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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| Burton Bitter | Marston | 3.80 | Golden red in colour, but a light beer, with slight hoppy tang, and biscuit taste as it washes past. | 7.5 |
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| La Trappe Dubbel | De Koningshoeven Brewery | 7.00 | Dark ruby red, light foamy head, slightly yeast aroma and continuing flavour. Yeast can be piercing in places. | 7.5 |
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| Zagorka | Zagorka (Heineken) | 5.00 | Bulgarian lager. Good pils, due to strength and not being like Heineken! | 7.5 |
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| 4x4 | Wye Valley Brewery | 4.40 | Light golden ale, with sparkling fizz. Straight and fresh taste. Good aroma. No a lot of aftertaste. Better than expected for a branded ale. | 7.5 |
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| Kasteel Rouge | Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck | 8.00 | Red due to cherry, not ruby. Morello cherry aroma, with slight bitterness in a cherry pie filling. Long lingering aftertaste. Vibrant mouthfeel. Too much taste for many. | 7.5 |
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| Anchor Porter | Anchor | 5.60 | Strong equivalent of the other anchor brews | 7.5 |
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| Golden Valley | Breconshire Brewery | 4.20 | Single variety soft hop. Gentle and direct bitterness with subtle tastes. Session. | 7.5 |
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| Smocked Bock | Meantime | 0.00 | Smooth, slightly fizzy, smokey aroma and taste, but subdued by soft malt mouth feel | 7.5 |
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| Black Jack Porter | Cliff Quay | 4.50 | Named for the anisseed sweet, much more pronounced in aroma, less in taste. If only it could have followed through. | 7.5 |
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| Wild Oat Stout | Glencoe Brewery | 0.00 | Perfectly drinkable oatmeal, but is either 'a cliche' or 'a template' of this style | 7.5 |
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| Firefly Bitter | Firefly | 0.00 | Light, slight fizz, no head, dark golden colour with lacings. | 7.5 |
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| Ezel Bruin | Ezel | 8.50 | Sweet, slightly sugar with some caramel on aftertaste. Mild hop notes. Better taste than smell. Longer a/t if left, but muggy | 7.5 |
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| Malzbier | (sports bar one) | 0.00 | More grainy and less refined than other. Very slightly bitter. Hints of horlicks. Slighter wetter and less rich. | 7.5 |
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| Früh Kölsch | Früh | 4.80 | Pils like Sion Kölsch, but with hoppy aftertaste that grows in mouth. | 7.5 |
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| Mythique | | 0.00 | Pure yellow golden, good foam head, citrus aroma, smooth mouthfeel and slightly tingle. | 7.5 |
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| Waterloo Double | Du Bocq | 8.50 | Brown and ruby colour, but straight brown taste. Slight fruit materializes on the back of the palet after a few seconds. | 7.5 |
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| Dark Horse | ØRBÆK | 5.00 | Dark ruby with good head. Taste of bitter roasted malts, with only a subtle malt in aroma. Good beer to change gear from pale ales to dark ales | 7.5 |
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| Orkney Blast | Highland | 6.00 | Golden fullsome mouthfeel to remind you it's light , but strong biscuit malt a/t ultimately sits heavier on pallet. Woody aroma. | 7.5 |
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| Alligator Ale | Ascot Ales | 4.60 | US style single hop beer using cascade hops with refreshing rounded taste and citrus-come-meadow aroma. Light, but slightly bitter, taste with pleasant if shallow a/t. Session. Loses fizz quickly. | 7.5 |
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| Hole Hearted | Oakleaf | 4.70 | Golden yellow over-foamy (but my pint was lively, so might not be true) No taste problem, smooth bitter coating,good hop on nose, but less so on taste, going to dry bitterness instead. | 7.5 |
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| Taras Boulba | Brasserie De La Senne | 4.50 | Slightly cloudy, not as bitter on initial taste as thought as it's balanced with quite a high hop content. But this beds down on tongue, and holds in a/t, to reveal solid bitterness. | 7.5 |
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| Equinox | Brasserie De La Senne | 8.00 | Deep ruby to black in colour. Opens with fruity hops and strong bitterness, followed by a good continuing bitterness in the mouthfeel which lingers well into the aftertaste | 7.5 |
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| Anastasias Exile Stout | Ascot Ales | 5.00 | Dark rich bottle ale. Visually flat, but discovers smooth bed of fizz when drunk. Rich and aromatic taste with dark caramel in taste. | 7.5 |
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| Sweetheart Stout | Tennent Caledonian Breweries | 2.00 | Pours with consistency of cola, but less fizz. Aroma is spicy and sweet-between cinnamon and aniseed, which follows in the tastes. Thin, un-stout like. Holds well, easy drinker. | 7.5 |
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| Gunners Daughter | Old Cannon | 5.50 | Fizzy, yet rich, strong ale that's smooth throughout - from taste, to fullsome mouthfeel, to after-taste. Undetermined hop taste with fruity hops. | 7.5 |
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| Worth the Wait | Beeston | 4.20 | Golden ale, with slightly sparkling. Dry bitterness, with extra co2 on aftertaste. | 7.5 |
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| Oldfield SV Perry | Oliver's Orchards | 6.00 | Sharper and sweeter than the Hecks Blakeney. Still good. | 7.5 |
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| Blackeney Red SV Perry | Hacks | 6.20 | Smooth, sweet, rounded, no sticky aftertaste. | 7.5 |
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| Jomfruhumle | Søgaards Bryghus | 4.80 | Subtle grain aroma, and coloured a deep red. Strains of mild ESB and/or similarity to Doom Bar. | 7.5 |
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| Bersalis | Brasserie Oud Beersel | 9.50 | Recently created beer. Light blond, extra bitterness aftertaste with sweet aroma. With improvement could be a Leffe. | 7.5 |
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| Dark Horse | ØRBÆK | 5.00 | Dark ruby with good head. Subtle malt on nose, but tasting of bitter roasted malts. Good beer to change gear from pale ales to dark ales | 7.5 |
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| Stone Caligornia Double IPA | Stone Brewery | 7.00 | Surprising deep golden ale. Hoppy (natch!) with malt backing. | 7.5 |
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| King Summer Ale | King | 4.00 | Light golden colour, refreshing bitterness. Slightly watery mouthfeel and aftertaste. Possibly too fizzy. Unassertive taste. | 7.5 |
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| ÆRØ Dark Ale | Rise Bryggeri | 6.00 | Deep brown colour with a mild grain smell. Tastes of rich solid roasted grain, with a hint of caramel. Would hold it's own against most UK brown ales. The organic version has elements of cognac. | 7.5 |
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| Gravediggers mild | Church End | 3.80 | Mild taste, with burnt nose, and resonating soft toffee taste. A light porter. Dry on aftertaste. | 7.5 |
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| Premier Bitter | Moorhouse | 3.70 | Amber session beer. Standard pint, but good. | 7.5 |
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| ÆRØ Hertug Hans - No 5 Valnod | Rise Bryggeri | 7.00 | Good transition beer, that red fruit colour and maple aroma and flavour in a beer. Good with ribs or proper burger and chips with American bbq sauces or other sweet smoky sauces with a tomato base. Elements of AoverT or Tay Berry. | 7.5 |
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| Lord Lee's | North Yorkshire | 4.70 | Bright and fizzy beer, that's red-brown in colour and twin pairings of malt and sugar. Malt bitter after-taste. | 7.5 |
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| Pickled Santa | Hopback | 6.00 | Fizzy and spicy, with good over notes. Has feel of Christmas beer, and strong enough to make you fall asleep in front of the fire | 7.5 |
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| Wilkins Dry | Wilkins | 6.00 | Dry, warm, and soft. Good apple acidity. Fluid taste. | 7.5 |
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| Old Monty Dry Cider | Montgomery Cidermakers | 6.00 | Golden haze, sour Welsh cider. A little rough, ends well with tight dryness | 7.5 |
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| Sweet Chariot | Marston | 4.80 | Spicy, strong smell on nose - but not palette, citrus fruit and hops. | 7.5 |
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| Santas Little Helper | Caledonian | 3.70 | This is copper red in colour with a large foam head and already looks the Christmas part. Malt aroma, with sweet caramel taste, but ending in bitterness. Slight tangs of fruit and leaf. | 7.5 |
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| Super Bock - Lemon | Unicer | 4.00 | Overiding lemon syrup with strains of Desperados, but with additional sweetness. Similar tannins of whisky beer. | 7.5 |
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| Castle Milk Stout | South African Breweries, SABMill | 6.00 | Black body, creamy head. Surprising refreshing. | 7.5 |
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| Dorothy Goodbodys Christmas Ale | Wye Valley Brewery | 6.00 | Golden ruby, full malts, delicate spice aroma. Roast character at side. Could almost be a porter. | 7.5 |
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| Oatmeal Stout | Buntingford | 4.40 | Solid chocolate mild, with bitterness bite on back of palete. Solid taste. Slight coffee tang to it. | 7.5 |
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| Discovery | Fullers | 4.20 | Lager malts for lightness with slight biscuit flavours and a fruity zest. Rarely used Saaz hops. Intended for summer. | 7.5 |
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