6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers GB. Aroma is herbal, grassy, malty with hints of citrus and stone fruits. Honey and caramel coming through on the taste. Still quite lively mouthfeel. Easy to drink and quite enjoyable.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 11:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe, online. Pours a near black with small tanned head, some retention. Aroma of roasted sweet malts, chocolate, liquorice, coffee, spice Taste of sweet malts, roast, chocolate, tangy dark fruit middle, finishing dry with roast, liquorice, yeast, mild sourness. Interesting. Near medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Quite a tangy stout with some sourness. Not sure if the yeast took hold a bit too much in my bottle or if it genuinely is supposed to taste like this. For me in slightly distracts from the stout elements although still a decent interesting brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle purchased from Beers of Europe some time ago and drunk at home. Mid- to dark gold and clear with a small smattering of off-white head. Lots of caramel on the nose, lighter notes of raisin, orange rind and honey. Sweet taste at first, tempered by gentle bittering hops. More caramel, tamarind and grape in the finish. Light to medium body, medium carbonation. As magnificent as the men after whom it was named.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2024
at 23:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle shared with Blackhaddock. Pours golden amber, good off-white head. Sweet nose, caramel shining through, continues to taste with fruity dried rind, caramelised malt, maltloaf finishing bitter. Decent old ale to finish a heavy night.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2024
at 08:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
5th March 2024, last beer of a mega-tasting with Minutemat in my home bar. 500ml bottle: BBE September 2024, obtained from Beers of Europe. Golden orange body (no sediment left the bottle), clean looking, on top a decent off-white crown. Malty, semi-sweet front to the aroma and taste, some fruity (none citrus) notes with a fairly dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2024
at 22:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe 19/11/2023 New UK brewery ✅ lightly toasted sweet malty, cereal, hedgerow, herbal twiggy hops, medium to light bodied, malty slightly bitter and dry into the close.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2023
at 20:57
3.7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the CAMRA Cambridge Beer Festival 2023. Pours clear gold with a white cap. Pale malt, fruity, light grassy. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter. Medium body, soft carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 May 2023
at 21:37
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Branthill Farm Shop. Clear dark ruby red. Not much of a head. In fact it’s not in great nick. Hint of vinegar on top of roast malt and some leafy hop. Fortunately there’s not much taste to this. It’s really quite bland. Thin mouthfeel with low to nil carbonation. Crap tbh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2023
at 18:50
6/10
Tried
on 03 Apr 2023
at 18:57
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle. Branthill Farm ale shop probably. Pours slightly dreary. Looks dreary. Bit worty. Nettle leaf hoppage. Syrupy and a bit heavy. Weird sour funky thing running through. Loved it, tbh. It’s horrible bollocks, but enjoyable horrible bollocks.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2023
at 19:28