7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 02 May 2025
at 21:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Old rating from Nov 2014 - 500ml bottle, pours black with a small creamy white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, toffee, Maderia, spices, toffee, raisins, earth & malt. Medium body. Slightly sweet moderate bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2025
at 15:12
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 2014 - Pint from the cask, pours amber with a creamy white head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, apples, bread, nut, spice & hops. Medium body. Medium bitter finish
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Apr 2025
at 09:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Creamy lager and lime comes to mind. Clear pale gold with a frothy / creamy white head and a very soft lemon biscuit aroma. A refreshing summer drink, zesty and bitter with a soft grassy malt backbone, the creaminess fades into a watery finish
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Apr 2025
at 15:30
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Buckfast Abbey in Devon is the place to go to purchase the monks interesting Tonic Wine. This 'abbey' beer has decent Belgian styling, still a bit of distinctive Lees in here too, nice clean smooth texture. Blonde in appearance. Bubblegum available.
Tried
from Draft
at
Founder's Hall
on 12 Apr 2025
at 17:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
'I'm profoundly in love with Pandora.'. Perhaps a little less love for this one, although the stone fruit influence is interesting at least within quite a gritty textured keg brew.
Tried
from Draft
at
Founder's Hall
on 12 Apr 2025
at 17:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
The first of three beers I ignored yesterday at the Oldham Beer Festival, and have found them as a beer flight pint at JW Lees flagship bar in Manchester city centre. I love it when a plan comes together! Quite watery texture but good tropical notes in both aroma and taste.
Tried
from Cask
at
Founder's Hall
on 12 Apr 2025
at 17:24
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2025
at 08:02
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2025
at 08:02
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle shared with Nari and Gabor Gábor. Deep copper pour, off-white head. Nose is booze, caramel, biscuity bready malts, toffee and dried fruits. Great combination with a lovely intensity. Taste is rather sweet, but definitely not overhwlming; it shows mainly caramel, toffee and dried fruits with some honey and booze. Closes with a long lasting, wamingly sweet finish, has a full body with a soft carbonation. I've always preferred English style bws over the hoppier American iterations and this is a prime example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2025
at 11:59