3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned. Flover aroma. Fruity flavour. Hoppy finish. Body is dominated by a nice natural taste of dandelions. Smooth and refreshing.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ The Castle Inn, Cambridge, UK. 27th May 2005
Very blonde lager coloured beer. Thin body and not very much taste at all. Slightly malty aroma. Dishwash in aftertaste.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
[Cask conditioned] Nice rather hoppy aroma. Fresh and fruity flavour. Not bad.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Buckeye, 4-02-05. Light golden brown color, mildly bitter, very easy drinkin’ with low carbonation. I could drink this all day.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Buckeye. Body was golden, mostly clear, with a short foamy head. Taste was lightly malty with earthy woody hops (maybe more hops than malts). Mellow and smooth - would be great for a long afternoon of drinking.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
On cask @ the 2005 British Ale Fest @ Buckeye Brewing 4/1/05: Smallish white head on a light amber body. Surprisingly grapefruity citrusy aroma for an English ale. Pale malt aroma; medium apple fruitiness & a touch yeasty. Well balanced overall, green apple fruit flavor & lightly citrusy hop flavor; dry finish w/a clean, hoppy, aftertaste. Malt flavor balances hop flavor throughout. Low carbonation, smooth m/f, lighter medium body. Nice, easy drinking, flavorful session beer.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Buckeye: Light golden body, topped with a classic foamy, bubbly cask head. Earthy hops in the aroma along with some intresting, kinda funky malts. Not all that much zing there. Mild flavors dominated by pale malt. Drinkable, but kinda boring.
2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Cask: This was really not worth exploring. Light bodied , light colored, light on flavor, not really much at all to offer. Avoid
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
This is a perfectly drinkable beer, but a bit of a disappointment all the same. The US hops don’t make their presence felt very strongly at all. In fact the aroma is more based on pale malt, with a whiff of sulphur. Bitter hop flavour, but, again, I would have been hard pressed to identify the varieties as US. Dry finish. Judging from Spiesy’s comments, this was either a different batch from the one he tasted, or it wasn’t properly conditioned at the festival. All in all, something of a let down. Cask (gravity dispense) at Peterborough Beer Festival.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Seven Stars in London. Golden brown body with a small tanned head. Perfumy hop aroma with a strange hint of a fermented fruit. Taste is sweet but nicely hopped and spicy Mouthfeel is moderate to full with some pelasant bitterness amongst the creamy, slick touch. Finish is bitter with faint fruit and more hoppiness.
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