Subsidiaries
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the 13th Egham Beer Festival. Bright chestnut with a loose cream head; christmasy, cinnamon, aroma; sweet, nutty, and malty in the mouth, with some cinnamon that isn’t overpowering; then a dry, spicy, warming finish. Well balanced.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Nov 2012
at 08:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity Dispense at Merchants Inn Beer Festival, Rugby - 31/10/12. Light black/very dark mahogony brown with a thin tan head that soon clears to nothing. Nose of roast malt, chocolate and vanilla - as it says on the tin! Taste follows nose, malty, chocolate and vanilla. Medium bodied with light carbonation and smooth.
Tried
on 10 Nov 2012
at 14:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012 (thanks to cgarvieuk for sharing a splash!). Dark brown colour with a small beige head. Aroma is mild roasted malts, some citrus, grass and mild nectary notes along with some ashy notes. Flavour begins with being rather nice roasted malts, toffee, ashes, liquorice and mild fudgelike notes and finishes nutty, fruity, grassy and herbal.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2012
at 08:33
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
50cl bottle from Westholme Stores, Goring. Deep mahogany in colour with an attractive cherry red gleam, and a tight tan head; aroma of crystalised stem ginger; smooth and full-bodied with a thick chocolate body that wraps itself around the spicy ginger - just like a chocoalte ginger in fact; the finish is dry and lightly ginger with some underlying coffee grounds. A rather elegant stout that doesn’t overdo the ginger, but makes sure that its presence is felt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2012
at 11:10
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity dispense at the 1st Runnymede Beer Festival - 08/09/12. Mid copper brown with a thin white head. Malt, a little roasted aroma, nuts and toffee on the nose. Tastes of caramel, toffee, malt, apple tones. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation and a bitter finish. A decent bitter.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2012
at 14:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Jacks Westholme Stores, Goring-on Thames, Oxon consumed at Bromyard Folk Festival, Bromyard, Herefordshire Saturday 8th September 2012 Dark dark brown with light beige head. Bit of a constant volcano on the pour, with a continual larva frothy head oozing. Nice chilli kick that is done well and adds to, rather than overtakes the overall drinking pleasure. Some chocolate, smooth, gentle warmth again from the chilli, very nice stout, In fact really nice. A6 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2012
at 05:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the 12th Egham Beer Festival - 16/08/12. Clear copper with a frothy white head. Malt forward nose, just picking up the rye. Taste follows, a little more rye on the palate, grain. Medium bodied - dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Sep 2012
at 14:30
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Rose and Crown, Sandhurst. A reddish copper pour with a dense cream head; citrus and pine aromas; certainly American in style, bursting with resinous hops, and a thick, oily, body; the finish is pleasantly bitter, and slightly spicy. Tasty, and well worth looking for.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2012
at 13:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Crispin, possibly the best pub in Wokingham! Poured a lovely clear golden brown with a thin white head and lots of lace. Little in the way of an aroma, but a very smooth malty bitterness in the taste with citrus notes. A very drinkable and refreshing beer indeed. Nice when it's a little on the cool side too. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2012
at 12:31
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at Egham August festival 2012 ... Deep black ... thin tan head ... soft dry toffee nose ... musty woody toffee ... not working for me
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2012
at 11:41