Tried
on 08 Dec 2021
at 12:02
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask at Stroud Brewery. Not entirely sure what this is supposed to be as the style was given as smokey liquorice. Mostly clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is certainly smoky, meaty (ham). Taste is the same, smoked ham, there was a hint of liquorice I suppose, sweet malts, hoppy bitterness. Very thin and watery. Clearly an experimental brew, not sure it works.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2021
at 13:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Stroud Brewery. Slightly hazy gold, small white head. Citrusy and fruity hop aroma. Taste is citrusy, orange, slightly jammy, malts, bitter finish. Medium bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2021
at 13:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours almost black with a small foamy cream head. There’s a pleasant aroma of roast malts and chocolate with hints of molasses. Very smooth in the mouth, with malts and chocolate again to the fore. Plenty of dark fruits too, plus traces of nuts, toffee and ash. Surprisingly the finish is quite bitter. A very welcome contrast from my previous beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2021
at 22:20
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the Great British Beer Festival 2016, day 2 - London. Pours clear red-brown with a foamy head. The aroma holds light chocolate, toasted bread. Light to medium sweet flavour with more toasty malts, a little earth, aged fruits. Light bodied with average carbonation. Dry finish, lightly roasty. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2021
at 13:11
7/10
Bottle from The Farm Shop, M5 Gloucester Services. Pours black with a fast dissipating beige head. Aromas of roasted malts, chocolate, caramel, ash and nuts. Taste has more of the same notes again, ashy with milk chocolate and coffee. Medium body with low carbonation and a very smooth mouthfeel. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2021
at 18:25
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Lior D's place. Thanks troubles. Clear amber. Oxidation, cardboard, stale malt, a bit of honey, a bit of vegetables, minerals, sweet, slightly bitterish finish, quite watery. Tastes old.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2021
at 21:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle sample a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks troubles. Black. Oxidation, roast, chocolate, a bit of dark fruits, sweetish and bitter, slightly ashy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2020
at 18:55
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle sample a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks troubles. Amber-brown, malt, caramel, cheap chocolate, ice cream, toffee, some dark fruits, some oxidation, sweet, bitterish finish, medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2020
at 18:54
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Tom L's place. Thanks troubles. Clear golden. Cereals, a bit buttery, a bit of cardboard, sweetish malt, bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2020
at 17:29