5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Crosse Keys, JDW, London. Pours clear, red-brown with a light, filmy head. Leather, musty aroma, faint dry and stale cocoa. Bad, unpleasant flavor. More leather, ugly chocolate grass or something. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finish is abysmal. Plastic. Weeds, funky stale finish. Bad beer. Ew. Damn it. (First reviewed October 2011, score: 1.9)
Cask at GBBF 2017. Much better though still not spectacular. Pours clear, deep copper with a foamy head. The nose holds some leaves, berries, lightly toasted grains. Lightly sweet, a little earthy. Light bodied with fine carbonation; OK condition. Finishes with moderate sweetness, subtle tangy berries. Enjoyable. (August 2017, score: 3.3)
Cask at GBBF 2017. Much better though still not spectacular. Pours clear, deep copper with a foamy head. The nose holds some leaves, berries, lightly toasted grains. Lightly sweet, a little earthy. Light bodied with fine carbonation; OK condition. Finishes with moderate sweetness, subtle tangy berries. Enjoyable. (August 2017, score: 3.3)
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2011
at 17:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Society Room, JDW. Hazy copper colour, off-white head. Nose is caramel malts, light fruity, bit of vegetables. Flavour is caramel malts, little citrus, slight stickyness. Fairly dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2011
at 06:12
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, tart apples, sour malt fruity. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat. [20110803]
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Sep 2011
at 14:19
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium amber colour with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toffee. Flavour is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, thin. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110803]
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2011
at 23:14
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle @ Chris O’s. Thanks guys. Pours cloudy orange with a small bubbly off white head. Sweet fruit, nuts and cellar. Oxidized. A bit thin body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2011
at 08:23
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium amber colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, light roasted. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110802]
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2011
at 09:24
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours amber with a off white head. Straw, berries and benzin. Sweet and thin. Short end.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2011
at 08:51
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours clear golden with no head. Grain, hay and dust. Medium to thin body. Short end.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2011
at 08:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, caramel and some mild notes of toffee. Flavour is fruity, earthy, mildly floral notes as well. Finishes bitter and a bit nutty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2011
at 22:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2011. Deep golden colour, small head. Aroma is fruits, wood, caramel, some earth and mild floral notes. Flavour is being quite similar with the earthyness and caramel being more evident. Rather bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2011
at 22:10