8/10
Peated Mild, Whats not to like..
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2025
at 19:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
(Cask at King's Arms, Bethnal Green, London, 23 Nov 2024) Black colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted, hoppy nose with notes of chocolate, black coffee, pine needles and grapefruit. Malty, roasted, hoppy taste with dark chocolate, coffee, citrus, grapefruit, pine needles, mint and a generous citric/piney bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Hoppy, tasty and well made black IPA. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Kings Arms
on 18 Feb 2025
at 20:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, toffee, peat, vanilla, taste is peaty, iodine, sweet, chocolate, toffee. --- Beer merged from original tick of Dogs of War: War Russell 2024 on 10 Feb 2025 at 18:05 - Score: 8. Original review text: Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, toffee, peat, vanilla, taste is peaty, iodine, sweet, chocolate, toffee.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2025
at 10:56
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from House Of Trembling Madness. Hazy amber body with a beige head that holds well. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of orange zest and glazed cherry. Flavour of orange and golden syrup. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. Tangy and delicious. Much better than the English Barley Wine 2023, which was disappointingly thin.
Tried
from Bottle
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate)
on 15 Feb 2025
at 10:18
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Beer number eighteen at the Great British Winter Beer Festival 2025. Last one , strongest one sampled, quite boozy but chocolate dominates its aftertaste and there's a smoothness to its texture.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Feb 2025
at 00:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Beer number fourteen at the Great British Winter Beer Festival 2025. Dank appearance but hopped and fruity in taste, strong in aroma.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Feb 2025
at 09:16
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Beer number sixteen at the Great British Winter Beer Festival 2025. Hoppy effort, fuller-bodied, some floral notes alongside a lasting bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Feb 2025
at 09:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
1/3 cask pour at GBBF Winter. Creamy dark brown pour, ring of beige head. Boozy aroma hits first, bourbon with sweet roasty malts and notes of chocolate. Taste gets really roasty, light smoky flavors, woody, chocolate. Nice big syrupy stout.
Tried
from Cask
at
GBBF Winter Beer Festival (Camra)
on 13 Feb 2025
at 07:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at ash's. Pours black, nose is chocolate, roasted, toffee, little piney, taste is similar, sweet up front, dry finish 8/4/8/3/15
Tried
on 10 Feb 2025
at 11:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
A slightly hazy dark amber beer with a beige head. Aroma of smoked dark malt, bacon, caramel. Taste of smoked dark malt, bacon, caramel, nuts, moderate bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2025
at 12:11