7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at CBJ - cheers to MadMitch. Pours lightly unclear copper-brick with a slight, foamy off-white head. Light to medium sweet flavour with a pleasantly mellow acidity, nips of wood, berry tang, lemon, salt, leather. Medium bodied with delicate carbonation. Salty and lightly acidic finish, with mild warmth. Really nice and complex stuff. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2024
at 22:59
7/10
Tried
on 29 Feb 2024
at 18:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
29th February 2024
CBJ Tasting.Thanks to me. A light haze on this amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Airy smooth palate, fairly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. A lightly tart cherry, a little whiskey barrel fruitiness and a touch of oak barrel vanilla. Airy dry finish. Entertaining, would have never have known that Chevalier malt was involved.
CBJ Tasting.Thanks to me. A light haze on this amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Airy smooth palate, fairly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. A lightly tart cherry, a little whiskey barrel fruitiness and a touch of oak barrel vanilla. Airy dry finish. Entertaining, would have never have known that Chevalier malt was involved.
Tried
on 29 Feb 2024
at 18:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at the Rar Date Tasting at CBJ, thanks to Kenneth, 29/02/2024.
Hazed golden with a reddish glint topped with an off white cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is fruit rinds, earthy, damp straw, herb, dried red berries.
Taste comprises light cherry skins, vinous, farmyard twang, yeast bite, cherry pipe tobacco, dried fruit rinds.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a light puckering rasp.
Tidy enough sour.
Hazed golden with a reddish glint topped with an off white cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is fruit rinds, earthy, damp straw, herb, dried red berries.
Taste comprises light cherry skins, vinous, farmyard twang, yeast bite, cherry pipe tobacco, dried fruit rinds.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a light puckering rasp.
Tidy enough sour.
Tried
on 29 Feb 2024
at 00:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Kings Head, Norwich, 27/01/24. Amber to deep chestnut brown with a beige cap that dissipates edgewards. Nose is stewed fruits, herb, biscuit, toffee, dates. Taste comprises fruit cake mix, herb, light vinous notes, dates, figs, toffee, hint of alcohol. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Decent enough strong if a little harsh and unrefined in places.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Feb 2024
at 22:50
5/10
Tried
on 27 Jan 2024
at 23:18
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
750ml bottle as part of a delivery from the much-missed Hoptimism. Cloudy orange with very little head. Tart aromas, some farmyard character, mothballs, antiseptic. Aroma is a full-on sour, some red wine, soured apricot, tangerine. Sour finish. Medium carbonation but it’s just enough. It grows on me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2023
at 21:24
7/10
Tart, funky, dry
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Nov 2022
at 22:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at the Kings Arms - Bethnal Green. Pours clear, deep red-brown with basically no head. Smells almost like an oude bruin. Light to medium sweet with soft acidity, background roast, old leather, earth, faint seedy raspberry. Medium to full bodied with delicate carbonation. Mellow warmth in the finish, more berry tang, wood, funk and light acetic notes. It’s pretty good but not really close to resembling a stout.
Tried
on 17 Nov 2022
at 14:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
23/7/2021. Keg (cask style) at the Plasterers Arms, Norwich. Pours dark golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is fruity, grassy, herbal, yeast, slight bubblegum and banana notes. Moderate sweetness and tartness. Moderate body, slight oily and watery texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Jul 2021
at 14:29