6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle picked up at Sainsburys, Kidlington, Oxon, consumed 28-08-08 Pours copper in colour with an off white head. Has some slight sherry or port touches in here but also quite a lot of toffee malts, some vanilla also and finishes with a slight fruity simple bitter finish, quite like it but nothing wonderful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2008
at 02:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, picked this up at the Vale Brewery shop 22-08-08 consumed 27-08-08 Pours dark amber with off white head. Fruity and malty beer with medium bitterness, quite tasty and decent enough but doesn’t really stand out from the crowd.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2008
at 02:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Wenlock Arms, London, 8 Aug 2008) Brown colour with ruby hints, frothy beige head. Roasted nose with notes of freshly ground coffee, chocolate and dried fruit. Roasted taste with dark fruit, coffee and prunes. Moderate bitterness. Rather thin body, but a tasty mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2008
at 15:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle picked up at Vale Brewery shop, Brill, Bucks. Had this in field at Towersey Festival, Oxon, w/e 20th-25th August 08 Pours dark brown with plenty of chocolate on the nose, quite malty and a little sweet at times with big push of molassess, still I rather enjoyed this beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2008
at 17:01
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
on 22 Aug 2008
at 08:33
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask@GBBF2008. Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is cookies, malts, some hops and mild notes of sap. Flavour is hops, fruits and the finish is quite grassy and bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2008
at 00:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@The Castle. Amber colour, small beige creamy head. Aroma is malts, hops, some mild wood and a bit meaty. Flavour is fruits, wood, some sweet grass and mild notes of nectar. A nice sweetish sour thing.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2008
at 01:48
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
500ml bottle from Sainsburys. Copper with a thick cream head; spicy and earthy caramel aroma; unfortunately it’s over pasteurised and tastes of boiled fruit sweets; what little bitterness there is fights valiantly against the toffee sweetness of the malts, but loses.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2008
at 16:35
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Chestnut red coloured with a small, off-white head. Aroma of caramel and earthy hops with a touch of spiciness. Flavour was sweetish with plenty of red fruit, more earthiness and a decent bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2008
at 06:36
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cloudy golden with tiny white head. Swett malty aroma with mild caramel notes. Sweet fruity aroma with toasted malt. Ends sweet.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2008
at 18:07