6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns, Bristol 25/05/2011. Dark, reddish brown with a decent, off-white head. Aroma of red berry fruits, with some slightly earthy malts and a whiff of floral hop. Sweetish, malty flavour with plenty more fruit and a citrussy, dryish finish. Drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 May 2011
at 14:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Portcullis, Clifton, Bristol 29/04/2011. Clear, deep gold with a decent white head. Near black in colour with a tight, off-white head. Aroma of milk chocolate with a hint of roastiness. Flavour had plenty more chocolate, sole lactose tanginess and a soft finish. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Apr 2011
at 00:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Portcullis, Clifton, Bristol 29/04/2011. Clear, deep gold with a decent white head. Nutty aroma, with some sweetish peach fruit. Flavour was similar with a gently bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2011
at 23:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Portcullis, Clifton, Bristol 20/04/2011. Near black in colour with a tight, off-white head. Big, plain chocolate aroma with some roastiness. Flavour had plenty more chocolate, hints of blackcurrant and coffee and a dryish finish. Drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Apr 2011
at 07:17
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From a polypin at the Portcullis, Clifton, Bristol 20/04/2011. Amber coloured with slight carbonation. Dry apple fruit aroma with a touch of wood. Full bodied, with some more tart fruit, some honey character and dryish finish. Good.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2011
at 07:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Green Man, Bristol 25/03/2011. Dark brown with a slight, off-white head. Dark fruit, caramel and roasted malts aroma. Sweetish flavour, with more fruit, a touch of coffee and dryish finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2011
at 00:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Green Man, Bristol 25/03/2011. Near black in colour with a slight, off-white head. Nutty aroma with some berry fruit, chocolate and black coffee. Flavour had plenty more fruit and chocolate, with bakewell tart like notes of almonds and cherries. Avoided being too sweet, with a dryish finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2011
at 00:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Hillgrove Porter Stores, Bristol 12/02/2011. Clear gold in colour with a slight, white head. Aroma of apricots and tangerines with a hint of creamy malts. Flavour had plenty of citrus fruit, with some balancing sweetish malts and decent dry finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Feb 2011
at 17:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival 04.02.11 Pours amber with white frothy head. Plenty of honey and malt flavours come through initially but shortly afterwards there is a clear, tangy fruitiness and bitter finish. If everyone who had this, had bothered voting for this beer then this would clearly have been ’Beer of The Festival’ however despite it’s popularity and the fact that it was a jolly decent drop it didn’t receive the most paper votes. A very good beer and whilst not quite up there with some IPA’s in terms of hoppiness and bitterness it appealed to the masses. A7 A3 T8 P4 Ov15 3.7
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2011
at 09:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Portcullis, Clifton, Bristol 2/2/2011. Near black with a touch of ruddy colour and tight, creamy tan head. Milk chocolate aroma with some dark fruit and touch of roastiness. Flavour had sweet cereal malts, more chocolate and some coffee before a decent bitter finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Feb 2011
at 15:12