6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 2/08/10. Copper coloured with a decent white head. Malty aroma of red fruits, oranges and caramel with a touch of floral hop. Malty flavour with a touch of sweetness, before some slightly spicy hop character and long, bitter finish. Good - the Dawkins team have got off to a very sound start.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Aug 2010
at 12:15
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the CASK Pub & Kitchen on 23 July 2010. Amber with a lacing off-white head. Yeasty aroma and light herby hoppiness, and a hint of ginger/spice - but only just a hint. Citric back-taste on the roof of the mouth, leading to a hoppy finish. Smooth if slightly watery texture.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jul 2010
at 13:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Cask at the Cask Pub & Kitchen on 23 July 2010. Slightly hazy gold with thin lacing white head. Citric hop and a deliciously smoky kick - notes of pipesmoke - and an increasingly bitter, smoky finish on a light textured mouthfeel. Excellent beer indeed.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jul 2010
at 13:30
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Half, cask. Near-clear, copper-amber body, tiny white head. Aroma of juicy malts and notes of alcohol. Taste of citric fruits and a kind of Belgian fruitiness with spices. Marmalade and rather jam-like. Bittersweet hops to the ending, on the sweet side. Vapour of alcohol. Heavy to drink. So and so (Cask Pub and Kitchen, London 15.07.2010)
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jul 2010
at 12:49
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a deep, dark brown body to a bright shiny surface. Sweet dark malts in aroma in the direction of brittle caramel. Blended flavour of roasted chocolate malts and dark, bitter fruits added by hints of bitter liquorice. Discreet bittersweet ending. Easy to drink after a heavy dinner at CASK Pub and Kitchen, where my half pint was hand pulled from cask (London, 15.07.2010).
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jul 2010
at 12:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the CASK Pub & Kitchen on 16th July 2010. Dark ruby with thin pale brown head that laces with quick drinking. Malty, slightly tarry notes with sour cherry fruit. A seriously bitter aftertaste ensued, lingering on the roof of the mouth with a hint of smoke. Texture is smooth to light initially, turning a tad watery late on. Quite a lot happens in this porter and it grows on you.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jul 2010
at 18:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the CASK Pub & Kitchen on 16th July 2010. Pale amber with very little head. Sweet fruity aroma – berry fruit with raspberry in the foreground. Citric and floral hop blend in main kick creating a sophisticated white-wine bouquet, rather like a Chardonnay. The floral notes rest on tongue and roof of mouth with a fairly fruity citric finish on a velvet creamy mouthfeel. Very interesting strong beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jul 2010
at 18:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the Portcullis, Bristol 8/07/10. Deep gold with plenty of fizz. Juicy apple aroma with a hint of sweetness. Medium dry on the plate, with plenty more fruit, a hinty of earthiness and slightly tart finish. Fine.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2010
at 12:31
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 22/06/10. Copper coloured with a decent, off-white head. Malty aroma with some fruit and a touch of caramel. Flavour of cereal malts, with a hint of apricot and decent bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jun 2010
at 14:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask, gravity at The White Horse, Hedgerley, 18th ’Coming of Age’ Beer Festival 29-05-10 Pours hazy orange amber no head with some fruit on nose in fact its a little like peeled citrus skins. Taste is indeed a bittersweet symphony, there is a very harmonious marriage of the bitter and sweet. I had this for my first beer on the Saturday Loz once again was on the Pictish Blue Moon, this wasn’t overawed by the Pictish beer, it lacked the aroma and appearance of the Pictish but it was a fuller beer in the mouth, some perfume, marmaladey like the Pictish but chewier. The only problem with this was it never quite stayed the distance, in the words of the Waterboys ’It came like a Comet blazing its trail’ but the intensity waned. Isobel (Lozs mum) described it thus, a flat looking beer but reasonable pleasant tasting with a citrus kick; A6 A3 T8 P4 Ov15 3.6
Tried
from Cask
on 31 May 2010
at 00:33