7/10
Bottle at home. Pours deep amber, nose is burnt toffee, herbs, grassy, little soapy, taste is sweet toffee, bitter, citrus, floral.7/7/7/8/7
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2025
at 18:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
One travel regret I have is I could have seen Fidel Castro on Cuba's annual National Day parade, exactly 24 years ago today, but I had a lie-in, in Havana instead. This beer helps the reminiscing, it's lovely and smooth in the palate, with plenty of body for its strength. Hints of citrus and a mild strewed fruitiness, quite warming stuff really.
Tried
from Cask
at
Fox and Goose
on 26 Jul 2025
at 12:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at The Green Goddess, Blackheath Royal Standard . Nose is dark fruits, liquorice toffee light citrus aromas. Taste is dark jammy fruits, light smoke, citrus. Malty bittersweet aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
at
Green Goddess
on 17 Jul 2025
at 20:01
4/10
Droog en levenloos. #cask
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jul 2025
at 16:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Ealing Beer Fest 25. Dark. Frothy foamy beige head. Aroma combines espresso, charcoal and a berry edge. Flavourwise it's a bitter club over the head. Cold brew coffee and charcoal. Vague berry notes. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Very bitter but lacks nuance
Tried
on 10 Jul 2025
at 17:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the 34th Ealing Beer Festival 2025, day one, 09/07/2025.
Deep mahogany brown with a lasting beige head.
Nose is chocolate biscuit, dried fruit esters, brown bread.
Taste comprises toffee, cocoa powder, dark malts, fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Decent.
Deep mahogany brown with a lasting beige head.
Nose is chocolate biscuit, dried fruit esters, brown bread.
Taste comprises toffee, cocoa powder, dark malts, fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Decent.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2025
at 14:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours deep amber, nose is peaty, medicinal, toffee, berries, taste is sweet toffee, peat smoke, bit thin. 7/8/8/7/7
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2025
at 18:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. High Peak Beer and Wine. Hazed gold. Has that Torrside homebrew look about it. Decent thin sticky white foam though. Nose has light smoke (contains oak smoked wheat). Overripe oranges. Herbal notes along the lines of new sage leaves. Quite earthy overall. But fruity too. Taste semi sweet with a good dose of herbal bitterness. Good body for the 4% and drinks easy and tasty. Nicely rounded bitter finish. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2025
at 18:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 8
Cask at Petersgate Tap, Stockport. Pours almost black with minimal beige head and good lacing. There’s a powerful aroma of ginger plus roasted malts and a hint of liquorice. In the mouth it is slightly sweet with roasted malts and ginger prominent again. Hints of biscuits, chocolate and blackcurrant come later leading to a little bitterness in the finish. This is rather nice !
Tried
from Cask
at
Petersgate Tap
on 26 Jun 2025
at 14:15