6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Chelmsford CAMRA Summer Beer & Cider festival 2026. Thanks to Grumbo.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Aug 2026
at 15:27
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 5
Overall 6.5
15/7/2026. Cask at the Chelmsford CAMRA Summer Beer & Cider Festival 2026.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jul 2026
at 14:42
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
15/7/2026. Cask at the Chelmsford CAMRA Summer Beer & Cider Festival 2026.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jul 2026
at 14:38
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Russet brown with a creamy off-white head and a soft fruity aroma. Soft and smooth, big on forest fruits, sweet fruit malt and a fresh fruity finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Queen's Head Inn
on 22 Jan 2026
at 13:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Bird in Hand, Stafford. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small tan head and good lacing. There’s roasted malts in the aroma, plus hints of dark fruits and coffee. In the mouth the initial impression is of both sweet and bitter characteristics. Flavour has roasted malts, cherries and liquorice with hints of chocolate, coffee and marmalade coming later. Finish is slightly fruity. This is decent.
Tried
from Cask
at
Bird in Hand (Black Country Inns)
on 07 Jan 2026
at 15:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle on The Weardale Explorer - 813, picked up from the bar, 05/04/2025.
Black with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is cocoa powder, dark malts, light roast, charr.
Taste comprises chocolate, toasted brown sugar, dried fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light drying close.
Tidy enough stout.
Black with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is cocoa powder, dark malts, light roast, charr.
Taste comprises chocolate, toasted brown sugar, dried fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light drying close.
Tidy enough stout.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2025
at 21:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2025
at 20:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Harwich Beer Festival 2024 with Grumbo and ITFCDan. Aroma is dark fruits, malt, liquorice, chocolate and fruit cake. Minimal carbonation. Nice bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jan 2025
at 14:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the London & North Western, Birmingham. Clear light amber with smooth off white head, good lacing. Bready malt with overripe stone fruits and not much in the way of flavouring hops. There is a nice sessionable balance to it though.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:08
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Hop Vault, Stourbridge, online. Clear amber, small white head, small scattering on top once settled. Aroma of sweet malts, toffee, raisins, pear. Taste is buttery, sweet malts, pear, mild bitterness, light alcohol. Its ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:24