Subsidiaries
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beer Ambleside. Appearance - golden with generous lacing. Nose - peach and lemon. Taste - more of the peach and lemon. Then a spice from the hops thing going on too. Palate - light bodied, long and crisp. Overall - really great balance to this beer with good use of bittering hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2020
at 15:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beer Ambleside. Appearance - golden and clear. Nose - sweetcorn and lemon. Taste - same again with a little more sweetness this time. Palate - light bodied and fairly fresh throughout. Overall - decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2020
at 15:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beer Ambleside. Appearance - amber with a slightly lively head on pour. Nose - cake mixture and even a touch of fruit loaf. Taste - more sweet fruit loaf, specifically tea loaf. Burnt raisin and bread. Palate - light bodied, creamy and with light malt bitterness. Overall - a decent example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2020
at 21:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Tap and Can. Clear gold appearance with a comfortable white head atop. Aroma is fresh with soft lemon hints. Taste is light, fresh, balanced with gentle floral shades. Simplistic but satisfying.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Mar 2020
at 09:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask in Coopers Tavern, Burton-on-Trent Pours a very dark red brown with no head (served by gravity). Nose holds liquorice and roast malts. In the mouth there are dark fruits and hazelnuts, together with roast malts and some hoppiness. Finish is bitter – but then some sweetness comes through. Not bad at all.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Mar 2020
at 15:35
6/10
Many thanks to Simontomlinson. Smooth mild beginning. Easy to drink, slightly sweetish with a grainy and nice bittered back. Fruity floral in the back. Very nice. --- Beer merged from original tick of Swan Blonde on 13 Mar 2020 at 21:40 - Score: 6. Original review text: Fruity smooth, moderate bitter with a golden floral back. Nice. Thanks Simon.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2020
at 20:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
15/2/2020. Bottle from Booths, Kendal; courtesy of saxo and Rasmus40, cheers! Poured clear very dark brown with a bubbly/frothy off-white to beige head. Aroma of chocolate, liquorice, roasted malt, dark fruit and hops. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Moderate body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2020
at 19:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to Rasmus and Saxo: Poured a dark brown with tan head. Aroma is citrus hops with roasted malts. Taste is gritty hops with roasted robust malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2020
at 19:46
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
15/2/2020. Bottle from Booths, Kendal; courtesy of saxo and Rasmus40, cheers! Poured clear dark gold with a small white head. Aroma of flowers, hops, grass, sweet malt and light herb. Medium plus sweetness and minimal tartness. Light body, watery texture, flat carbonation. Grainy biscuit finish. Not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2020
at 19:16
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle thanks to Rasmus and Saxo: Poured a golden with white head. Aroma cream corn and grain. Taste is soft grain and malty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2020
at 19:15