2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
At the brewery tap, with tashi, 13th April 2008. Still and gold, this has a predictable citrus aroma which is spoilt by notes of dust & plaster. The taste is bland and after trying the Hop Pocket, this was a real disappointment. 1648 can do better than this.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Nice frothy head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sour brett, stable, malt, fruits, flowers and hops. Not sure brett is intentional but I like it.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the White Rock Hotel, Hastings. Straw with a thin white head; the aroma is grainy and faintly citrus - I’m not sure at this point whether this is a Golden Ale or a cask lager; quite thin in the mouth, but with an assertive flavour - some indistinct sour fruit and some strong grains, with a touch of honeyed sweetness; then a dry finish. Interesting, but I don’t think I’d venture beyond one of these.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
50 cl bottle @ chriso.
Rated on 20110722.
Pours hazy light yellow with large head, looks somewhat like champagne. Aroma of light sour fruits, spices and malts. Flavor of sour grassy fruits, butter and reminds me of jonge lambics. Probably a bit infected.
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3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned at Minehead Beer Fest ’11. Pale gold with white head. Light, quite thinnish beer but with a light fruitiness in the close, passion fruit perhaps, leading to bitterness. It’s ok.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (GBBF2011)
A pleasant hoppy bitter, with a nice wooly finish. It’s nice to have some interesting fresh hoppy tastes in my mouth after a trough of boring bitters.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at GBBF 2011, Wednesday. Clear golden - white head. Fruity, light malty, light pilsner malty, a bit crispy, bitterness, ok hoppy, citrus. OK.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and mild citrusy hoppy. Bitter, grassy and light citrusy. Dry and fruity finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at GBBF 2011.
Clear golden coloured with a small white head.
Fruity aroma of caramel and hops with notes of grass.
Fruity flavour of hay, grass and grape fruits.
Dry hoppy finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled (from Beers Of Europe). Golden colour, lively, big white head. Aroma is berries, some rather sour wooden notes as well as seabuckthorn. Flavour is sourish wood, some mild herbal notes as well as floral notes. Slightly infected, but in a good way.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpump) @ Kings Head, 1 High Street, East Hoathly, Lewes, East Sussex, England BN8 6DR.
Clear light to medium yellow color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity, caramel, notes, moderate hoppy, citrus, light grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, citrus, fruity, fresh. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100807]
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