6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On cask at the Guildford Arms. Appearance - golden amber with a decent head. Nose - a bit restrained. Then malt with a hint of toffee. Taste - toffee and orange. Then more toffee. Some hazelnut. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - would like more biscuits or fruit refreshment at the end.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Oct 2014
at 04:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Three Cups, Bedford. Mid to dark brown, translucent. Small head of natural carbonation. Malt, chocolate, light vinegar in the aroma. Sweet malty taste, but a bitter chocolatey twinge balances. Medium bitter finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Sep 2014
at 09:27
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask at the Bedford Arms, Bedford. Dark chocolate brown with a bit of tan head. Aroma of liquorice, plums and coffee beans, with a bit of coal smoke and chocolate. Taste is mostly sweet with a slight vinegar sweet-sour bite at the end. Pleasant bitter-sour finish and aftertaste. Body weaker than I’d expected, and quite flat. A mixed bag.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Sep 2014
at 05:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Bedford Arms, Bedford. Copper/amber, slightly hazy with a bit of natural head. Aroma of caramel, crystal malt, raisins. A sweet fruit/malt taste is met with an astringent bitter. The bitter seems to win. Nice but the balance is a bit off. Palette is quite thin for an ESB. Aftertaste is bitter bordering on acrid. I like this beer one minute, and dislike it the next. While I must applaud its tenacity, it’s unbalanced and unsure of itself. A good enough drink but one is enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2014
at 01:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Bedford Arms, Bedford. Light gold with the tiniest of head. The aroma is more exciting, and quite scrummy: gooseberry, gardenia and a bit of grassy hop. The taste is pretty good as well, a straight muted bitter with some sweet edges. Medium finish, bit of juicy fruit in the aftertaste. Not much in the body. In a way this is just another golden beer... but it’s a good one.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2014
at 12:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
My last beer in The Mariners, Great Yarmouth on 8th June 2014. Half-pint, cask. Brown and dark with a beige covering. Malty from the off, dark fruit flavour and aromas, semi-sweet with a mildy bitter finish. OK rather than great.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jun 2014
at 02:26
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Planet Thanet BF 2014. Dark brown clear beer thin beige head. some fruit some caramel. Bit of puke to be honest. Not great. Not much condition. Some light dryness on the finish. Dullish premium bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Apr 2014
at 05:00
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle from Bideford Asda. Dark ruby in colour, no head. Has a mild sweetness but a very uninteresting character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2014
at 13:37
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Asda, bottled conditioned, batch number 254. An attractive deep golden brown colour with just a trace of head; aroma of muscavado sugar; rather thin in the mouth, but with earthy malt, raisins, and chocolate flavours; then a dry finish. A very drinkable bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2013
at 04:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from some massive supermarket somewhere. First things first.. you get a huge noseful of berries with this one. Really jumps out the bottle. Next there’s a soapy hoppiness to this.. like those hard soap sweets only 2 people liked in the whole year at Primary school. Then there’s the slight bitterness that tickles the back of the palette. I quite liked that. In all, it tasted good but felt like they accidentally stumbled onto a nice taste and just kind of went with it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2013
at 11:43