6/10
Tried
on 18 Apr 2025
at 16:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Cask
at
Broad Street Social
on 08 Mar 2025
at 21:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Tried
from Cask
at
Broad Street Social
on 08 Mar 2025
at 20:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Ninth tipple of Day Two at the Pendle Beer Festival 2025, and my mate Jim the Olympian's birthday. He went to Sydney 2000, so a tenuous antipodean link with the full-bodied tropical tasting hops in this New Zealand named beer as a celebratory shout to him . Fairly hoppy too.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jan 2025
at 23:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Beer four at the Pendle Beer Festival 2025. Still dark but first switch in style from stout to porter. Quite soapy, although it's supposed to be slightly smoked. There's hints of ham though.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jan 2025
at 21:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pint from the cask at Hops, Crewe, it pours golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, hops & malt. Moderate bitter finish
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2025
at 17:57
8/10
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Nov 2024
at 15:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Handpull cask at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Mid gold and clear with a large off-white head. Aroma of citrus and, to a lesser extent, tropical fruits: grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple. Taste is resplendent - may I use that word? - with white grapefruit. The sweetness of the original sip slowly gives way to a lightish bitterness. Body a little watery with no carbonation but that's fine. A decent beer for sure.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jun 2024
at 18:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Oldham Beer Festival 2024. Slightly hazy golden brew. Tasty combination of hops, somewhat bready, but this infusion with fruit works very well.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2024
at 04:29
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Hops, Crewe – at 6%. Pours a hazy golden brown with a medium sized frothy white head and good lacing. The aroma is mainly floral hops, plus a hint of peanut butter. In the mouth it is quite bitter with floral hops to the fore alongside orange peel, and hints of citrus and tangerine. Later on some tropical fruits can be detected. The finish is dry and decidedly bitter, but with some underlying sweetness. This is an interesting beer – old fashioned IPA that is quite bitter but not excessively so. Very drinkable for its strength.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jan 2024
at 20:51