8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Cask at Euston Tap. Pours ruby-brown with a moderate, creamy beige head. Good roast aroma with cocoa malts. Very faintly sweet flavor but all about tobacco, char and overall roast. Light to medium bodied with fine, smooth carbonation. Finish is roasty, chalky with some mild dryness, minerality and dark malts. Just excellent.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2010
at 13:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 20/10/10. Deep amber in colour with a decent white head. Hoppy aroma of tropical fruit with a leafy edge, balanced by some slightly sweet, bready malts. Flavour had juicy fruits, plenty of malts, a hint of pine and long, bitter finish. Great stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Oct 2010
at 10:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle that I picked up from Vale Brewery shop, Brill Buckinghamshire, 09.10.10 consumed 13.10.10. Pours lemony moving towards yellow, slight haze. Aroma is wheaty but its soft, there is a touch of banana but not too much. Soft in the mouth, tangy, lemony, wheaty. I quite like the fact that this is lacking in the carbonation stakes as it doesn’t detract at all. A7 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2010
at 00:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle that I picked up from Vale Brewery Shop, Brill, Buckinghamshire 09.10.10 consumed 13.10.10 Poured dark amber with a touch of red. Malty with a furry bitterness some chewy malts and a bit of toffee going on, good stuff. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2010
at 00:06
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
@ Royal Oak, Twerton. Cloudy tan. Full of bananas and phenols. Sweet start, with hints of tartness late. You get sugary bananas in there. The body misses the carbonation you’d otherwise normally find in a hefe, had it not been on cask.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Oct 2010
at 11:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg, Grain Barge. Light brown. Toasty, chocolatey aroma. Very toasty, chocolatey - great character. Complex, tasty, basic stout.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2010
at 15:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
@ Grain Barge. Amber with a slight haze. Caramel and slightly toasty malt. Toasty with some woody hops and light fruitiness.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2010
at 15:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
@ Grain Barge. Golden-amber. Attractive hoppy aroma - quite fresh. Moderate bitterness, foresty and woody hops. Good balance. Refreshing.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2010
at 14:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
@ Grain Barge, Bristol. Amber. Lightly spicy, malty accent. Light spice and caramel. Ok, slightly boring, a basic bitter.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2010
at 14:58
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at The Rake, Southwark, London, 6 Aug 2010) Golden colour with frothy, white head. Fruity nose with notes of citrus, peaches and grass. Fruity taste with citrus, peaches, grainy malt, pineapple and grassy hops in the finish. Light body, balanced sweetness. Tasty and nice, possibly a bit thin.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Sep 2010
at 12:19