4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Half pint during an early afternoon drinking session at Bow Bar, Edinburgh. Dark body with ruby highlights. Decent off-white head. Light roasted smell of dark malts. Mild taste of coffee beans, slightly roasted. Foamy mouthfeel. Thin bodied [24.10.2008].
Tried
on 09 Dec 2008
at 07:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Castle, London 16/10/08. Deep amber with no head. Sweet, caramel and dough aroma with a hint of woodiness. Flavour was full, with a vinous edge, plenty of sweetness and some fruit, leading to a bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2008
at 03:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the GBBF 2008. Black colour, dark brown in the highlights. Pleasant fruity and roasty aroma with a breath of sea air. The flavour has a moderate and smooth roastiness with a distinct fruity acidity at the side. The oysters don’t come through much though.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2008
at 15:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2008 Poured very dark brown with little off white head. I get some curly wurly bar, creaminess, nice maltiness and an undercurrent of coffee. This is easy drinking and uncomplicated the bitterness is fine, its an ok beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2008
at 02:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown with tiny off white head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, chocolate and caramel notes. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, bitter chocolate, coffee and caramel notes. Ends dry and bitter. Nice.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2008
at 17:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
(Cask at The Bridge Inn, Laxey, on 2008-07-04) Dark amber. Clear. Small dense tan head. Malts in nose. Medium palate with some carbonation. Yeast, malts, liquorice and hops in taste. Bitterness in aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2008
at 13:31
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Draught on 2008-07-03 at IOM ferry) Amber. Hazy. Hardly any head. Very light nose with some hops, Medium and dry palate with some carbonation. Malts, bitterness and hops. Basic bitter. (Cask on 2008-07-04 at The Bridge Inn, Laxey) Amber. Hazy. Medium-sized white head. Light malty nose. Dryish medium palate with little carbonation. Malts, little bit of bread and bitterness in taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2008
at 12:54
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
[On gravity cask at beer festival at The Retreat, Reading] Mid brown coloured. Deep malty, yeasty, earthy, almost eggy homebrew flavours which somehow made me feel slightly ill and reminded me of Wells Bombadier. Really didn’t enjoy this one, but I can see that some might.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jun 2008
at 15:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2007. A hazy golden beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma is sweet and very grainy and malty. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of straw as weel as some notes of grain, leading to a dry and very bitter and grassy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jan 2008
at 17:02
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from Garthicus! New Country! Thanks Al! Nose of caramel and grain, with a vanilla note; Clear rust-brown with a medium beige head; flavro is caramel, toffee, and grain with a lightly bitter finish. Kind of watery but decent!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2007
at 19:46