6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle at 4.5%. Pours dark orange with a medium head. Aroma is fruity malt, bread and vanilla. Taste Is bready malt and a little dark fruit to start with a bitter, toast finish. Soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2012
at 11:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the South Wales Beeriodical, the Seven Stars, Bristol 8/11/2012. Amber with a slight off-white head. Malty beer, with some cereal malts, stone fruits and a decent bitter finish. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2012
at 11:09
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask at the Monks Retreat (JDW), Reading. Amber with a loose cream head that laces the glass; fruity aroma; thin in the mouth, with some sweet fruit and a touch of citrus; lacking finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2012
at 09:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Hamilton Hall, JDW, London. Pours clear gold with a fine, white cream head. Toasty malt aroma, some grains and leaves. Light to medium sweet flavor with more toasted malts, subtle cocoa, mild leafy bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Clean finish with pleasant toasted malt character, light earth and leaves, some baked brown bread and very mellow cocoa. A very decent beverage this, and at 3.5 one of the higher-scoring beers of this Spoons fest.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Nov 2012
at 09:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity dispense at the Prince of Wales, Farnborough BF - 12/10/12. I didn’t add this beer however program notes listed it at 4.2%, that aside other internet searches concur with the 4.5% as entered on RB. Lightly hazed copper brown in appearance. Toffee, caramel and dark fruits on the nose. Taste largely follows, biscuit, caramel, nice bitterness. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation leading to a dry finish.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2012
at 04:29
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Drinkable bitter with a less pronounced bitterness than its bottle counterpart.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2012
at 15:58
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Malt based ale with decent character but no more than average in all departments.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2012
at 11:54
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
3rd December 2009
Pigs Ear. Light gold beer, very slightly hazy. Light hoppy nose. Zero carbonation. Good hop fruits but the lack of carbonation is a major distraction.
Pigs Ear. Light gold beer, very slightly hazy. Light hoppy nose. Zero carbonation. Good hop fruits but the lack of carbonation is a major distraction.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2012
at 05:39
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Looks flat but has an excellent fruity taste coupled with a pleasant bitter afterthought.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2012
at 14:17
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Malty bitter nose and taste, but a very healthy one in both areas. Looks the part too.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2012
at 14:03