6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Hazy golden appearance. First beer in a pub that's moved premises - they can no longer market it as 'The Smallest In Halifax '. This first is kept well though, a dominant hoppy character as expected, but tropical fruits available too, most fruity in its aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
at
Grayston Unity
on 21 Nov 2025
at 15:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Sheffield CAMRA Beer Festival 2025, Beer#15. Black in colour, smoked mainly, and lingering, but not finding the said chocolate in its notes. Its strength is apparent.
Tried
from Draft
at
Steel City Sheffield Beer & Cider Festival (CAMRA)
on 17 Oct 2025
at 17:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On keg at Steel City 49, Kelham Island - Dark menacing red amber body, thin white head. Lots of smokiness in this, peaty Islay whisky hit, Laphroig-esque, earthy malts. One to savour.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Oct 2025
at 14:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Sheffield CAMRA Beer Festival 2025, Beer#6. Hazy dark amber in colour, perhaps not the most inviting of appearances but it's fuller-bodied tasting, mildly gritty hoppiness is pretty good. Very light citrus notes do provide flavour.
Tried
from Cask
at
Steel City Sheffield Beer & Cider Festival (CAMRA)
on 17 Oct 2025
at 06:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Sheffield CAMRA Beer Festival 2025, Beer#17. Extremely smoked beer, very good in a one-time order, certainly couldn't do too much, especially as this was only a sample and decided not to go with it. Pretty decent though.
Tried
from Draft
at
Steel City Sheffield Beer & Cider Festival (CAMRA)
on 17 Oct 2025
at 03:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
The big question whilst I drink this hoppy bitter with a decent head and drinkable texture is, should I go and see The Cheeky Girls, playing in my area on Halloween? Light malts in aroma, and a developing caramel style fruitiness in taste.
Tried
from Cask
at
Fox and Goose
on 11 Oct 2025
at 18:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at Overdraft Bedford Place. Opaque cola brown. Thin foamy beige head. Aroma is lowest key. Some berries and coffee... I guess. Flavourwise we have tangy berries and coldbrew coffee. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-average carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Dece.
Tried
from Draft
at
Overdraft - Bedford Place
on 20 Sep 2025
at 21:39
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Draft
at
Overdraft - Bedford Place
on 20 Sep 2025
at 17:18
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at Overdraft Southampton, South Coast Jolly Boys Day Out 20/09/2025.
Black topped with a lasting khaki cap.
Nose is cocoa powder, dark malts, herb, mellow roast.
Taste comprises toffee, dried fruit rinds, faint liquorice, chocolate biscuit, ashen nip.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Tidy stout for the relatively meagre ABV.
Black topped with a lasting khaki cap.
Nose is cocoa powder, dark malts, herb, mellow roast.
Taste comprises toffee, dried fruit rinds, faint liquorice, chocolate biscuit, ashen nip.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Tidy stout for the relatively meagre ABV.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2025
at 11:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from House Of Trembling Madness. Hazy amber body with a few tiny flecks beneath a thin off-white head. No visible carbonation. Patchy lacing. Aroma of smoked malt, dried berries and dried apricot. Flavour of toffee and salted caramel. Medium body with a chewy mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A sweet, smoky beer.
Tried
from Bottle
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Lendal)
on 07 Sep 2025
at 20:34