6.5/10
Is this supposed to have a slightly stale/sour quality? Actually quite nice!
Tried
from Cask
at
Black Bear
on 10 May 2016
at 18:00
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Templar. Leeds jaunt. Pours clear pale gold with a thick white head. Aromas of butterscotch, cream, fudge. Taste is sweet, light mineral, light sour finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Mar 2016
at 08:40
5/10
Tried
on 20 Feb 2016
at 13:28
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
500ml bottle @ Stori Beer & Wine, Bala. Pours hazy amber with large white head. Aroma is earthy malts. Taste continues. A bit one-dimensional and rather dull.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2015
at 14:04
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
28th July 2015: 500ml bottle conditioned, into an ’Old Speckled Hen’ badged vase shaped pint glass at home with the dog. Slight haze to the old gold coloured body, a white foam blanket sat on top, plenty of carbonation bubbles rising through the brew, with small sediment particles drifting around within the flow. Distinct farmyard odour on opening the bottle (BBD 31 Oct 2015), thought it might be infected and on tasting my thoughts continued to feel that way: sour strains within the flavour and taste. A lesser man would have drain poured it, but I soldier on with the beer getting worse as it warms a little in the glass. I pretend I am drinking a Saison and everything is fine although tomorrow I may well have some digestion problems and spend time on the loo. Lets just say it’s a poor Blonde but a decent Saison. Scored objectively (and kindly). I could not have finished this bottle without the aide of Mediterranean Herbed Olives, Bavarian Blue Brie and Salted Biscuits: so much for dieting!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2015
at 11:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
5th July 2015: 500ml bottle conditioned, BBD 13st Dec 2015. Poured slowly into an Abbot Ale badged pint tankard. Murky reddy brown body, huge tanned foaming head. Malts and yeast in the nose with a mild chocolate trace or two. Taste is more bitter than the smell indicated with a robustness in the body, slight chocolate flavouring within the taste also: dark bitter chocolate though. Highly carbonated, it’s a lively number this here Postmistress.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2015
at 09:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle: BBD 18 Feb 2015. Poured two months too late into a UK pint sleeve at home (14 Apr 2015). hazy golden body with a decent head of white bubbles. Grapefruit esters in the nose and taste with a strange honey feel to both the aroma and flavour: this is a different brew and well worth the effort of finding and trying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2015
at 14:34
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask @ Belvedere Arms, Liverpool. Hazy golden with a thin bubbly head. Has a gassy floral aroma with a gritty floral taste that’s not too great. Might just be a poor batch though.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Apr 2015
at 11:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Albion Ale House, Conwy. Clear mid-brown with a small creamy head. Full-bodied with chocolate, grain and a sweetness - with the former of these apparent in the nose. There’s a lingering malt in the palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Aug 2014
at 07:36
6/10
Tried
on 09 Jul 2014
at 08:38