3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (Guide Dog, Southampton) - Dark amber in colour. Biscuity and malty aroma with a hint of caramel. Nicely balanced taste with malt and hops both vying for attention. Notes of caramel can be detected.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask stillage at the Grape and Grain Spring Beer Festival 2012, Crystal Palace. Mahogany pour with a white head. Malty aroma of raisins and toffee. Sweet malt flavour, bit of treacle and toffee in there. Light bitter-malt finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Conditioned Handpump Coach & Horses Wellingborough. A brown beer with a whitish head. A very pleasant session beer with fruity and leafy hops. A touch of nuts and grain. Old fashioned but with extra hopping. A very easy quaffer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Oh this is a good beer, i’m a Theakstons man but this does tick all the boxes for me, good session bitter.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask handpull, The Pub, Leicester. Dark bronze with a steady cream foam. Faint earthy and hazelnut malt aroma, with hints of dank woodland. Sweet and malt-driven with notes of digestive biscuit, elder, puffed wheat rolled in cocoa, mushrooms and cream. Good wholesome BB with streaks of dankness and house soapy hop.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Wellington, Birmingham 31/08/10. Copper coloured with a slight, off-white head. Slightly sweet, caramel aroma with some damson fruit. Bready malt flavour, with more plum fruit and a decent bitter finish. Good.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Criterion, Leicester. Dark amber with a thin foam. Aromas are weetabix and oaty malts with chocolate and light spices. Flavours are sweet malts with tea. Dry with chocolate on the finish. Simple and OK.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hand pulled at the Wellington, Birmingham. A brown pint, with some nice froth. Hoppy to a certain extent, tempered with a little understated sugar. Balanced drinkable bitter.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From cask at Market Porter. Pours clear and golden deep orange with a small off white head. Aroma is roasted malty with a crisp hoppy note. Vague initial soapy hops note. Citrusy and vague peachy. Bitter, dry and peachy finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Handpump at the Moon, Sheffield 17/08/2007
Some roast aroma. White head. Bronze coloured smooth on the palate and fruity with a crisp and dry roast finish.
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