3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell, Farringdon EC1. Pours a dark reddish amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramle hoppy aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel hoppy finish.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 8/20
Another great beer from Acorn. Ruby red. Good bitter aftertaste. 4.7% but doesn’t taste so strong.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask in CP&K. Ruby brown bitter, off white head. Nose is toffee, nutty, brown sugar. Taste is brown sugar, papery, nutty and caramel.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
19th November 2012
Craft Clarkenwell. Cask. Clear red - amber beer. Small pale tan head. Smooth palate, light and semi dry. Very moderate carbonation. Okay dark toffee malt. Dried fruit hops, orange dominated. Finishes neutral. Fine.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
[cask at Cloisters, Edinburgh] Nut brown bitter with a nice tight head. Malty aroma, with caramel and a woodiness. Flavours are lightly sweet caramel, roasted malt, more woody bitterness and a soft fruit finish. Very drinkable bitter [02122011]
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
cask in cloisters ... deep red brown ... thin tan head ... soft woody toffee malts nose ... light bitter woody fruits .... dull soft and bitter
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On cask at The Stagg’s Beer Festival, 2011. Pours a dark copper colour with a thick beige head. Aroma of roasty malt, coffee and caramel. Similar coffee ground flavour upfront with roasty malt again and nicely bitter. Moderate carbonation and a little dry to finish. Not bad. Long chocolate and coffee linger.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ The Counting House. Mild grassy malt aroma. Oak brown colour, reasonable head. Spicy marzipan malt flavour. Bitter aftertaste. Reasonable bitter.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
hand pumped at JJ Moons, UK. Poured clear ruby coloured with a beige head. Light caramel, malty aroma. Medium creamy mouthfeel. Flavour of caramel malts, some nuttiness, and tart grapefruit. Bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (Whetherspoons, Cambridge)
Super grainy aroma, freshly malted grains, touch of ginger in part. Touch medicinal in places. Full smooth palate. Finish bitter, and a touch sacchariney. All round solid dark bitter.
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