7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Pitch black colour with average, creamy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Intense chocolate aroma, notes of liquorice. Taste is sweetish with notes of treacle and liquorice; very soft palate, somehow fallen asleep.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2013
at 13:07
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask at the Lyric - Soho, London. Pours clear gold with a slight, bubbly white head. The aroma holds buttery bread, hints of caramel, soap and orange. Light sweet flavor with grainy malts, mild butterscotch, ripe citrus fruits. Light bodied with soft carbonation. More bread and butterscotch in the finish with light bitter hay and grain husks. Mediocre. Condition is lacking.
Earlier Rating: 10/9/2012 Total Score: 3.3
Bottle at Chrisoโs Pre-GBBF Shindig, 2012, London. Pours lightly hazy gold with a medium, white cream head. Doughy malt nose, some white sugar. Medium sweet flavor, more basic white sugar. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sugary sweet finish, more dough. Itโs fine. Not complex or anything close to it, but enjoyable.
Earlier Rating: 10/9/2012 Total Score: 3.3
Bottle at Chrisoโs Pre-GBBF Shindig, 2012, London. Pours lightly hazy gold with a medium, white cream head. Doughy malt nose, some white sugar. Medium sweet flavor, more basic white sugar. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sugary sweet finish, more dough. Itโs fine. Not complex or anything close to it, but enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2013
at 09:35
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottled 500ml. Clear golden color, small white head. Light sweetish, a bit grainy aroma with light lemon note. Light bodied. Zesty, decent hoppyness, light sweetish fruity notes. Lingering lemony bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2013
at 13:45
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottled 330ml. Deep golden color, small white head. Malty, perhaps a bit grainy aroma. Light bodied. Malty, clean flavor with grassy, earthy hoppy finish. Good "just another lager".
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2013
at 11:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
5.7% Bottle from Sourced Market St Pancras. Black beer lasting thick tan head. Oil and liquorice aroma. Liquorice and dark chocolate and espresso coffee flavour. Pretty decent good mouthfeel. Good level of flavour in the mouth. Yes interesting stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2013
at 06:22
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. 5.8%. Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is floral hops. The flavour is medium bitter with a thin bodied, hoppy, weak liqourice, citrus fruit palate and a short bitter finish. Needs a little more on the hop front I feel, but a decent session beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2013
at 09:46
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
One of the best pale ales from England at Cask Days 2013. Pours cloudy orane with decent head and lacing. Grapefruit colour and grapefruit taste. Medium bitter finish. Thick on palate, nice mouthful here. Very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Oct 2013
at 08:41
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle. Clear amber colour with average, frothy to creamy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Cautious bitter hoppy aroma with a touch of grapefruit. Taste is minimally sweet caramel malty with a biscuit touch, cautiously bitter hoppy; very soft palate. A way more malty than hoppy IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2013
at 12:18
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft @ LCBF 2013. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma. Roasted malty caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Oct 2013
at 15:38
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft @ LCBF 2013. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grainy aroma with weak grassy hints. Fruity malty grainy flavor with weak buttery hints. Has a fruity malty grainy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Oct 2013
at 15:37