7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Standing Order.
Appearance - golden and hazy. Thin head.
Nose - orange segment and tinned peach.
Taste - more of the same. Canned fruit cocktail.
Palate - nice bittersweet thing going on. Light bodied.
Overall - good.
Appearance - golden and hazy. Thin head.
Nose - orange segment and tinned peach.
Taste - more of the same. Canned fruit cocktail.
Palate - nice bittersweet thing going on. Light bodied.
Overall - good.
Tried
from Can
at
Standing Order
on 10 Mar 2025
at 13:48
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Rocky off white head on a chestnut coloured body.
Minimal malt aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth & cloying.
Malt, toffee, burnt & berry tastes with a bitter finish.
Drinkable.
Minimal malt aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth & cloying.
Malt, toffee, burnt & berry tastes with a bitter finish.
Drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2025
at 20:57
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Old rating from 2010 - Pint from the cask at the Old Harker Arms in Chester. Pours golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of lemon, orange, flora, caramel & mild hops. Moderate body. Light bitter finish
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2025
at 17:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle from Booths, Keswick.Deep amber-red with a lasting yellowy- beige head. Lovely rich, malty, fruity aroma. Taste is of toffee, a touch of chocolate and baked plums. A top-notch strong bitter, really enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Booths Supermarket (Various Locations)
on 30 Jan 2025
at 13:13
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle from LCB, still in date by 4 months. A slight gusher - needed new trousers. The hazards of beer rating. Clear bright gold with white head, decent lacing but a point off for wet patches. Aroma has a biscuit and grain noted malt with a flora and citrus. Taste has that pale malt but has a drying bitter soapy-floral quality which I didn't find that tasty. Medium bodied, slightly cloying. Not great at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:14
5.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2024
at 22:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Black Lion, Nantwich (now at 3.4%). Pours golden yellow with minimal off-white head and good lacing. The aroma has floral hops, grains and pine. In the mouth it is juicy and quite bitter with floral hops, citrus and lemon. Hints of grapefruit and honey come through later. Bitterness lasts into the slightly sticky finish. This is decidedly reasonable – plenty of flavour for its strength.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Nov 2024
at 22:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Amber colour with thin soapy head. Perhaps not at its best but generally a bit weak and wishy washy. Grassy. Slightly bitter.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2024
at 21:21