6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2013, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As WJ King Brighton Best ].Clear medium to dark amber orange color with a large to huge, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, nutty, caramel. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, pale malt, keller, fruity, nutty, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130814]
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Feb 2015
at 13:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Pale amber with a thin white head; floral aroma; soft floral taste with a delicate bitterness, then some sweetness; before a dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Dec 2014
at 12:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@Hagen & Hyde, Balham, London - (4.5% abv) golden colour with good white head. Grassy and floral aroma and taste, lemon, straw, hay, bready malts, some light herbal nuance on the palate, easy drinking, pretty decent overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Dec 2014
at 10:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared with AshtonMcCobb. Iโm too Sussexy for this Tasting. Pours clear golden amber with a thin white head. Aromas of light biscuit, chocolate, nuts, light citrus. Taste is light bitter, light sweet. Finishes crisp. Decent ESB.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2014
at 08:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - golden amber with a decent head. Nose - caramel biscuits. Taste - caramel biscuits with a slight lemon zing at the back. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry crunchy finish. Overall - decent ESB.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2014
at 08:38
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle shared with AshtonMcCobb. Iโm too Sussexy for this Tasting. Pours pale hazy lemon yellow with a head. Aromas of lemon thyme, generic herbalness. Taste is lemon bitter, astringent, then a sucrose finish. Not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2014
at 07:14
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - very pale lemon and generally watery looking. Nose - lemon and elderflower. Some lemon balm or even lemon thyme. Taste - sweet lemon notes then ending in astringent green notes. Palate - light bodied with a dry middle section that continues to the end. Overall - not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2014
at 07:14
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Huddersfield Beer Festival. Golden, no head. Has a floral aroma with a floral sweetness in taste and a fairly smooth texture.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2014
at 14:05
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle at home in London - picked up from the "Drinkersโ Paradise". Pours perfectly clear, deep gold with an attractive white foam head that fades away - not dissimilar to oneโs hopes when they enter the Paradise. This beer smells pretty bad, like rotting grains, raw sugars, ripe berries, plum; come to think of it, this beer smells like kvass. Medium sweet flavor with lots ripe fruits, bready malts, grape, more berries, some brown sugar, caramel, fruitcake. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Doughy, sugary bread dominates the finish, with a whole bundle of ripe, rotting fruits joining in the fun. Lingering notes of rotten, mouldy grains, cheap bread, ripe orange. There are suggestions of a decent beer here at times, but mostly this stuff is fairly vile.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2014
at 15:04
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell as Kings Heritage Brighton Best. Amber with a loose white head; malty aroma; rather thin with a sweet malty taste with some caramel; and a biscuity finish with some light hops. A servicable malt-led bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Sep 2014
at 10:34