3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask from the Bitter End, Bromley. Dark amber pour with a white head. Citrus, marmalade and toffee aromas. Citrus, pear and orchard fruit flavours. Hoppy fruity finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the Crosse Keys, JDW. Clear, red-gold pour with a weak head. Basic toasted malt nose. Mildly sweet flavor, sun-kissed bread, grassy and floral bitters. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Mostly bitter finish with some toasty bread. The hops linger. Decent, very straight-ahead bitter.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (handpump) @ Harlequin, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire England S3 8GG.
Clear medium amber color with a small average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - roasted, nutty notes, light to moderate hoppy, apple notes. Flavor is moderate sweet, light light acidic and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, apple tart notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100424]
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask gravity at Reading BF 2010. Copper colour, bit musty really. Very good drinkable beer, but just an odd mustiness to it.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, The Wellington, Birmingham. Dark brown with a very small off-white foamy head. Sweet caramel scent. Very sweet and watery. Some bitterness. Toffee in the mouth, with some lemon acidity leading to a dry end.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask in Blackfriars. Aroma is nutty malty, slight peppery grassy hop. Taste is similar, quite easy going if unexciting. Perhaps a bit too yeasty.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: MAY 24, 2010 1. Cask Handpump at the Crescent, Salford 23/04/2004
Mid brown coloured with some sour fruit flavour. Slightly dry and bitter on the palate with a lasting roast finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Harlequin, Sheffield 24/04/2010
Malt and hop aromas. Amber coloured and fruity with a passion fruit flavour. Hoppy with a hint of dryness in a bitter malt finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask Conditioned, White Horse, Hedgerley, Bucks. A dark bitter, with plenty of character.
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