4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at Victoria Inn, Derby (not yet listed in RateBeer). Pours a slighgtly reddish mid-brown and a medium sized cream head. Malts ot the fore in the aroma, and they are present again in the mouth. But the dominant sensation is is a slight sourness and flavour of rotting fruit. After a while some traditional hops show through, plus traces of corn and nuts. Finish is somewhat dry. This beer may have been โoffโ, but Iโve had Leatherbritvches beers that tasted weird before. A rerate is probably needed. PS first rate of this beer for 8 years !
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Sep 2022
at 13:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Victoria, Derby (not yet listed in RateBeer). Pours bitter brown with a small white head. Malts to the fore in the aroma, but with hints of hoppiness lurking below. In the mouth it is slightly sweet, but mainly bitter with traditional hops and malts on a caramel base. Hints of citrus and spices too, and these carry over into the finish. This is decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2022
at 09:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Waiting Room, Whitby. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of toffee and marzipan, something floral. Taste is pear, light citrus, light malt. Not as sweet as the nose suggests. Builds to a bitter finish. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jul 2022
at 15:49
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
From cask at The Dog & Bell, Deptford, London, 11.06.22. Clear golden. Dense white head and lacing. Inviting aroma and taste of pale malt, meadows and succade. Very drinkable! Appropriately uncarbonated. Served in excellent nick, as always is the case here at The Dog & Bell.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jun 2022
at 14:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the fat cat. Deep golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are light sweet and fruity to growing bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
at
Fat Cat (Kelham Island)
on 24 Mar 2022
at 13:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Loughborough beer festival 2022. Dark almost black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are malty roasted and bitter. Slight growing sweet. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Mar 2022
at 13:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at Standing Order, Derby. Pours a very dark reddish brown with a small cream head. The nose isnโt pronounced, but thereโs some roast malts there at least. The immediate sensation in the mouth is of liquorice, quickly followed by dark fruit flavours and roasted bready malts. Later on some coffee comes through as well. Finish is dry and fruity. All in all a rather nice beer
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Feb 2022
at 23:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Pours opaque dark brown with a massive beige head. Aroma besieged by dark malts, well-done toast, some bitter chocolate. Balanced taste with notes of plum and a gritty bitterness to balance out the sweetness. A slight vegetal character mars the finish that little bit but it's a pretty good beer all in all.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Feb 2022
at 19:55
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Served from cask in excellent nick at The River Ale House in Greenwich, London, 27.01.22. Clear amber goldeb. Fine off-white head and lacing. Superb aroma taste of pale malt, a hint of crystal malt, succade and meadowy hops. Lingering aftertaste with some hop bitterness. Well-balanced and very quaffable.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jan 2022
at 18:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Pup and Duckling, Solihull. Poured a slightly hazy golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, malt, light citrus, big woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Tasty.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Pup & Duckling
on 16 Dec 2021
at 20:56