3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Clear medium to dark red brown color with a large, frothy, excellent / good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, chocolate, fruity. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. (Chocolate and coffee malt bitter) Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (221207)
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a stunning deep mahogany colour with lasting creamy head. Aroma is of alcohol, brown toasty bread and dark sour fruit. Feels lovely on the palate with a medium sweet malty body. Hints at some chocolate but then it goes before the subtle hops. Flavour lingers for a few seconds. Very drinkable.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ Craig’s house. bread, brown, hazy, aminimal head, medium bitterness, medium body, creamy, lively,
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle at home ... copper ... sweet fruity malt ... bit over fizzy metallic and hoppy quite bitter little caramel
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
The color is dark brown and the head has big bobbles, that quickly disappears. The aroma is sweet, slightly acidic with fruity notes. The flavour is sweet with notes of fruit, caramel and a slight bitterness in the finish. It has an almost vinous expression, but it lacks complexity and I’m disappointed.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From the bottle, this pours a beautiful burgundy colour with a creamy, off-white head. The nose is of sweet malts and tobacco. The body is quite full and the flavours boast caramel and a fruitcake-like quality. Really rather nice, with a pleasant bitter finish to counter the predominantly sweet profile.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle from Tesco, Biceter, 16-12-07 Poured very dark brown with a tan head. I’ve had this beer many times but have noted a very slight sourness on first taste, despite this slight oddity it was still very artificially sweet, some dried fruit and just never tasted as good as I recalled, maybe it just isn’t the same as it was. Still I have a second bottle so I will try it again later, but merely an ok beer not the beer I remember.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Dark brown with tan head. Dry and malty, fruity start with bitter finish. Excellent.
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