6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity fed third of a pint, Bridgnorth CAMRA Beer Festival, 8th September 2023. Pale, straw blonde with no head. Perfumed with a strong 'farmyard' like taste, strange flavours I thought.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2023
at 08:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours a rich ruby with a small off-white head. There’s a deep sensuous aroma of malts, chocolate and cherries. Chocolate and cherries again in the mouth, but now joined by liquorice and hints of aniseed, raisins and spices. Some underlying bitterness too. Finish is quite fruity. This is quite nice – very drunkable for the strength.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2023
at 20:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle bought at Hay Wines, Ledbury and drunk at home some time later. Mahogany, mostly clear with a small beige/tan head. Chocolate malts, liquorice and a little bit of cherry. Sweet to the fore with a lightly medicinal bitterness on the finish, and finishing drier than I'd expect. Some horehound candy in the aftertaste. I love strong minds, no exception here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2023
at 21:43
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Clear golden, smaller white head, not that lasting. Medium biscuity nose, some bready notes, lots of grains. Medium bitterness, mostly grassy. Lasting aftertaste. Light body. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2023
at 16:43
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled pint at the Crown Inn, Oakengates on 4th August 2023. Walt's wake sadly, but life goes on. It's a black, moody looking thing, beige crust on top and good with cheese & pickle sandwiches. Malty, but slightly confused really, blending 15 different malts (and 15 different hops) can't be easy and I'm not convinced the idea works that well. My pint might have been towards the end of the barrel too, as I thought it a little 'stale and old'. Anyway, scored objectively.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Aug 2023
at 01:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle online from Hop Vault, Stourbridge. Pours clear deep brown with a beige cap. Aroma: dark malts, caramel, milk chocolate, light coffee, nutty hints. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, the taste follows the aroma. Medium body with fine carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2023
at 17:49
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, online from Hop Vault, Stourbridge. Pours clear gold with a slim white cap. Aroma: pale malts, citrus, light grassy. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, pale malts, light lemon citrus, semi-dry finish. Fair session bitter / golden ale
Tried
from Bottle
from The Hop Vault
on 28 May 2023
at 19:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[50cl bottle at Brockencote Manor, near Kidderminster.] A deep golden amber pour with a creamy head; simple malty aroma; caramel malt taste; and a light twiggy bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2023
at 19:51
Tried
from Cask
on 18 May 2023
at 13:02
5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours a pale straw with a small white head and good lacing. There’s malts and some generic citrus in the aroma. In the mouth it is instantly obvious that citra hops are involved. Citrus bitterness, lime and lemongrass. Finish is bitter and sticky. Not at all keen on this.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 May 2023
at 21:03