7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Clapton Craft, as I recall. Pours mostly clear soft brown with a small, foamy khaki head. Medium sweet flavour with hearty bready malt character, toasted sugars, caramel, raisins, figs. Medium to full bodied, lightly oily, with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish, somewhat sticky sweet, further caramel, toffee, brown bread, prunes, raisins. Really tasty overall. Drinks well for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2020
at 21:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bought at BD Tower Hill. Low key aroma: rich fruit and earth. Dark brown. Foamy translucent off-white head. Initial sweet edge to the light sour. Then a maltiness comes through followed by bitterness into the woody finish. Ideally I'd like to describe it as rich fruit and nuts. However it is really quite muted and, ultimately, muddy. The booze in not particularly obvious. Medium bodied. Slick verging on creamy. Soft carbonation. Slightly astringent. Hmm... was the original one I've rated as average? Had hopes for this but it's a damp squid, been out in the cold too long.
Tried
on 24 May 2020
at 22:08
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
[On tap at Tap East, Stratford.] Amber with a thin white head; grainy aroma; strong grainy taste, sweet at first; but then drier with some grass and straw to finish. Rather unsophisticated.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Feb 2020
at 14:52
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
10/12/2019. Bottle shared at Craft Beer Co, St Mary Axe. Poured mid/dark brown with a large lasting off-white head. Aroma of toffee, rye bread, dark fruit, chocolate, touch of spice. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Full body, slick texture, soft carbonation. Good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2019
at 17:35
2/10
Tried
on 08 Dec 2019
at 09:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Floury, wheaty aroma. Taste is initially grainy and malty but there’s a bit of light citrus hoppiness. Decent enough.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2019
at 09:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at St Mary’s Axe, Craft co, 1st October 19. Pours a chestnut brown, aroma is caramel and dark fruit. Taste is sweet, caramel, dark fruit, sugary. It’s OK, but not a great attempt.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Oct 2019
at 22:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Tap at St Mary’s Axe, Craft co. 1st October 19. Pours a straw colour. Aroma is full, straw and grass. Taste is interesting, fresh grass, bitter, yeast, lots going on. It’s a good one.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Oct 2019
at 22:15
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Keg at Brewdog tower hill. A clear amber brown coloured pour with a loose of beige head. Aroma is sweet. Nutty toasted malts, homebrew quality, gingerbread, some jammy fruits. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, sticky rustic malts, Rye and brandy snap sugars, ginger bread. Palate is flat and sticky, low carbonation. Meh. Not bad, just low quality.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2019
at 17:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at BD Tower Hill. Floral malty aroma. Light chestnut. Creamy off-white head. Sweet burnt caramel and malts. Some low key sourness in the finish. Medium bodied. Slick with some stickiness. Flat carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Nice enough but too sweet to be sessionable. Suspect it's a basic example of the style but still not bad
Tried
on 13 Sep 2019
at 16:01