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Handpull cask at the Salmon, Leicester. Lightish gold and clear with very little head. Grapefruit, marmalade, hints of lychee on the nose. Bittersweetctaste, white grapefruit to the fore with bitter hop oils coating the back of the throat to the finish. Medium body, not a lot of carbonation. Nice.

Tried at Salmon (Black Country Ales) on 14 Aug 2025 at 18:04

jjsint added a new beer Keep It Simple by Lenton Lane Brewery
11 months ago

jjsint (8803) reviewed

House of Coffee from Magic Dragon Brewing

11 months ago

7.3/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5

Handpull cask at the Salmon, Leicester. Mid-brown, hint of purple. Translucent with a medium-sized buff head. There's coffee in the aroma, sure, but lots of plum, hedgerow, a smidge of chocolate. Sweet taste, again a good dollop of plum. Tongue-coating bitterness on the finish. Body is a bit thin but there's some soft carbonation that lifts it up. A little bit of a revelation is this.

Tried from Cask at Salmon (Black Country Ales) on 14 Aug 2025 at 16:48

jjsint (8803) reviewed

Skylark from Mauldons

11 months ago

6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

Handpull cask at the Salmon, Leicester. Light gold but not quite straw, clear with a uneven white head. A light lemony scent, a little soapy, some Hay and grass character. Bittersweet with clean citrus hop. Bitterness fills the mouth in the finish. A vegetal touch but otherwise lovely. Light body with soft carbonation. A simple and well-executed British golden.

Tried from Cask at Salmon (Black Country Ales) on 14 Aug 2025 at 16:31

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7 Years Stout from Vault City

11 months ago

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8

Draught keg at the Real Ale Classroom, Leicester city centre. Fairly dark brown, opaque with a ring of khaki head. Aroma of caramel, treacle, salt, Marmite.
Taste is sweet, cracked wheat, yeast extract, salted caramel. Thin and syrupy body with medium carbonation. Amazing.

Tried from Draft at Real Ale Classroom - City Centre on 12 Aug 2025 at 22:08

jjsint (8803) reviewed

7 Years Sour from Vault City

11 months ago

7.4/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

Draught keg at the Real Ale Classroom, Leicester city centre. Aroma of mango, passionfruit, carrot, white pepper. Intense sour flavour with spicy pepper, light vegetal notes, lots more tropical fruit flavour. Thick body, light to medium carbonation. This is an amazing sour.

Tried from Draft at Real Ale Classroom - City Centre on 12 Aug 2025 at 20:05

jjsint (8803) reviewed

Tumbling Dice from Overtone Brewing Co.

11 months ago

7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

Draught keg at the Real Ale Classroom, Leicester city centre. Dark gold and hazy with very little head. Aroma of pine, apricot, pineapple, grass. Intense sugaruly sweetness laden with tropical fruit. Thick body with medium carbonation. A pretty special DIPA.

Tried from Draft at Real Ale Classroom - City Centre on 12 Aug 2025 at 19:35

jjsint (8803) reviewed

Heavy Lifting from 71 Brewing

11 months ago

7.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7

440ml can bought from and drunk in Tønne, Leicester. Very light almost orangeish brown,clear with a small loose film of beige head. Big malty aroma, rye bread, caramel, raisins, figs, orange peel. Intense for the ABV. Lovely taste, more fig and raising and bready notes. Sweet all the way down to the long finish. Light to medium body with carbonation on the heavy side. Love these kinds of beers.

Tried from Can at Tønne on 12 Aug 2025 at 18:29

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Juicy Joe from Beartown Brewery

11 months ago

6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7

Draught keg at Tønne,.light to middle gold, heaY with a tiny ring of white head. Good lacing. Light aroma of peach, some coconut, a little pineapple and passionfruit. Sweet taste, melon and more peach here, getting less of the passinfruit. Turns a bit biter in the finish. There's a vegetal note I'm not mad about but otherwise nice. Full body for the ABV, carbonation on the heavy side. A good beer, bouyed up even more by the decent 5.7% ABV.

Tried from Draft at Tønne on 12 Aug 2025 at 18:04

jjsint added a new beer Juicy Joe by Beartown Brewery
11 months ago