6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Basingstoke Oktoberfest. Flying the flag. Aroma is sweet and caramel. Opaque brown. Thin foamy off-white head gets blotchy. Light-medium citrus with light malty caramel. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Flat prickly carbonation. Long dry finish. Nice but unexciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Sep 2022
at 13:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml Bottle - Golden in colour. Earth, honey and some faint floral notes in the aroma. Fairly bitter taste with notes of honey and marmalade.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2022
at 18:52
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle ordered from Twisted Crow, Basingstoke. Aroma has a berry tartness followed by malts and grains. Light chestnut. Frothy white head. Sour. Berries and citrus. Underlying malts. A touch of boiled veg. Light bodied. Thin but benefits soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent. I guess they've attempted to get around the low ABV with the sour streak but it's ultimately a thin and not entirely satisfying beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2021
at 18:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle ordered from Twisted Crow, Basingstoke. Aroma combines a sweet almost vanilla creaminess with berries and coffee. Opaque near black. Foamy light beige head. Sour tangy berry impact. The edge is smoothed out by a touch of creamy malts. Light bitter edge. Light bodied. Relatively thin with a touch of cream. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Nice enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2021
at 20:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half-pint, cask ale at Alehouse. Shared with Finn. jet black in the glass, bubbly beige head, fragile lacing. Dark bread on the nose, lightly roasted, promising. Creamy malts with vague moments of anise to the taste profile. Ashy palate. Roasted endnotes. Okay porter version, not more. (Reading 20.10.2019)
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2019
at 10:11
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Delt med Rune. Svart. Mokkafarget skum langs glasset. Kaffearoma. Smaken mest kaffe. Litt lakris etter hvert. Tørr avslutning.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2019
at 12:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Hants Oktoberfest 2019. Soft floral soapy aroma. Slightly hazy gold. Thin bubbly white head. Light-medium bitter with a sweet perfumed edge. Light bodied. Slick. Flat. Abrupt carbonation. Average at best gold.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Oct 2019
at 22:12
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
50cl bottle from a trade with beardedavenger, thanks! A very dark brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of mild roasted dark malt, dark fruits, caramel and chocolate. Taste of roasted moderate sweet dark malt, liquorice, dark fruits, chocolate and toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2019
at 19:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
50cl bottle from a trade with BeardedAvenger, thanks! A minimal hazy golden beer with a beige head. Aroma of mild sweet orange fruits, zest, soft resins. Taste of orange fruits, tangerine, mild pine, zest, moderate bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2019
at 09:20
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at PoW, Farnborough. Vague herby aroma. Copper gold. Blotch translucent white head. Medium bitter. Chock full of herbs. Light bodied. Thin but slick. Flat carbonation. Long herby finish. It's OK but basic.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jul 2019
at 20:11