3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at The Cornwallis
Dark amber with a small, bubbly, tan head.
Some faint sweet roasted aroma.
A bit strange, sweet and herby flavour;Boadiicea? A bit like wormwood.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the King’s Head W2. Dark copper coloured ale, initial taste is dark cake fruity with some caramel sweetness, with a pleasant bitter aftertaste. A good session beer, although I found the flavours less interesting by the end of the second pint.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Deep ruby color with a modest off-white head. The nose is a bit neutral, but reveals brown sugar and plums on closer inspection. The taste’s sweet and fruity. The finish is dry and thirst-quenching. The body’s medium-light with subtle carbonation. I like this, it’s certainly more interesting than your standard cask beer.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tasted this in The Esquire House, Glasgow (JDW) in April 2009. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear garnet red in colour with a tight creamy buff head. Good malt note in the short aroma and a creamy mouthfeel. Good lacing throughout. Fiery maltloaf full in the mouth with redcurrant fruit and a stale toffee note evident. Short intensity of hop resins with Adnams metallic signature note in the aftertaste. Sweet edge to the pleasant finish. Tastes more like a ruby ale than a mild though. A good session ale.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask. The Longstop, Leicester. Thin off white head, dark brown body. Excellent lacing. Malty, fruity, roasty, sulphur. Sweetish. Watery palate. Soft mouthfeel.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
hand pumped at JJ Moons in the UK. Poured clear ruby with a nice lasting creamy off white head. Faint, fruity malt aroma. Smooth creamy mouthfeel, no carbonation. Light caramel malt flavour, hints of corriander. Finishes with a light bitterness. Very drinkable.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. Pours a dark copper, with a medium beige head. Strong toffee,light grassiness, cinnamon, hint of coriander, slighr butterscotch, and a hint of sherbert on the nose. Fairly thin mouthfeel, with a light bitter finish
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, The Francis Newton. Deep ruby, sweet caramel aroma with berries and plumbs. Sweet with more stone fruit. A bit too sweet.
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