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Fergus

Watford, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Member Supporter Developer
Previously mR_fr0g on ratebeer

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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home picked up from hotm. A hazed reddish nut brown coloured pour with a lasting khaki head. Aroma is semi sweet subdued nutty toasted malts, earth, bark, waxy. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, layered malts, nutty, deep toasted malts, light roast, twiggy,. Mellow roast in the finish. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, bitter finish, highish carbonation.

Tried on 24 Dec 2025 at 22:04


7.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home picked up from HOTM. A deep reddy amber coloured pour with a lively rocky beige frothy head. Aroma is singed pine, biscuit, liquorice, green hop, sap. Flavour is composed of aggressively bitter piney, sap ,resin, . Harsh bitter, resinous pine, sap, tar, biscuit, liquorice, Palate is semi sweer, resinous sticky hop ,moderate carbonation. Not bad.

Tried from Can at House Of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate) on 24 Dec 2025 at 01:01


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Can at home picked up from 73 Enid Street. A hazed golden yellow coloured pour with a lasting frothy white head. Aroma is nice rubber, green hop, green citrus, waxy citrus, some weed on the nose. Flavour is composed of soft powdery wheat, waxy citrus, midget gems, green citrus, waxy, mellow weed, light chalk in the finish. Palate is semi crisp, powdery, chalky, moderate carbonation, i LIKE IT.

Tried from Can at 73 Enid Street (Cloudwater London Taproom) on 23 Dec 2025 at 23:34


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home picked up from HOTM. A light hazed golden orange coloured pour with a fine fading white head. Aroma is jammy citrus, white grape, midget gems, some mellow nelson on the nose. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded base malts, light wheat, jammy orange, citrus, white grape, mellow mellon, Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation. Not bad, but not huge on the classic nelson vibes .

Tried from Can at House Of The Trembling Madness (Lendal) on 23 Dec 2025 at 22:48


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Tap at the mad Squirrel tap watford. A jet black coloured pour with a lasting halo of khaki head. Aroma is semi sweet, dark chocolate, smoke, campfire, some toasted nuts, sweetness. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, dark chocolate some smoke, rounded barley, dark toasted nuts, hint of sweetness nicely rounds it out. Powdery finish. Palate is drying, highish carbonation... Not bad. Lingering dark roast and dark chocolate.

Tried on 21 Dec 2025 at 18:05


Fergus added a new beer The Nutcracker by Mad Squirrel
2 months ago


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at the mad Squirrel tap watford. A hazed pale yellow straw coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is soft floury wheat, waxy, citrus, crayon, grass, tangerine. Mineral. Palate is thin, grainy, chalky finish, highish spritzy carbonation. Flavour is composed of thin wheaty grains, grass, spicy citrus, mineral vague green veg hops, meh. This definitely won't fuel me through winter hibernation.

Tried on 21 Dec 2025 at 17:55



7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

I'm sure I've had this before but here we go. Picked up from 73 Enid. A mostly clear amber orange coloured pour with lasting off white head. Aroma is nice fresh cut grass, biscuity malts, cereal, honey notes. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty cereal, light honey, light grassy hop. Palate is semi crisp, semi sweet, round, highish carbonation. Nice.

Tried on 20 Dec 2025 at 00:57


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home picked up from HOTM. A light hazed golden orange colourd pour with a fine white head. Aroma is semi sweet, orange rind, apricot, peach, biscuity malts. Flavour is composed of some alcohol bite, bitter orange, peach, apricot. alcohol bite, Palate is semi sweet, resin, highish carbonation, alcohol. Little harsh. Big boost though.

Tried from Can on 20 Dec 2025 at 00:02