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Nik Mallon (Beerphemera)

Forename: Nik     Surname: Mallon

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Favourite beer style: Stout. Imperial and/or Dessert for preference

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Style Explorer

Style Explorer

⭐⭐

Awarded for reviewing 5 different beer styles.

Earned: Jul 1, 2025

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Brewhound

⭐⭐

Awarded for reviewing your first 5 breweries.

Earned: Jul 1, 2025

Thirst Awakens

Thirst Awakens

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Earned: Jul 1, 2025

Local Round

Local Round

Awarded for reviewing beers from 5 different breweries.

Earned: Jul 1, 2025

Thirst Awakens

Thirst Awakens

Awarded for reviewing your first 5 different beers.

Earned: May 3, 2025

Innitiate

Innitiate

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Earned: May 3, 2025

First Sip

First Sip

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Earned: May 3, 2025

First Sip

First Sip

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Earned: May 3, 2025

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Beers Reviewed

Nightjar Lost in IKEA reviewed by Beerphemera
Nightjar: Lost in IKEA  1 Jul 2025
Review Score 51.00%
Overall 5/10
Taste 6/10
Aroma 6/10
Body 5/10
Appearance 4/10
Hazy gold. Good creamy head as poured, with very good retention and some lacing. Dry, wheat, citrus pith aroma. Dry, fruit, bit ?wine? taste and after. Some effervescence.
At pub or place: Black CatIn town or city: Liverpool
Salopian Day In A Life reviewed by Beerphemera
Review Score 51.08%
Overall 5/10
Taste 6/10
Aroma 5/10
Body 5/10
Appearance 4/10
Bright gold. Active pour, dispersing, OK head with some retention and OK lacing. Fruit candy hop aroma. Similar taste and after – very cold, might have more to it if warmer. Refreshing and light.
At pub or place: Black CatIn town or city: Liverpool
BrewDog NanoDog White IPA reviewed by Beerphemera
Review Score 47.25%
Overall 5/10
Taste 5/10
Aroma 4/10
Body 4/10
Appearance 4/10
Hazy brass gold. Some fizz on pour, dispersing, with no retention or lacing. Fairy Liquid, hop syrup aroma, developing slightly warm, herbal note under. Soapy Witbier, bit cheap homebrew. Disappointing – I know the NanoDog range is meant to be experimental, but this is almost homebrew-level.
In town or city: LiverpoolPurchased from: BrewDog.com
Review Score 82.00%
Overall 9/10
Taste 8/10
Aroma 8/10
Body 6/10
Appearance 8/10
Black. Some dark tan head as poured, thin halo and no surface retention with some layering. Rich chocolate, salted caramel, coffee aroma. Dark roast salted caramel mocha taste, similar after. Creamy, thick, smooth. Part of a series of flavoured coffee Impy Stout, with Hard Lines Coffee.
At pub or place: Dead Crafty Beer Co.In town or city: LiverpoolPurchased from: Dead Crafty Beer Co.
Review Score 66.00%
Overall 8/10
Taste 7/10
Aroma 8/10
Body 6/10
Appearance 8/10
Red-black with a tan ring as poured, not lasting (possibly wrong shaped glass?) Milk chocolate coffee aroma, developing vanilla, woody bourbon, caramel... Similar taste and after, which doesn't really do it justice - so complex, it cycles through about 20 different profiles, tried to capture an average in my score.
At pub or place: The 23 Club / The Clove HitchIn town or city: LiverpoolPurchased from: The 23 Club / The Clove Hitch
Review Score 70.00%
Overall 8/10
Taste 8/10
Aroma 9/10
Body 6/10
Appearance 8/10
Black. Large dark tan head on pour, with good surface and halo retention and OK lacing. Dryish, cocoa, Nutella aroma. Hefty, boozy, Pain au Chocolat taste and after.
At pub or place: at homePurchased from: Beer 52

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The Willow Bank 3 May 2025
Review Score 51.50%
Overall 1/10
Beer Quality 5/10
Beer Selection 4/10
Atmosphere 6/10
Service 6/10
Value 7/10
Used to be a regular haunt of mine, I'm shocked to see how long it's been since I was last there. A slightly limited selection - it was, and I think still is, a Green King pub, so it obviously favours their brews, but managed to have a couple of interesting, some local, options and generally at a decent price.
Reportedly Accepts Cash
Location: LiverpoolVisited: 10 Apr 2017Food AvailableHas Beer Garden/Outdoor Space

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