far from the best I’ve had from a brewery whose strong beers I tend to hold in especially high regard. (Also starting to wonder how well TBM work in keg but that’s for another day.) Still worth seeking out as it’s a tasty original recipe.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2017
at 14:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg at the Cambridge Blue. Dark gold and cloudy with spotty white head. Sea salt, biscuit spread, a hint of uni. Forest fruit sweetness with some umami. I get very little pink peppercorn but the saisony yeast comes through in droves. Some cress and papaya in the aftertaste. Doesn’t taste anywhere near 6%. A decent little drop.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2017
at 14:18
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the 8th Chappel Winter Beer Festival. 3% abv. Pours pale gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of light hop, fruit, floral, malt. Light sweetness and medium bitterness. Light body and thin texture, carbonation is soft. Finish has a lasting bitterness. Quite drinkable for a low abv bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2017
at 17:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Plasterers Arms, Norwich, 16/02/17. Mahogany brown with a beige head. Nose is fruit esters, cocoa beans, toffee, biscuit, light malt notes. Taste comprises toffee, tangy fruit rinds, spice, biscuit, toffee. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with light herbal elements. Ok for style.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Feb 2017
at 11:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at BeerHeadZ, Grantham. Light to mid-golden, clear, with a respectable white head which eventually dissipates. Freshly squeezed orange juice, wood shavings, a touch of pine. Bitter, bitter taste. Threatens to turn a bit acrid and, well, it does. But it’s tempered by the fruity sweetness which loiters in the background. Long bitter finish. Body is more substantial that many similarly styled beers, with an oily texture. Simple, but certainly enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Feb 2017
at 11:38
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Gravity cask at the Cambridge Winter Ales Festival 2017. Brown and translucent with a bit of beige head. Hot fudge sauce aroma with a note of liquorice. Sweet taste as the chocolate and the lime come together (albeit not particularly well). Sourish notes follow with a liquorice hint. Flat thin body with artificial fudge flavouring in the aftertaste. Some mint. What the fuck did I just drink? A rare misstep from an amazing outfit. Just doesn’t do it for me at all.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jan 2017
at 12:13
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2015 [ The 40th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 8th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Three Blind Mice Sinister Finger ].Clear medium to dark amber - red brown color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, dark malt, toasted - roasted, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, tropical fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, dark malt, tropical fruit, citrus, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151007] 7-3-8-3-15
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jan 2017
at 09:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear golden beer, thick white head. Looks perfect. Very light citrus aroma. Dry, bitter citrus taste. Decent, tasty, but not much depth to it. Nice but but not special.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2016
at 08:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol, 7/12/2016. Deep gold with a slight off-white, head. Aroma of pineapple fruit and floral hops. Flavour had sweetish biscuit malts with lots more pineapple, and a touch of lemon before a lingering, dry, finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Dec 2016
at 06:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol, 7/11/2016. Golden with a slight off-white, head. Aroma of tangerine fruit, and floral hops. Flavour had sweetish biscuit malts with plenty more citrus fruit, before a lingering, dryish, finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Dec 2016
at 06:55