Subsidiaries
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Straw blond and hazy with fluffy head. Aroma and flavour are quite citric and tart with grapefruit juice. Tangy. Bitter pith.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2021
at 22:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Straw blond colour with lasting head. Plenty of earthy and slightly skunky, resinous hops. Refreshing and easy to drink.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2021
at 21:32
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Pours a chrome yellow with a small white head and good lacing. Has a fruity aroma with apples to the fore. Floral hops and summer fruits in the mouth. Not much else of note about it – swiggable.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2021
at 21:42
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours a hazy lemon yellow with a substantial white head and good lacing. Has an aroma of fruit and malts. Mouthfeel is mainly floral hops and bitter lemon, but with traces of herbs, honey and citrus. Finish is fruity. This is nice enough but not massively hoppy.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jul 2021
at 22:20
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Pours a chrome yellow with a small white head and good lacing. A fairly strong aroma of floral hops which are also there in the mouth. The taste has a definite tang to it with grapefruit and tangerine featuring prominently, all on a creamy bed of cereal grains. Finish is sweet and dry. Nice enough, but a bit too citrussy for my liking.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 May 2021
at 22:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Smithfield, Derby. The venue confirms this was the version I drank !. Pours a very dark reddish brown with a plentiful dark beige head and excellent lacing. The nose was mainly chocolate malts with some vanilla thrown in. In the mouth the main sensation is extreme bitterness. It is smoky with ash and coffee grounds. There is also some juiciness like ribena and hints of aniseed. Finish is bitter and salty with juicy overtones. Really nice !
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Apr 2021
at 16:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Old Wharf, Stourbridge. Pours gold with a medium head. Aroma is sweet passionfruit yoghurt. Taste is sweet with passionfruit throughout and a bitter straw finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Sep 2020
at 22:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half-pint by cask at Jewellers Arms. Shared with Finn. Upper part lacing from a beige head. Pitch black in the glass. Inviting smell of roasted malts, hints of dark chocolate. Flavoured with black chocolate back by coffee hints towards the ending, nicely roasted. Decent stout. (Birmingham 06.02.2020).
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Mar 2020
at 15:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Hops, Crewe Pours just about black with a small beige head. A strong nose of all things chocolatey, including fudge and coffee grounds. Fudge and chocolate again dominating in the mouth, but also some fruit and biscuit flavours. Texture is sweet juicy, with a malty finish. Dangerously drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Mar 2020
at 22:39
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Third, cask, shared with Finn at Queens Crafthouse. Upper part lacing from a film-type layer, clear golden body. Moderate aromas of passion fruits and grassy hops. Mid-sweet passion fruity flavours followed with a dry bittersweet fruity end. Fair enough. (Doncaster 28.01.2020).
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Feb 2020
at 10:32