6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the 28th St Albans Beer Festival, 26/09/25.
Light black topped with a tan cap.
Nose is big on liquorice, herb, dark malts, fruit esters.
Taste comprises tangy fruits, mellow roast, charr, cocoa dusting.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Okay if a touch overly tangy for my liking.
Light black topped with a tan cap.
Nose is big on liquorice, herb, dark malts, fruit esters.
Taste comprises tangy fruits, mellow roast, charr, cocoa dusting.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Okay if a touch overly tangy for my liking.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2025
at 17:49
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Cask at White Horse, Hedgerley, Bucks. A dark brown coloured pour with a medium bubbly beige head on top. Sweet, honey, nutty, chocolate taste and aroma. Very thin and sweet, not great.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2025
at 07:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can on the 1050 Carlisle to Preston, thanks to Dave, 16/05/2025.
Hazed orange topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is orange zest, pineapple, citric tinged straw.
Taste comprises bitter orange, light mineral bite, grass, melon.
Medium body, fine carbonation, semi drying close spattered with earthy hop bitterness.
Okay if a little on the raw side.
Hazed orange topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is orange zest, pineapple, citric tinged straw.
Taste comprises bitter orange, light mineral bite, grass, melon.
Medium body, fine carbonation, semi drying close spattered with earthy hop bitterness.
Okay if a little on the raw side.
Tried
on 16 May 2025
at 10:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rating catch up. Shared 30/5/2021 with Dan and Grumbo. No full review but rating breakdown taken and discussed at the time.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 11:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
on 07 Dec 2024
at 16:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 07 Dec 2024
at 12:22
6/10
Tried
on 04 Dec 2024
at 17:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at day 2 of the 40th Pigs Ear Beer festival, Round Chapel Hackney, 04/12/24.
Hazed orange topped with a lasting just off white head.
Nose is mellow citric zest, grass, airy malts.
Taste comprises tangerine, grass, light breads, melon.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with mellow hop bitterness.
Okay cask pale.
Hazed orange topped with a lasting just off white head.
Nose is mellow citric zest, grass, airy malts.
Taste comprises tangerine, grass, light breads, melon.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with mellow hop bitterness.
Okay cask pale.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2024
at 17:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ #NRHBCF 2019 - Day 3 [ The 44th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival (The 12th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], 🇬🇧 Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.
[ As Flash House Desolation ].
ABV: 6.0%. Murky - muddy matt medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly to fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, fruity hops, onion, green hops, citrus, light pine. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, green hops, onion, fruity hops, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20191011]
6-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jun 2024
at 14:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (gravity) @ #NRHBCF 2019 [ The 44th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival (The 12th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], 🇬🇧 Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.
[ As Flash House Chocolate Strawberry Marshmallow Stout ].
ABV: 4.2%. Clear dark brown colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, chocolate, strawberry, dark malt, light to moderate roasted. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average duration, strawberry, dark malt, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20191009]
7-3-6-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2023
at 08:19