3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Wetherspoon’s, Hammersmith.
Fine creamy head, a well balanced bitter with a malty base and a nice hoppy bitterness. Good, not outstanding.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cloudy amber with a lasting white head. Fruity aroma with a little apple peel. Sweet malty flavour with apple notes. Hoppy and bitter finish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is sweet malts, hops and some cookies. Flavour is flowery and grassy hops. Mouthdrying.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Clear golden with tiny white head. Sweet fruity aroma with mild hoppy notes. Sweet flavor with caramel and floral hops.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Pembury Fest. Amber with a thin white head. Appley malt and hops in the aroma with a taste much the same, some bitterness in the finish but quite well balanced overall. Not bad.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask in counting house, wetherspoon beer fest. Alround: Sweet sulphury, bittersweet, caramel and honey nut crunchy.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A Mes rate: Cask at Baker St. ’Sporks.
Ahh, a Stockport beer. My home town. Biased I may be but this was pretty good. Gloden brown / amber with a reasonable white head that lasted well. Malty and fruity aroma with some nice delicate hoppy notes. Similar flavour with some lovely nutty notes and nice bitter hops giving it good balance. Even more so in the finish. Certainly one of the better beers I have had from this particular ’Sporks.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (handpump), Shakespeares Head (JDW), Holborn. Amber colour with a modest but lasting, off-white head. Prominent, solid hop presence on the nose. Spicy and fruity with a steely, mineral edge. Pronounced chalky bitterness on the palate with grapefruit. Some juicy, fruity malt in the background. Nicely balanced with a firm mouthfeel and a slaty bite. Lingering bitterness on the finish. Nothing too complex here but an exemplary best bitter. Top notch.
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