6.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle ordered from the brewery by my Mrs. Aroma is spicy, fruity. A murky opaque brown. Foamy off-white head. Spicy. Sour. Zesty. Rye. Underlying caramel. Light. Slick. Very fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Lively Red IPA (lost about 50% when it gushed everywhere on being opened).

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

EB - Cask @ Pig's Ear CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival - December 2024 - . [20241207]. 7/3/7/4/-15

EB - Bottle 500ml. @ [ Haderslebener Tasting 20251122 ] - martin00sr House - 🇩🇰 Haderslev, Denmark. 🏠🇩🇰 👨‍💻🍺 🍂🍁 ☁️☂️ [ As Five Kingdoms Dark Storm ]. ABV: 6.9%. [20251122]. 7/3/7/4/-15.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

3rd December 2024
Cask at Pig's Ear. Near opaque dark brown beer, good pale tan head. Smooth palate, good fine minerally carbonation. Smooth but rich malts, good creamy sweetness, earthy roast, modest choc, no so modest smooth earthy coffee. A little berry ripe fruits. Touch of lavender or something. Liked this one a lot, smooth, richly flavoured and very drinkable.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from the very friendly CAMRA stand at the Birmingham NEC Good Food Show; I like the Crocodile Dundee reference! Hazy yellow with a white head and a middling fizz; maybe a bit too fizzy for my liking. Citrus up front - grapefruit and lemon - with a touch of chalkiness. Sweet tinned peaches come through, but there's a fairly hefty bitterness in the finish that the nice flavours struggle to compete with. Just ok as a result.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - cheers Graham!]. Jet black colour with average to huge, frothy, slowly osteoporosing, moderately lacing, dirty off-white head. Sweet-ish, oaty-grainy and slightly roasty, dark malty aroma, hints of chocolate pudding, grassy hoppy overtones. Taste is sweet-ish, chocolately, dark malty and oaty malty, hints of chocolate pudding, mildly bitter, grassy hoppy overtones, subtle sweetness with a touch of lactose. Dissolved sugar enriched, watery texture, smooth and soft palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation. Balanced, homogeneous - very nice.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle from the very friendly CAMRA stand at the Birmingham NEC Good Food Show. Dark brown with an off white head and a light but pleasant frothy fizz. Bonfire smoke up front, with dark chocolate and a little toffee coming through. There's an undertone of dark berries and a little wood. Very easy drinking but loads of flavour and very satisfying. An excellent mild.

6

500ml bottle from House of Bruer - deep mahogany body, short lived tan head. Caramel and toffee, malty bread character, nutty and dark fruit finish.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at the Fell Bar, Penrith. Hazy gold with a white head. Tropical flavours up front with sweet grapefruit coming through. Some hoppy piney notes in the mildly bitter and drying finish. Enjoyed this, very refreshing and drinkable.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle - Pours a coppery amber colour with an average sized foamy off-white head. Aroma is sweet malts, toffee, and brown bread. A moderately sweet taste, sweet malts, toffee, brown bread flavours with some earthy hops and berries in a moderately bitter finish.

7

keg at cloisters ...Light yellow golden ... small white head ...dey pithy citrus orange ..dry zezty fruit