6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled third of a pint on 18th October 2024, in the Cordwainer. Golden pour, bright and clean, on top a soft white crown. Decent blend with a fruity nature wrapped up in a caramel wafer.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2024
at 13:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Gravity cask at the Real Ale Classroom, Stoneygate, Leicester. Deep gold, clear with a small ring of loose white head. Scratchy aroma of hay, buttered bread, light lemon. Sweet taste of golden syrup, little bitterness, maybe a bit vegetal. Honeyed notes near the finish. Full body for the ABV. Very soft carbonation. A little bit dull.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2024
at 17:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Brunswick, Derby. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small foamy cream head. There’s malts and a hint of bacon in the aroma. Malts again dominate the mouth, where it is sweet but with some underlying bitterness. Some flavour of cola and traditional hops too, and traces of dark fruits later on. Bitterness remains in the finish. This is reasonable.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jun 2024
at 22:23
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Nose is musty sherry, apricot, dried fruit. funk, candy sugar. Taste is sour vinious, musty, damson, medicinal, red wine, vinious, touch of caramel. Thin. It's somehow less than it's parts
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2024
at 20:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle Nose is lovely. Rich dark chocolate, soy, salt, licorice. Taste is nice but not as excellent as the nose;, big licorice, bit of smoke, chocolate slightly fruity, lot of smoke, soy
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2024
at 22:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Gravity cask from the Real Ale Classroom, Stoneygate, Leicester. Mid- to dark reddish brown, clear with a very loose off-white/beige head. Chestnuts, liquorice, chocolate malt on the mose. Sweet taste, slightly smoky, lots if (too much?) liquorice here. Some bitter hops in the finish but it's pretty sweet all around. Pretty good, I'd like it more if the liquorice were dialed down a notch but that's just me.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 May 2024
at 17:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle on 29th November 2023, gift from a good friend. Pours deep ruby to black with tan foam and spot lacing. Rich and smooth malty aroma. Chunky maltiness in-mouth with roastiness and savoury notes of cooked brassicas. A lengthy, roasty malt finish with grassy hop notes. Medium body and a smooth mouthfeel. Satisfying and flavoursome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2023
at 00:37
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
24-27/10/2023. From cask at the 45th Norwich Beer Festival. Pours very dark brown with a small bubbly/frothy off-white to beige head. Aroma of biscuit, chocolate, caramel, dark fruits, malt, berries. Moderate sweetness, bitterness and body. Slightly watery, average carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Nov 2023
at 19:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
24-27/10/2023. From cask at the 45th Norwich Beer Festival. Pours very slightly hazy golden amber with a small bubbly/frothy off-white head. Aroma is fruity, citrus, malt, pineapple flan. Quite sweet with light to moderate bitterness. Moderate body, oily, average to soft carbonation. Light drying finish. Pretty good.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Nov 2023
at 19:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
on 08 Aug 2023
at 14:38