3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20cask handpull, Whitefriars, Coventry, 27/04/12. Dusty brass-blonde topped with a loose white head. Nicely humming, catty, floral and orange rind aroma. Rasping and husk-sodden with strong bittering presence and soapy floral notes but lacking aromatics. Butter licks. Serviceable.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ Bow Bar, 80 West Bow, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 2HH.
Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, pale malt, light butter notes, moderate hoppy, grass - citrus - grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120423]
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Criterion, Leicester. Golden with a firm off white head. Aromas are clean and leafy with base weetabix and caramel malts. Mellow lemon with lots of biscuit. Flavours are dry biscuit malts with low lemon and some leafiness. Light bitter lemon to finish with dry, lager-like hops. Decent.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
cask at bow bar ... aamber ... thin white head ... soft sweet mellow fruity juicy hop nose ... sweet malts ... little mellow and grapfruit ... bitter hop linger ... ice but not me
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bright court body with thick white head. A property noble hop aroma with some grassiness in the background. Unlike the last of these ipas tasted from Acorn, the malt is much better balanced this time, and the unpleasant pond water finish is replaced with a rounded malty, yet peppery bitter one that is relatively refreshing, if a little cloying.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On cask at Cloisters. Pours a golden amber colour with a thick white head. Aroma of lemon citrus hops, pine, lemon and caramel. Similar flavours, quite malty, with moderate carbonation and fairly bitter also. Very drinkable with well masked alcohol.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hand pulled at the Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield. Golden. Foam top. Very bitter on finish - biting in fact. A pretty robust, run of the mill, hopped golden. Not super tasty hops, just business-like.
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