3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ The KIT (Kelham Island Tavern), Sheffield, Bedfordshire England S3 8GG. On RateBeer Sheffield "Valley of beer" Crawl 2008. Clear medium amber brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, toffee, coffee notes, fruity maybe prune - apricot notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (260708)
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask gravity at Planet Thanet BF 08. It’s funny, I could see what people were saying about this on the Saturday, but my rating from the Friday still stands. Chestnut colour with thin bubbly off white head. Yep, you get the amarillos on the aroma, some caramel. Fairly watery in mouth, not a lot of condition. Some good amarillo on finish. OK, but just lacks some body.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Stillage at Ye Olde Vic, Stockport 16/07/2005
Amber coloured bitter with a floral and fruity aroma. Some dryness and malt in the finish.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
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Cask @ The Museum, Sheffield.
Pours a nice, clear copper-amber with a super, staying, frothy, off-white head. Mild aroma with toasted caramel and subdued liqourice. Rather watery palate, soft carbonation. Flavour starts sweet and malty. Some heather honey and a herbal edge (perhaps thyme?). Toasted caramel make up the malty backbone. Long, bitter aftertaste with piney notes. Okay, but too thin.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A Mes rate: Gravicask at Planet Thanet 2008.
Dark copper coloured. Glorious hoppy aroma with lovely barley, awesome notes of ginger and some slight orange. The Amarillo shows through really well in the flavour with some nice earthy malt and a gloriously bitter finish. Bags of flavour and character, gorgeous spicy notes. Stunning stuff for a 3.8% beer and a top drawer all day drinker drop of English.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned gravity dispense Northants BF. A chestnut coloured beer with a really good hoppy nose with a bit of lime jelly. Pretty bitter in the mouth with great hops and citrus flavours. A nice bosy and a really good beer.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Out of the Vaults, Leicester. Ruby red/brown with a small head. Aromas are toffee malts with lots of berries, some sourness, quite earthy and hoppy. Flavours are fruity, dry and hoppy. Not so malty as the aroma with a bitter, dry fruity finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask in Blackfriars. Aroma is balanced floural almost soapy hop with caramalt and biscuityness comign through. Taste is similar very floural but not in a bad way.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: AUG 9, 2008 Beautifully fruity Turkish delight flavoured hoppy red pint with a hint of strawberry and a crisp parting bitterness. Fragrant, perfumey and packed with flavour and hop tanginess for a 3.9 percenter.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. At Ye Old Mitre, Hatton Garden, London. Slightly cloudy amber with a nice-sized lasting frothy beige head. Dry, slightly dusty malt aroma, somewhat sweet, with fairly pungent mint leaf/grassy hops. The taste followed right on, the mint/herbal hop character was clearly dominant, and fresh, running to a longish gentle bitter finish. Nice light cask mouthfeel, not too sweet, a good balance between mild malt and non-aggressive fresh hop bitterness - an excellent starter pint for the day!
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