6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
20/1/2024. Can shared at CLBF/IKL. Bought direct from the brewery. Pours close to black with a small frothy beige head. Aroma is nutty, chocolate, roasted malt, dark fruits. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness, touch tart. Moderate body, slightly watery, average carbonation. A little disappointing.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2024
at 12:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg @ Hops, Crewe. Pours a generally clear gold with a light mist, white head. Sweet bready malt aroma. Quite a sweet kolsch to taste, light floral shades, decent, flavoursome.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2023
at 20:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
This is a flavoured mild – a style not recognised by RB. On tap at the brewery. Pours almost black with a medium sized cream head and good lacing. The aroma has biscuits, malts and oats with a hints of cinnamon and ginger. The spicy hints are the first thing that the taste buds notice in the mouth, even though they are not particularly strong. More mainstream flavours are provided by cola, biscuits and malt with hints of treacle. Later on there are glimpses of alcoholic strength. Finish is slightly bitter and a little fruity too. This is rather nice – I prefer it to the standard DDM.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Dec 2023
at 21:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours almost black with a sizeable cream head and good lacing. Malts, caramel and biscuits are the mainstays of the aroma. In the mouth it is quite sweet with malts again to the fore alongside traces of chocolate and ginger. Later on the alcoholic strength starts to show through plus hints of caramel. Finish is slightly sweet and quite boozy. This is quite decent, but I think I preferred the “single” version.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Dec 2023
at 22:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Petersgate Tap, Stockport. Pours deepest brown towards black with a tan foam. Aroma: sweet toasty malts, chocolate. coffee hints. Taste: moderate sweet & light to moderate bitter, rich & full bodied. More like a stout or porter but it was very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Nov 2023
at 23:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg @ Hops Belgian Style Beer Cafe, Crewe. Black with a light-brown head. Crisp keg pour slightly lessening the effects of its robust roasted malt character, with a lingering aftertaste including some coffee.
Tried
on 18 Nov 2023
at 15:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg @ Tom's Tap & Brewhouse, Crewe. Dark brown with a creamy head. Crisp steady mild, easy strength, good aroma, very lightly toasted.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2023
at 14:26
7/10
Malty and fruity. Very nice.
Tried
from Crowler
on 28 Oct 2023
at 22:31
7/10
Very tasty. Nice bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Crowler
on 28 Oct 2023
at 19:02
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
2nd August 2023
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Almost clear deep amber brown beer, tiny tan head. Smooth and very dry palate, modest fine carbonation. Thin dark malts, a little cream and papery chocolate. Modest ripe fruits. Dry finish. Okay but bloody dry.
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Almost clear deep amber brown beer, tiny tan head. Smooth and very dry palate, modest fine carbonation. Thin dark malts, a little cream and papery chocolate. Modest ripe fruits. Dry finish. Okay but bloody dry.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Oct 2023
at 09:48