6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Le Gothique Restaurant and Bar, [ Wandsworth Common Beer Festival 2013 ]. Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, John Archer Way, Wandsworth, Greater London, England SW18 3SX.Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130330]
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Mar 2014
at 04:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Amber, rich caramels and some balancing bitterness. Good brew, honest bitter.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2014
at 14:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the White Horse. It pours deep brown, nr black with a medium off-white head. The nose is earthy, roast, toast, cocoa and charred wood. The taste is roasted malt, toast, earth, cocoa, coffee grinds, with a dry, roasty finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Smooth and very drinkable. Tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Nov 2013
at 07:38
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Merchants Inn, Rugby, 30/10/13. Lightly hazed chestnut brown with a good sized beige head. Nose is bready malts, fruits, straw - not the greatest. Taste comprises bready malts, fruit tang, light toffee notes. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, dry bitter notes in the finish. So so.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2013
at 00:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Crosse Keys, London. Clear brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light hoppy - fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 041013
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2013
at 05:49
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; clear copper pour with broken off white head, slight floral aroma, taste is fruity with only a smidgen of hop.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2013
at 05:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Crosse Keys. Clear dark amber/brown with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, bread, fruit and hop. Flavour is malt, caramel, bread, hop, medium sweet, little toasted, little candy and a little bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Oct 2013
at 06:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Crosse Keys. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich fruits, malt, hops, caramel and has along sweet bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Oct 2013
at 06:03
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask, one-third pint, GBBF 2013, day 3 Clear copper coloured body. Shiny surface. Dark caramel nose, notes of dried fruits. Fruit caramel flavours alongside a basement touch. Mild bitter endnotes. Oily palate. Thin to medium bodied. Ordinary. (London Olympia 15.08.2013).
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Sep 2013
at 12:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Clear amber pint which took a while to settle. Faint smell of fruit and malt. Flavour is more dry and hoppy than I expected from the aroma. There’s a toasty-ness to the malt taste and the finish is mostly the hop and malt but the fruit comes through a bit too. Very drinkable.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2013
at 05:06