6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Wigan Beer Festival 2026, Beer#16. Hazy paler golden coloured brew. Hopped with crisp-cum-watery tropical fruit evident, in both aroma and taste. Good and bad! More on the side of good though.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2026
at 18:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 5
Overall 7
Wigan Beer Festival 2026, Beer#6. Hazy brown coloured mild, which has a mildly smoked character, with this most notable in aroma, next best in aftertaste. A little thin given the strength but as it's a mild...
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2026
at 03:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home shared with James, 15th February 2026. Pours an amber clearish beer, aroma is carmalied oranges, burnt sugar, taste is bittersweet, caramel, caramelised fruits, decent and balanced
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2026
at 19:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
(Cask at Southampton Arms, Gospel Oak, London, 20 Nov 2025) Golden colour with frothy, off-white head. Hoppy, fruity nose with citrus, grapefruit, resin and pine needles. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of citrus, grapefruit, peaches, resin, tropical fruit, some toffee and a generous citric/resiny bitterness. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Lots of Simcoe character here. Fresh and hoppy. Very nice.
Tried
from Cask
at
Southampton Arms
on 17 Feb 2026
at 21:41
6.5/10
Lovely stout. Bottle at home.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2026
at 22:30
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at The Green Goddess, Blackheath Royal Standard.
Nose is toffee, nuts, smoke. Smoky sweet with a toffee & sweet tobacco backdrop. Very nice.
Nose is toffee, nuts, smoke. Smoky sweet with a toffee & sweet tobacco backdrop. Very nice.
Tried
from Cask
at
Green Goddess
on 14 Feb 2026
at 22:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home, 25th January 2026. Pours black and fairly thick. Aroma is chocolate and roasted malts, cocoa. Taste is dusty cocoa, roasted malts, mellow, bitter, delicious and well made classic porter
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2026
at 19:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from House Of Trembling Madness. Amber body with a faint haze and an off-white head. The final pour brings a few chunks. Lively carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of dried grass and stewed tea. Flavour of orange rind and lemon sherbet. Medium body with a frothy mouthfeel. Very fizzy. I wanted to love this as I love Torrside’s strong beers, but I found it quite grassy and overcarbonated.
Tried
from Bottle
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Lendal)
on 11 Jan 2026
at 15:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Xmas gift from the missus. Nearly black. Good tan head is glossy dense and lasting. Nose has char. Liquorice. Bit of Turkish coffee. Taste has some sweetness up front but is mostly dry and ashy bitter. Plenty of depth and flavour. Drinks well overall. Dry light bitter finish. Impressive for the 4%.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2026
at 18:02
4.4/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 4.5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. High Peak Wine and Beer. Muddy amber with a few suds of head that don’t last. Ends up looking like bin juice. Vinegar notes all through this with some aspects of what might have been. Some toffee. Some oak. But yeah it’s mostly crap. Taste pretty much follows suit and it’s flat, too. Down the sink you pop.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2026
at 16:44