6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 5.5
Cask at Borough Arms, Crewe. Pours golden straw with a medium sized foamy off-white head and excellent lacing. Not much aroma initially, just some vague citrus – but it becomes a lot stronger after a while with hints of melon too. In the mouth it is sweet with a creamy texture. Floral hops and citrus dominate the flavour but there are also traces of lemon and mango. Some bitterness comes through later as well, leading to a dry and slightly sticky finish. This is quite reasonable – but has too much citrus for my liking.
Tried
from Cask
at
Borough Arms
on 27 Jun 2026
at 12:15
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Borough Arms, Crewe. Pours golden yellow with a small scummy off-white head and excellent lacing. The aroma has grains, floral hops and tropical fruit. In the mouth it is quite bitter but this is alleviated by the smooth creamy texture. Flavour is floral hops, honey, grass and bready malts with hints of citrus coming later. Bitterness lasts info the somewhat dry finish. This is quite decent. Originally rated 6.0 as a tick on RateBeer back in 2000
Tried
from Cask
at
Borough Arms
on 21 Jun 2026
at 12:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Hand pulled half pint in the Stag & Scotch, Newport Shropshire on 2nd June 2026. Clean and clear light golden pour, snow white head on top. Fruity and hoppy, nice without blowing my socks off.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Stag & Scotch
on 02 Jun 2026
at 15:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle @ Benzai's Anti-Carnival Valentine's Day Tasting, Feb 26. Thanks to Mike for squirreling this away for me. Pours black, medium sized off-white head. Aroma of roasted malts. Flavour profile brings a hearty stout profile, good balanced malt, comforting roast, perhaps a hint of nuts alongside the roast, with a sessionable medium body. Proper stout. Slightly confused by what Benzai tasted, can only assume it wasn't this beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2026
at 13:30
5.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle shared at Anti-Carnavalstasting 2026. Opaque brown to black color, average sized off-white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, green rotting leaves, bitter. Hmm no way off. Don't like it at all.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2026
at 17:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle, thanks to Mike! Pours black, inch-thick pale tan head. Good roasty edge, hearty feel, decent flavoursome stout overall. Why choose Guinness over this??
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2026
at 08:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
500ml bottle conditioned from Anthony's of Wellington, poured into a vase shaped UK pint glass at home on 10th January 2026. Clean golden body (no sediment left the bottle) and a white crust on top. Slight citrus nose and initial taste, malts kick in mid sip. Fruity and pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Anthony's of Wellington
on 10 Jan 2026
at 19:00
5.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle, thanks Mike for squirrelling this away for me! Pours a generally clear pale amber, good white head. Nice cereal malt whiff, comforting gentle malt character, but bears a sugary sweetness that doesn't feel at home, and builds throughout suggesting a fermentation issue at play. Something not quite right here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2026
at 07:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle conditioned, shared with Margie on 8th January 2026. I allowed the sediment to leave the bottle into my glass, so Margie's beer was clean and clear golden, while mine was darker and slightly hazed, white crust on both pours. As mentioned by others this is a fairly sweet beer, I liked it, as did Margie, malty and simple, no complexity, just a pleasant, sweet Pale Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Anthony's of Wellington
on 08 Jan 2026
at 20:30