2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask/gravity at Ipswich beer festival 21 Sep 2006. Dark brown coloured. A small white lasting head. A faint aroma. Some malty flavour. A pleasant bitterness in the finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: OCT 24, 2007 Cask at GBBF, August 2006. Day 2, beer #12. Copper colour. Full, dry aroma with touches of fruity malt. On the palate its dry, distinctly bitter and surprisingly mouth-filling, whilst remaining eminently quaffable. Good balance of chewy malt and spicy hops. Lots of presence and taste for a low ABV bitter. Pretty much all you could want from the genre.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (GBBF 2006): Nutty, moreish flavour with some nice fruit notes. Very refreshing. Balanced with earthy hops. Quite morish, and best bitter in a while!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned – handpump – GBBF. An amber to dark brown coloured bitter. The aroma is nice and malty with some oat biscuit notes. The taste is nice and Autumnal. Malty flavours amongst bread and crackers. A good crunchy bitterness. A very good English bitter which can be all too rare.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF 2006. Deep brown colour, no head. Brown bitter, almost like gravy browning. Proper session/best bitter with good malts and lovely dry malt.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
My wife’s family hail from the fine old Yorkshire town of Barnsley. The beer that bears its name is amber with a small white head. Hops and roasted malt in the aroma. Ashy, earthy malty flavour. Pleasant mid-bitter finish. Good solid session beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned, GBBF 2005:
Malts and caramel in flavour. Quite refreshing. A good thirst quencher, easy to drink.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: AUG 9, 2009 1. Cask Handpump at the Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield 15/09/2003
Copper coloured bitter with some fruit and maltiness. Slightly dry bitter finish.
2. Cask Handpump at St Phillips Social Club, Sheffield 04/10/2003
More of an amber colour with plenty of malt and slightly wheaty finish.
3. Cask Handpump at the Angler’s Retreat, Wintersett 22/12/2007
Some hop aromas. White head. Mid brown coloured smooth on the palate and slightly fruity with a little dryness in a crisp and bitter malt finish.
4. Cask Handpump at the Acorn Brewery Tap, Wombwell 15/03/2008
Some sulphur and malt aromas. Thick white head. Amber mid brown coloured and hoppy with a crisp and bitter slightly dry malt finish.
5. Cask Handpump at the GBBF Earl’s Court, London 08/08/2008
Lots of roast aroma. Bronze mid brown coloured and hoppy with some alcohol present. Crisp bitter and dry malt finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Lightly roasty character to the dry, nutty aroma. Clear burnished copper coloured body with dense, pillowy, off-white, fine-bubbled head that lasts well and coats the glass. Nutty, roasty malt flavour with moderate bitterness. Medium body with fair carbonation. Cask at GBBF 2005.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
[Cask conditioned] Brownish amber coloured. Well balanced with hops, fruits and malts. Dry and bitter finish. Full bodied. Very nice.
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