Here is the beer cellar, listed according to their scores. Those graded
with identical scores are listed together, without any significance to their
internal order.
| Beer | Brewery | ABV (%) | Comments | Score:/10 | |
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| Rhymney Dark | Rhymney | 4.00 | Good rounded brown mild, with touches of licorice. Aftertaste cuts out immediately, but returns seconds later with bitterness. | 7.0 |
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| Forestinne | Caracole Brewery | 7.50 | The Elven bikini cartoon on the label introduces the svelte citrus taste of this nice but mostly uneventful beer. This taste comes from the pine needles used in the brewing process which is nice, but little different to the sensations produced by the glut | 7.0 |
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| Bink | Kerkom | 5.50 | Musky blonde with large head. Tang of bitterness, with initial wetness. Needs neutral pallet. | 7.0 |
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| Dulle Teve, Triple | De Dolle | 10.00 | "Mad Bitch" Musky amber, thin head, non-sour geuze. Evolving taste. | 7.0 |
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| Arizona | Phoenix | 4.10 | Light golden blonde. Strong hop aftertaste but decent body. Not as dry as the real Arizona. | 7.0 |
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| Ara bier | De dolle brouwers | 8.00 | Golden haze with big head. Fizzy with tart apple tastes, but largesse in dryness and tart aftertaste which lingers for too long imo. | 7.0 |
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| Best Bitter | Archers | 4.00 | Amber with smooth bitterness. Decent, but not as good as the Golden | 7.0 |
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| Golden Jackal | Wolf | 3.70 | Hoppy taste with flowers and citrus. Decent, but unremarkable. | 7.0 |
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| Rum Cask Cider | Millwights | 6.00 | Medium tasting, respectable cider. Not as good as their Kingston Black, but decent enough to be a good sign for the maker | 7.0 |
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| Bob | Wickwar | 4.00 | Light and malt tastes, dry bitterness. | 7.0 |
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| Ginger Explosion | TSA | 5.00 | Strong rush with syrup texture at start, but only with subtle ginger. Quick to satiate. Coating on palette is only available mouthfeel, nothing in taste. Not a ginger beer, and not enough ginger to be a beer with ginger. Better gulped. | 7.0 |
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| Abbey St Martin | St Martins | 5.70 | Slightly sweet malt and spices make this a reasonable brune but ultimately non-descript | 7.0 |
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| Boerken | De Proefbrouwerij | 9.50 | Dark ruby red with fullsome head. Good aroma, nice solid bitterness & extra layer of port as it hits the throat. Flavour dissipates with food. | 7.0 |
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| Old Trip | Hardy and Hansons | 4.70 | Fizzy head, thin but firm bitter taste. Really good bitter on aftertaste. | 7.0 |
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| Old Moor Porter | Acorn | 4.60 | Creamy porter with burnt roasts which hold in the mouth. Some licorice flavours, but mostly overpowered by the roast aroma. Quite filling. | 7.0 |
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| Westgate Gold | Clark's | 4.20 | A pale musky cider colour, with slightly fruity bitterness. Aroma of meadows. | 7.0 |
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| Dorothy Goodbodys Country Ale | Wye Valley Brewery | 6.00 | Dark ruby, with full head. Mixed malt taste, with floral after notes. | 7.0 |
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| Blonde | Daleside | 3.90 | Pale and golden beer with the usual blend of hops and malt in both aroma and aftertaste. The latter quickly dies. Good, but unexceptional. | 7.0 |
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| Fortis rose | Huyghe | 0.00 | Similar to Wittekek rose, not sweet, less strong tastes, can fill cheeks with fruit (like cider) | 7.0 |
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| Oude de Geuze | Chapeau De Troch | 6.00 | Very sour, straight apple fruit hit. Slightly cloudy with a golden haze. | 7.0 |
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| Super Bock - Stout | Unicer | 5.00 | Same visual look as cola. Soft coffee cream texture. co2 on side of mouth, smooth feel once this goes. Not stout in the traditional word. | 7.0 |
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| Clouded Yellow | St Austell | 4.80 | Delicate bottle conditioned with citrus, spices, and vanilla. Slight maple tastes, but destroyed slightly by over carbonation. Interestingly brewed with 50% wheat and 50% barley. | 7.0 |
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| Coffin Lane Stout | Ashover Brewery | 5.00 | Good nose, but standard chocolate/coffee taste. A straight mild. | 7.0 |
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| Super Bock - Abadia | Unicer | 6.40 | No real sense of aroma, same smooth syrup of the normal Super Bock. Slightly fizzy, enveloping light creamy caramel. | 7.0 |
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| Honeyfuzz | Rothervalley | 3.80 | Dark golden colour, with mild sweetness on nose, and dark honey-ish taste. Fuller bitter aftertaste. Not traditional honey in any way. | 7.0 |
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| Grasshopper Kentish Beer | Westerham | 3.80 | Rich dark ale, slight co2, caramel texture aftertaste. Similar to Shepherd Neames, due (no doubt) to their similar reliance on the Kent hops. | 7.0 |
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| Peche Mel Bush | Duboission | 8.50 | Very peach smell. Bush-style solidity. Very obviously Bush, but has fighting tastes. 10 seconds into aftertaste get pungent mouth. | 7.0 |
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| Desperados | Fischer | 5.90 | 'Desperate' in Spanish, and flavoured with tequila. Tries to give a macho image to pleasant alcopop! | 7.0 |
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| Feodale de la Roche Brune | Feodale de la Roche | 7.00 | barley wine texture with mouthfeel of rich wine. Better smell than taste. Gulp for taste, but cleanse with food after, since aftertaste isn't so good. | 7.0 |
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| Angel | Delhaize (contracted) | 8.50 | Golden colour with soft white foam head. Bright aroma with esters. Solid m/f and taste despite looking like pils. Slight bitter a/t. Not unpleasant, but lacking positive quality as _something_ is not fitting (pos sugar) | 7.0 |
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| Krusovice | Kralovsky Pinovar | 4.40 | Light lager with bitterness all the way through. Slightly harsh cream in after-taste. | 7.0 |
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| Clarks | | 0.00 | Initial coffee tang | 7.0 |
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| Old Lager | Mutzig | 6.90 | Means "old lager", and stronger than the standard (4.5%). Standard clean French lager, transient after taste. Drink in glasses - not pints. | 7.0 |
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| Black Beauty | Vale | 0.00 | Smooth, roasted, guiness style with less head. Tight on aftertaste. | 7.0 |
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| Brodies Mild | Brodies | 3.60 | Dry, slightly fizzy. Classic in an 'also-run' kinda way | 7.0 |
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| Pink Killer | DeSilly | 4.70 | Citrisy (grapefruit) blonde, refreshing. Good for long hot summer days, or to lighten the pallet after a brown. | 7.0 |
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| Topper | Tipples | 4.50 | Roast-led stout. Coffe and chocolate blended, just not brilliantly. | 7.0 |
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| Dark Arts | Peerless | 4.00 | Coffee and chocolate mild, using 3 different malts. Similar to Tipples Topper in style and quality. | 7.0 |
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| Union | Meantime | 4.90 | Vienna-style dark lager. Very fizzy, but sunset brown/red. Slight bitter, but fizz throughout which feels odd given the other parameters. | 7.0 |
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| Slaapmutske Triple | Slaapmutske | 8.10 | Herbal and flora aroma and taste. Solid triple style. Livliness in aftertaste | 7.0 |
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| Apuaha | Zagorka (Heineken) | 4.50 | Good pils, but nothing exceptional given the field. | 7.0 |
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| Sagres Preta | Central de Cervejas | 4.10 | Dark beer, with deep red and ruby color. Harsh bitterness. If you hate coffee - you'll score this 3. | 7.0 |
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| Hellfire | Leeds | 5.20 | Smooth mouthfeel at start, slight fruit, bitterness throughout. | 7.0 |
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| Pale Ale | ØRBÆK | 5.00 | Golden with moderate head, medium dissipation. Apple blossom on nose. Tastes of gently bitter, which is refreshing but with no prominent mouth feel, moderate bitter after taste | 7.0 |
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| Angel Witch | Elland brewery | 3.80 | Dark amber, transient aftertaste. A quaffing ale. | 7.0 |
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| ÆRØ Grolle Pilsner | Rise Bryggeri | 4.60 | Golden with fizz appearance with pleasant citrus aroma. Creamy pils with bitterness. Taste lingers longer than other pils beers. Compares well to Bangla. | 7.0 |
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| Pageant Ale | Elgoods | 4.30 | Pale brown bitter, fizzy, spicy aftertaste, notes of herbs. | 7.0 |
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| Dubble bruin | Steenbrugge (Palm) | 6.50 | Gentle brown, but the real taste comes in the aftertaste, where it's still gentile - but agreeable. | 7.0 |
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| Mørk Guld | Svaneke Bryghuset | 5.70 | Red brown colour. Malted grain on nose. Very bitter with hints of caramel. Unfiltered with little residue and unpasteurised. | 7.0 |
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| Gentse Trippel | Brouwerij Van Steenberge | 8.00 | Wet, bitter, decent after kick | 7.0 |
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| Fyinsk Forår | ØRBÆK | 4.80 | Patriot colour - between Dutch gold 2 (10yy 42/460) and Dutch gold 3 (10yy 53/337) on Dulux colour chart, or musky cider gold colour. Very gentle hint of citrus, Refreshing wheat beer (fresh Hoegaarden-esc). Sour. Add a twist of lemon, and it would be goo | 7.0 |
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| Dark Fantastic | Spectrum | 3.50 | Mild with dark ruby colour. Sweet-ish, with a flavour of caramel, toffee, and malt. | 7.0 |
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| Mr Scrooge | Robinsons | 4.40 | Ruby colour and minimal off-white head. Thin texture, rolling bitterness over tongue. Light caramel with nutty tones. | 7.0 |
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| Cherry Stout | Bartrams | 4.80 | Similar to Mackeson's in consistency, with chocolate. Slight chestnut on side of mouth. Cherry is almost hidden! | 7.0 |
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| Old Engine Oil | Harviestoun | 0.00 | Black, no head, molasses, touch of licorice without the aniseed bit (i.e. sugar cane syrup) but moderately thin on quaff, filling out on tonigue with mouthfeel. (Sim. Meantime porter, but better) | 7.0 |
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| Severn Valley Railway Manor Ale | Brooklyn Beer | 4.20 | Dark golden colour with full hop mouthfeel, and slightly heavy texture. | 7.0 |
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| Kolner Weiss | Kolner (sports bar) | 0.00 | Close to Hoegaarden. Direct wheat beer. Soft lingering aftertaste. | 7.0 |
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| Floris Honey | Floris | 4.50 | Strong set honey taste and texture over tongue. Nice bitter at edge, but not as all encompassing as honey ales like Waggledance. Uses wheat beer as base | 7.0 |
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| Diebels Alt | Diebels | 4.80 | Dark amber brown beer, butn t light iaste with malt and bitterness. Rolls across tongue nicely. | 7.0 |
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| De Graal Tripel | De Graal Brewery | 9.00 | Full, rounded and smooth. Malty aftertaste. | 7.0 |
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| Zinnebir | Brouwerij Sint-Pieters | 5.50 | Straight blond, but with hanging bitterness. Strong malt on nose. Graininess on 1st mouth, giving way to lingering tight bitterness. IPA bitterness | 7.0 |
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| Landlords Choice | Wylam | 4.60 | Golden hoppy beer. Akin to Discovery. | 7.0 |
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| Reindeers Delight | Oakleaf | 4.50 | Combined crystal and chocolate malts give this a rounded taste with soft bitterness, effective raisin and sultana aftertaste. Constant hop through. | 7.0 |
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| Old Arthur | Big Lamp | 4.25 | Thin textured with cider flow,but with bitter head. Has notes of lime. | 7.0 |
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| Brand Imperator | Brand | 6.50 | Amber, rich rounded taste but dissapates quickly. Mild CO2 content. | 7.0 |
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| Bavaria Oud bruin | Bavaria | 3.50 | Light other bavaria beer, but fizzy like cola | 7.0 |
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| Good King Senseless | Vale Brewery | 5.20 | Solid and straight beer, with little fizz and mild bitterness. But nothing specifically Christmasy | 7.0 |
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| La Trappe Blonde | De Koningshoeven Brewery | 6.50 | Light, zesty, and bold. Fresh and fruity. Golden in colour, lightly hopped. Elements of apples and pears, and slight citrus follow through. Slightly too much co2 | 7.0 |
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| La Trappe Triple | De Koningshoeven Brewery | 8.00 | Dark blonde. Full, fruity bittersweet beer. Caramel sweet mouthfeel, bitter on back, comes and holds in aftertaste. | 7.0 |
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| La Trappe Witte | De Koningshoeven Brewery | 5.50 | Fresh smell, hints of mild German blond beers. Slightly cloudy white, making it more akin to German wheat, than Dutch wheat beers. e.g Hoegaarden. Aftertaste disspates quickly. Only trappist wheat beer. | 7.0 |
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| Tournament | Goff Brewery | 4.00 | Amber brown, thin head, and old fashioned malt taste on tongue. Slight biscuit taste. Soft lingering after-taste. Thin liquid texture | 7.0 |
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| Sion Kolsch | Sion | 4.80 | Smooth, mildly hoppy, and refreshing. Light in colour and taste, not really a pils, but simple. | 7.0 |
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| Countryman Sweet Cider | Countryman | 6.50 | Good sweet cider | 7.0 |
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| Tomos Watkins - Cwrw Haf | Hurns | 4.20 | Ruby amber, moderate foam. Caramel, sparkling co2 mouthfeel, biscuit aftertaste. Some rubber aroma. | 7.0 |
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| Woild Moild | Wolf | 4.80 | Slight chocolate taste, with tight bitterness. Full fizz with big bubbles, but low carbonation follow through which then disapates quickly. Aftertaste is caramel biscuit. By end, it's almost caramel water | 7.0 |
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| Edinburgh Gold | Stewart | 4.80 | Standard light pale ale. Inoffensive. | 7.0 |
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| Black Swan Mild | Vale | 3.90 | Black with coloured bubbles. Thin tingle of aftertaste, carbonated mouthfeel | 7.0 |
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| Yo-ho Tokyo Black | Yo-Ho Brewery | 5.00 | Festival special. Robust porter, good bitterness. Chocolate and black malts. | 7.0 |
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| Good King Legless | Harviestoun | 4.50 | Mellow taste, that drops smoothly down, with a bite at the back. Sharp bitterness at back of tongue. Slight scent of orange peel and malt. | 7.0 |
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| Steam Sleigh | RCH Brewery | 3.80 | Light gold with bitter caramel, light with citrus zest. Light color with small but pleasant head. Sweet aroma. Nothing Christmasy | 7.0 |
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| Dabinett Medium SV | Whin Hill of Norfolk | 6.70 | Good strength, slightly filmic. | 7.0 |
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| Betty Stogs | Skinners | 4.00 | Cloudy and slow to settle, light bitter colour, biscuit in there, with good mouthfeel, but stains palete slightly - certainly more than it should for session ale (for which this would otherwise be perfect) | 7.0 |
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| Snicklemas | Elgoods | 5.00 | Musky golden brown. Light with good caramel and touches of Tiger (also Elgoods) | 7.0 |
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| Brooklyn Beer | Brooklyn Brewery | 5.20 | Light soft malts, mild hop. Not your usual pils, but tastes ok. | 7.0 |
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| Springhead Liberty | Springhead Brewery | 3.80 | Fullsome mouthfeel, heavy bitter on back on tongue in a/t. Texture of light porter. | 7.0 |
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| Brewer's Dark | J W Lees | 3.50 | Smooth beers with underlying sweetness and very light licorice and chocolate. Good, but unexceptional. | 7.0 |
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| Winter Meltdown | Dark Star | 5.00 | Ginger tang not unlike Thai curry. Holds well. Mild caramel aftertaste on tongue | 7.0 |
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