7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle from Sourced, St. Pancras. Pours near-black with a tight, long- lasting white head. Great lacing. Coffee aromas, alongside burnt sugar, cake mix and rum. Taste has a good balance of sweet and bitter. Medium bodied, creamy texture, roasted bitter finish. very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2013
at 09:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
One-third pint, draught at London Craft Beer Festival. Beige, bubbly head, minimal lacing. Near-black coloured body. Dark malts to the nose with a touch ash. Roasted dark malty flavours. Mild bittersweet coffee-like ending. Pleasing (London 16.08.2013).
Tried
on 01 Oct 2013
at 01:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
10th January 2013
Bright clear amber beer with a small off white head. Palate is light and dry. Mild creamy malt, semi dry. Hops are bitter, slightly harsh with a grassy note. A sour fruit and grapefruit - pithy orange. Bitter linger. Slightly harsh bit actually quite drinkable.
Bright clear amber beer with a small off white head. Palate is light and dry. Mild creamy malt, semi dry. Hops are bitter, slightly harsh with a grassy note. A sour fruit and grapefruit - pithy orange. Bitter linger. Slightly harsh bit actually quite drinkable.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2013
at 14:22
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Medium coarseish brown head doesn’t last. Clear deep brownish red body. Earthy sugary cinnamon bun aroma with floral notes. Dry-sweet earthy roasted sugar and cinnamon taste with spicy metallic notes. Mid-to-thin body. Mild, smooth mouthfeel. Dryish spicy caramelly earthy aftertaste with metallic notes. Nice, drinkable, perhaps a bit metallic. (0.5l bottle, from Beermoth, Manchester.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2013
at 14:35
3/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Cask at Crate Brewery in Hackney, London on 13 July 2013. Poured a cloudy brown with not much white head. Funky aroma with a little grain and grass in there. Watery mouth feel, light sweet malts, but a rather sweaty cask flavour... Some residual bitterness. Don’t think this was in the best condition, so probably worth re-rating when the opportunity presents itself.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Aug 2013
at 11:31
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draft at Crate Brewery in Hackney, London on 13 July 2013. Hazy golden colour with a thin white head. Aroma of floral hops and some biscuity sweetness. Bready malt flavour with some tropical fruit notes. Not much going on in the palate.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2013
at 11:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Crate Brewery in Hackney, London on 13 July 2013. Poured a dark brown with almost no head. Aroma of light chocolate and roasted malt, slight funk that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. Flavours of malt sweetness with some cakey and some coffee and burnt bitterness on the palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Aug 2013
at 11:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at Crate Brewery in Hackney, London on 13 July 2013. Poured a hazy orange with a thin white head. Aroma of grainy malt mixed with grass/ piney hop resin. Initial assertive hop bitterness if balanced by juicy, fruity malt flavours.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2013
at 11:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Ket at Crate - Hackney Wick, London. Pours clear copper, finely effervescent, with a light, foamy white head. Some lightly bready malts in e nose, a bit of orange, faint pine. Light to medium sweet flavor with further bready malts, lightly juicy orange, some sponge cake, mellow toasted grass. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Sweet finish with light toasty pine bitterness, suggestions of caramel, some mildly juicy orange, somewhat bready malts. Not a terribly complex pale ale but quite drinkable.
Tried
on 17 Jul 2013
at 09:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured a clear rich amber with a thin white head. The aroma is creamy malt, leading to a medium bitter flavour, with some smooth malt and bitter hops on the palate and some metallic notes too. If all lagers were like this i’d probably start drinking lager once again!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2013
at 12:52