5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
12th August 2015
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Lightly hazy gold beer, thin white head. Whiff of sulphur. Palate is light and dry, modest fine carbonation. Mild sulphur carries over from the nose. Dry pale malts. Some citric peel and orange on the finish. Too much sulphur to pass muster.
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Lightly hazy gold beer, thin white head. Whiff of sulphur. Palate is light and dry, modest fine carbonation. Mild sulphur carries over from the nose. Dry pale malts. Some citric peel and orange on the finish. Too much sulphur to pass muster.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2015
at 05:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity. Toasted malty. Crisp hoppy. Bitter, crisp and mild fruity. Bitter and smooth fruity finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2015
at 07:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home in London - sourced from Kris Wines. The beer pours rich, deep brown with reddish highlights, and a large, billowing khaki head; the beer is a bit over-carbonated, it should be noted. Lots of chocolatey malts in the nose, some burnt toast, grains, hints of old berries. Light to medium sweet flavor with decent ashy roast, milk chocolate, mellow earthy bitterness, toasted brown bread, slight minerality, leather. Light bodied with high carbonation. Finishes reasonably well balanced, with some further cocoa character, blackberry, faint charred wood, roast, subtle coffee. The excessive carbonation is a little distracting, but beneath it there’s a pretty solid porter. Lots of interesting characteristics in what is, at 4.6%, a relatively light beer. Nicely done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2015
at 14:05
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Forever Bury Beer Festival 2015. Copper coloured with a floral nose and a medium bitterness. Has a sweetened aftertaste.
Tried
on 14 May 2015
at 16:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at London Drinker 2015. Clear golden beer some hop bit restrained but nice clear clean golden. Dry.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Mar 2015
at 07:39
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at Pigs Ear 2014 - London. Pours clear copper with a creamy white head. The aroma holds dried berries, lightly toasted bread. Light sweet flavor with faint plastic, grass, citrus rind. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with a bit more plastic, bitter rind, faint pine, bread. So so.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Mar 2015
at 15:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask gravity at the 2015 London Drinker beer festival. Clear light golden / straw coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is subdued cereal grains, grain store with a little sweet malts. Flavour is composed of pale grains, straw, grain husks, spicy hop, firm English hop bitterness.. Palate is nice and mellow, little creamy on the tongue, and very good cask condition. Well made beer but terribly dull.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Mar 2015
at 12:42
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the National Winter Ales Festival, The Roundhouse, Derby, 2015. Dark brown pour with a beige head. Raisin and caramel aroma. Caramel and sweet malt flavours. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2015
at 07:19
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Gravity dispense at Pigs Ear ’14, day 1, 02/12/14. Clear golden amber with a decent off white covering. Nose is caramel malt, fruit rinds, sweet notes, light plastic. Taste is rather muted, fruit notes, light chemical wash, dull. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. Nicht Gut !
Tried
on 04 Jan 2015
at 06:47
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask gravity at Pig’s Ear 2014. It pours clear amber with a small beige head. The nose is sweet, toasty, butterscotch, toffee and caramelised nuts. The taste is toasty, grainy, earth, spice, cocoa, honey, crystal malt, cereal and some sort of astringent edge with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. A touch off. Not sold on this one, I blame the crystal...
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Dec 2014
at 12:18