5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle from Appleyards. Clear gold appearance, white froth. Sweet vegetal nose, continuing to taste with metallic sweetness. It's a few weeks past best before so perhaps shouldn't judge too much but I expected something a little more lighter and less harsh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2020
at 18:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Bottle on the Severn Valley Railway. Poured a clear golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head and lots of bubbles. The aroma is malt, mineral, light citrus, light floral hop. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a malt, earthy, light woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Not what I would call an old school bitter. It’s blonde and highly carbonated for starters.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2020
at 02:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle on the Severn Valley Railway. Poured a clear golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, nutty, woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, fresh classic English bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. A young and fresh beer served at the right temperature. A great example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2020
at 14:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Appleyards. Pours pale gold with the faintest mist. Sweet male on the nose. Taste presents a standard moderately sweet lager, gentle bitterness, a touch grassy, measured carbonation. Decent Black Country lager, if that's such a thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2019
at 20:26
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
31/12/2019. Bottle sample courtesy of minutemat, cheers! Pours beautifully, very dark brown with a nice sized lasting bubbly beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, nut, light smoked meats, dark fruits, toffee, liquorice and ash. Moderate sweetness, light roasted bitterness. Moderate body, slight watery oily texture, average carbonation. Slightly dry finish, with late developing blackcurrant. Enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2019
at 01:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle from the Severn Valley Railway. Poured a clear golden colour with a short-lived frothy white head. The aroma is malt, hay, light gluey, woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet, with a smooth, sweet malt, mineral, light cardboard, light sugary, hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2019
at 01:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
29/12/2019. Sample courtesy of minutemat, cheers! Pours clear pale gold with a small white head. Aroma of sweet malt, grain, fruit and grass. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Bit sweet but quite well done.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2019
at 21:23
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml bottle from Appleyards. Pours a deep hazed dark colour, creamy tan head. Aroma has light woody smoked malts. Taste is surprisingly smokey, woody, ashy, lovely depth of flavours, breezy hop presence,vefy light bitterness, wonderfully balanced,. Excellent stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2019
at 22:55
2/10
Tried
on 08 Dec 2019
at 08:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF'19, day one, 06/08/19. Clear golden blonde with a decent off white cap. Nose is big on bready malts, straw, grains, faint citric peel. Taste comprises breads, crackers, citric tinged straw, lemon drizzle, grass. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok stuff if a touch basic.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Dec 2019
at 11:09