7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity Cask at day 2 of the 41st Pigs Ear Beer Festival, 03/12/2025.
Light golden with a white head.
Nose is grass, melon, papaya, soft tropicana.
Taste comprises stone fruit, melon, papaya, mandarin, grass, light pine notes.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy hop bitterness with a mellow Nelson spike.
Solid cask sessioner.
Light golden with a white head.
Nose is grass, melon, papaya, soft tropicana.
Taste comprises stone fruit, melon, papaya, mandarin, grass, light pine notes.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy hop bitterness with a mellow Nelson spike.
Solid cask sessioner.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2025
at 12:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Tamworth beer festival 05/09/2025. A rich thick dark brown black coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroma is rich treacle pud, woody roast. Figgy pud, bark. Marker pen. Palate is semi sweet z thick. Roast. Chewy cake.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2025
at 22:09
6.5/10
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Sep 2025
at 15:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Tamworth Beer Fest. Inky. Tan head is less than a mm thick. Aroma has coffee berries and liquorice. Flavourwise it's similar. Medium bodied. Oily. Soft carbonation..Long somewhat astringent finish. Nice. Didn't realise it was an Impy.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2025
at 10:00
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the 31st Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms Tamworth, day 2 - 05/09/2025.
Black topped with a thin khaki crown.
Nose is dark malts, sticky toffee, molasses, light booze nip.
Taste comprises dark fruit rinds, chocolate, toasted brown sugar, fruit cake mix.
Medium to full bodied, soft carbonation, drying close with a rising lick of alcohol.
Not bad ... holds some depth.
Black topped with a thin khaki crown.
Nose is dark malts, sticky toffee, molasses, light booze nip.
Taste comprises dark fruit rinds, chocolate, toasted brown sugar, fruit cake mix.
Medium to full bodied, soft carbonation, drying close with a rising lick of alcohol.
Not bad ... holds some depth.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2025
at 13:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Draft
at
Pelican Inn
on 04 Apr 2025
at 21:19
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Pelican, Gloucester, 04/04/2025.
Hazed orange topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is orange zest, grass, bitter tropical fruit esters.
Taste comprises bitter orange, papaya, ripe melon, grass.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with earthy come grassy hop bitterness.
Not bad.
Hazed orange topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is orange zest, grass, bitter tropical fruit esters.
Taste comprises bitter orange, papaya, ripe melon, grass.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with earthy come grassy hop bitterness.
Not bad.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2025
at 10:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg at The Boiler Room, Leamington Spa, 08/02/2025.
Black with a tan cap that retains.
Nose is charr, roast malts, dried fruits, raisins, cocoa powder.
Taste comprises cocoa powder, light fruit tang, cold brew coffee, earthy roast, ashen nip.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Okay stout but perhaps a little overly tangy.
Black with a tan cap that retains.
Nose is charr, roast malts, dried fruits, raisins, cocoa powder.
Taste comprises cocoa powder, light fruit tang, cold brew coffee, earthy roast, ashen nip.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Okay stout but perhaps a little overly tangy.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2025
at 15:35
6/10
Keg at the Boiler Room; opaque dark brown pour with a tan head, aroma has coffee, taste has bitter coffee, dark fruits, quite tart with some chocolate
Tried
on 08 Feb 2025
at 13:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at the Industry Tap, Sheffield. Black colour with a tran head. Aroma and taste are rooted bitter coffee and bitter chocolate, light sweetness. Rich body.
Tried
from Draft
at
Industry Tap
on 16 Nov 2024
at 15:17