6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 3.7%. Yeasty and mashy aroma. Almost clear pale yellow colour. Very small white head. Good fruity flavour, slightly watery, but good for ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2008
at 12:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled cask. Dark as pitch, only covered by a few bubbles on the top. Sweet, dark malty aroma with notes of coffee. Complex flavour with a core of tart cherry and late fruits woven into a dark malty backbone with hints of anise. Bittersweet endnotes. Well bodied ale.
This rating completes my drinking sessions at The Great British Beer Festival. Great festival with splendid arranged rating conditions - I love to return in 2009! (09.08.2008).
This rating completes my drinking sessions at The Great British Beer Festival. Great festival with splendid arranged rating conditions - I love to return in 2009! (09.08.2008).
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Sep 2008
at 02:49
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Clear, dark golden, virtually no head. Brush of bitter hops in aroma. Rounded fruit hoppy taste in the direction of grapefruits. Very average for the golden style (GBBF, 07.08.2008).
Tried
on 02 Sep 2008
at 02:23
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
[500ml bottle from The Little Beer Shop, Blofield, Norfolk] Big whiff of sweet malt and fresh, crisp citrus on opening the bottle. Pours a deep gold/amber with a tiny, irregular white head. Slight carbonation yet quite soft mouthfeel. malt and citrus continue in foretaste with some honey. So far, so good, albeit a little watery. But.. oh no... some dry sourness creeps in as you drink more. Sourness fades into a dusty hop finish. An average beer that I wouldn’t particularly choose again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2008
at 18:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF2008. Deep brown colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is dark fruits, roasted malts and some mild smoked notes. Flavour is roasted malts, some hay, raisins and mild coffee.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2008
at 13:26
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask@GBBF2008. Golden colour with small off-white head. Aroma is sweetish bitter wood along with some grassy and flowery notes. Flavour is quite much the same. The wooden notes stay for long in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2008
at 15:43
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear golden with tiny off white head. Sweet fruity aroma with floral notes. Flavor likewise with a mild hoppy end.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2008
at 18:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black with tiny beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and coffee. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, coffee, liquerice and bitter chocolate. Ends dry.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2008
at 17:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Cask at Paisley Beer Festival 2008 ... Deep black ... chocolate nose ... loads of roast malts some chocolate
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2008
at 13:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK. Clear dark brown color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt, coffee, licorice. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. (Malt bitternes). Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (180108)
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Mar 2008
at 02:06