6.9/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the White Horse, Parsonβs Green. It pours opaque black, with a thin tan head. The nose is bitter-sweet dark chocolate and coffee. The taste is caramel, treacle, salt, dark fruit, lactose, wood, dark cherry and a touch of smoke, with a bitter-sweet finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Good balance, medium body and soft carbonation. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Nov 2011
at 11:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the White Horse, London. Pours brown with a moderate, tan head. Has really sweet, like, cocoa liqueur aroma. Reminds me of Baileys. Medium sweet flavor with, yes, a Baileys-esque creamy coffee character. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet, faintly roasty finish, bit of mocha, bit of coffee liqueur. Interesting and alright.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Nov 2011
at 10:42
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Standing Order. Amber colour, off-white head. Nose is light malts, bit of citrus and caramel. Flavour is light malty, caramel. Slight citric hoppyness. A bit harsh.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Nov 2011
at 05:27
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ GBBF 2011. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. has a fruity malty caramel and dark fruit aroma with hints of toffee. Fruity malty caramel flavor with hints of dark fruit. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Nov 2011
at 09:43
6.9/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On cask at Cloisters. Pours opaque black with some head. The nose has liquorice and charcoal. The taste is of treacle, toffee and crumbly biscuits. The palate is medium to full bodied with a nice thick texture and a finish that is quite pleasant and not too astringent. Overall, good beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Nov 2011
at 04:53
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap in Cloisters, Edinburgh. Pours a hazy amber with a good head. The nose has biscuits with a hint of ginger. The taste is more of the ginger biscuits and caramel on the end. The palate has a medium structure a full texture and a finish which could be better - a sweet and cloying unfortunately. Overall, happy to have tried one, but wonβt look for it again.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Nov 2011
at 04:50
6.4/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the GBBF. Hazy copper with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel and toffee, bread and nuts, and a vineous dried fruit note. Has a nice little touch of pleasant oxidation. Dry and somewhat thin malty flavour with caramel and toffee
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2011
at 14:20
5.2/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ 12th Ayrshire Real Ale Festival, Troon 2011. Amber colour, thin off-white head. Nose is massive caramel and a bit of fruits. Flavour is lots of caramel, wood polish, bit of fruits. Not very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2011
at 07:05
6.5/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 3. Pours cloudy amber with a bubbly head. Toast, ripe fruit aroma. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Slight tang. Mild brown sugar in the finish. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Sep 2011
at 00:59
5/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask @ Blue Blazer. Orange colour, tan head. Nose is caramel malts, bit of red wine sourness. Flavour is slightly malty, caramel malts, a bit sour. Not too well.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Sep 2011
at 04:35