6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Coach & Horses, Shrewsbury. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma is light chocolate, smooth dark malts. Quite light on the palate with mild chocolate, dark malts and very faint mirage like coffee on the finish. No detectable vanilla, and very little coffee to speak of, but it’s a pleasant smooth chocolate porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Dec 2016
at 11:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask pint on 5th Dec 2016: Three Fishes, Shrewsbury. Very pale blonde with a decent and lasting white head. Tropical fruit esters rule the nose, the taste is also fruity and hoppy in nature. I immediately though ’Simcoe’ hops: then I remembered the brewer is from New Zealand, so he might have used something I have never heard of hop wise. Anyway it was a pleasant, easy drinking pint and I enjoyed it.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2016
at 02:27
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask half-pint at The Crown Inn, Oakengates Shropshire on 10th Nov 2016. Hazy creamy lemon coloured pour: watery and citrusy, spicy and lemony: sorry, didn’t like it at all. A big pity because I usually enjoy beers from Stonehouse and the brewer seems a decent bloke. Scored as highly as I could.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Nov 2016
at 08:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Bought in Oswestry by the parents. Looks to have been renamed - ’Kingston Flyer’ does not appear on the label. Very feint sweet floral aroma. Frothy but blotchy white head. A hazy amber. Light to medium bitter (more than previous ratings suggested). Light bodied, with a real fizz from the carbonation. Dry finish. I can see why raters have described it as more of a golden ale, but the hops are there. I like it, perhaps best described as ’subdued’.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2016
at 13:50
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Cask at corner houdr... Copper... Small tan head.. Soft sweet floral toffee fruit nose... Soft sweet toffee malts.. Bitter toffee malts
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Oct 2016
at 13:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Shrewsbury Beer Festival 2016. Pours clear gold, white head. Aroma is soft watermelon fruits. Taste continues with nice light exotic fruits, watermelon, some mango. A good sessionable new addition to the Stonehouse range.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Sep 2016
at 15:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft @ Coach & Horses, Shrewsbury. pours clear gold. Aroma is pleasant raw apple fruit. Taste has a good raw organic cider character with a very light dry acidic tingle. There is a restrained sweetness which adds a nice balance to things. Pretty decent real cider with a good juiciness.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jun 2016
at 14:09
6/10
Tried
on 30 Jan 2016
at 12:38