6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Fountain, Macclesfield (not yet listed on RB). Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a minimal scummy cream head. Lactose and oats in the aroma, plus some hints of roasted malts. In the mouth it is sweet with a strongly creamy texture. Plenty of oats in the flavour, plus traces of dark fruits and vanilla. Later on there’s hints of cola and even some roasted malts ! Finish is fruity and slightly bitter. This is decent enough, but not enough stout characteristic for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2024
at 20:28
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Fountain, Macclesfield (not yet listed on RB). Pours a pale straw with a small foamy almost white head and good lacing. Not much of an aroma – just vague hints of floral hops and citrus. In the mouth it is sweet and fruity with a creamy texture but also some underlying bitterness which gradually increases. There’s plenty of floral hops alongside hints of tropical fruits, butter and lemongrass. Finish is quite bitter. It’s reasonable.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2024
at 20:17
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.4
Cask at The Magnet, Stockport. Sampled Oct 2016. Pours clear pale gold with a white cap. Aroma: malt, bread, citrus, grapefruit. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, semi-dry, malt, bread dough, peach, grapefruit, lime. Light to medium body with light carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
Magnet Freehouse
on 08 Feb 2023
at 07:23
Historic check-in
Tried
on 10 Nov 2022
at 17:42
20/01/2011. NATIONAL WINTER ALES FESTIVAL, 371 Oldham Rd, Miles Platting, MANCHESTER, Greater Manchester, England
Tried
on 10 Nov 2022
at 17:39
30/04/2009. READING BEER FESTIVAL, King's Meadow, READING, Berkshire, England
Tried
on 10 Nov 2022
at 17:37
6/10
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jun 2022
at 15:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a clear golden amber colour with a small thin white head. The aroma is malty, sweet grainy malts and caramel. A moderately sweet and bitter taste, toasted malt and caramel flavours with a leafy hop bitter finish.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2022
at 17:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught @ #MBCF20, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2020 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, M2 3GX Manchester, Great Manchester, England.
[ As Bollington Sigma ].
ABV: 5.0%. Murky medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, stone fruit, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, orange - apple, sweet malt, pale malt, stone fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20200123]
7-3-7-3-13
Tried
on 21 Mar 2020
at 18:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ #MBCF20, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2020 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, M2 3GX Manchester, Great Manchester, England.
[ As Bollington White Label - APA ].
ABV: 4.2%. Unclear medium yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, moderate hoppy, grass, fruity hops, light to moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity hops, yeast, citrus, pine woody, pale malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20200122]
6-3-6-3-11
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Mar 2020
at 11:38