6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, 29th January 23. Pours a thin black stout. Aroma is liquorice and ash. Taste is liquorice, ash and cocoa, slight tart, maybe oxidised. Alright
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2023
at 07:45
28/10/2017. RAVEN, 7 Queen Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 10 Nov 2022
at 17:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at the Alehouse, Reading.] An amber pour with a ring of white head; jammy malt aroma; similar taste with a dry woody bitterness; then a biscuity finish with lingering resin. Not what Iād call an APA.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2022
at 13:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle bought at Squires, Wokingham. They're actually over the road from the brewery (shop) but seem to stock the same amount of beers. Aroma is chocolatey and grainy, with light spice. Slightly opaque medium gold. Thick foamy white head. Medium sour. Berries, lemon and melon. As per the aroma there's light spice. Underlying malts. Not really getting the promised honey, although I guess there are sweet hints. Light-medium bodied. Slick if on the thin side. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. A nice light summer beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2022
at 18:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the 31st Ealing Beer Festival, Walpole Park, 15/07/22. Golden copper with an off white cap. Nose is dried fruits, bready notes, grass, biscuit. Taste comprises touches of brown bread, leather, dusty fruits, straw. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Ok mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jul 2022
at 11:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Frothy white fair mostly diminishing head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2022
at 08:05
5/10
Tried
on 15 Jul 2022
at 18:07
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bag in a box from the brewer's own bar at the Bracknell Festival of Food and Music. Light amber, no head. Flat, not great condition. Chocolate malt up front, then dusty and watery with a mild bitterness and a very short finished. Not offensive, just nothingy. Poor.
Tried
on 03 Jun 2022
at 21:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bag in a box from the brewer's own bar at the Bracknell Festival of Food and Music (great free community festival by the way, we had a great time here!). Amber with a white head. Good condition. Fruity up front, dry earthy bitterness to follow. The bitterness was quite harsh initially - after the first sip I thought I was going to struggle with it, but it grew on me and I was quite liking it by the end. A surprisingly good match for a wild mushroom massaman.
Tried
on 03 Jun 2022
at 21:36
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[50cl bottle from the brewery while watching the Calcutta Cup.] A bright amber pour with a minimal white head; malty aroma with some hedgerow hops; malty caramel body with some berry fruit; and a peppery bitterness to finish. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2022
at 18:00