7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a deep black with a beige color head. Aroma is rich roasted malts, chocolate, biscuit. Taste is nice rich malts, light roast, chocolate, some biscuit, some bitter hops towards the finish.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2021
at 17:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
26/8/2021. Cask at the 2021 East Anglian Beer Festival, Bury St Edmunds. Pours clear black with a small creamy beige head. Lovely looking beer. Aroma of ash, roasted malt, liquorice, vanilla, dark chocolate, dark fruit, coffee. Medium sweetness, light to moderate roasted bitterness. Moderate body, oily watery texture, average carbonation. Dry, roasted finish. Good but would have benefitted from a bit more body.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2021
at 14:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Allied Arms, Reading. This was my first cask beer of the year following all the Covid bollox (although not my first pub beer), do it was gratifying that it was served in top-notch condition (as I'd expected in this nice pub). More black than ruby and with a thick creamy-beige head and a light fizz. Nice smooth, creamy mouthfeel. Taste of milk chocolate and lightly toasted malt. It's pretty simple, but tasty, satisfying and surprisingly easy to drink for a dark beer on a warm night. A good beer with which to start the (fingers crossed) return to pub normality.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jun 2021
at 19:14
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at the Bell, Waltham St Lawrence.] A bright amber pour with a loose white head; herbal aroma; bitter herbal taste with traces of dandelion and burdock; and a bitter finish with a trace of spice.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jan 2020
at 17:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half-pint, cask at Greyfriar. Shared with Finn. Faint lacing, smell fawn-coloured head, jet black body. Roasted creamy malts on the nose. Malt-driven flavours containing impacts of dark chocolate, earth, and bread. Smooth roasted malty bitterness to the finish. Medium bodied. Likable stout version. (Reading 20.10.2019).
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2019
at 12:04
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Half-pint, as Green Hop IPA 2019, cask, shared with Finn at Alehouse. Near clear amber coloured body, bubbles on the surface fragile lacing. Modest grassy hops on the nose. Mixed taste of grass, dust, and grain. Rounded distant bitter end. Satisfying. (Reading 20.10.2019).
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2019
at 08:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune. Svart. Mokkafarget skumring langs glasset. Kaffearoma. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken røstet malt - men kaffen slipper ikke taket. Tørr avslutning. Kaffe.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2019
at 13:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune. Varm gylden. Filmskum. Nesten klar. Plommearoma. Smaken balansert. Tørket frukt. Henger igjen i avslutninga.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2019
at 11:27
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
on tap chiara oro citrico diacetile fruttato un po mela amaro medio Media secchezza
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2019
at 22:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask (Alehouse, Reading) - Golden with a faint haze. Floral hops, hop resins and grass in the aroma. Crisp and moderately bitter taste with lemon, hop resins, grass and a hint of orange. Refreshing and enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jul 2019
at 11:30