3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ JDW, Edinbourgh Airport Landside, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Clear medium red brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly - fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fresh beery - fruity, nutty and chocolate notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090413]
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@GBBF2010. Ambery brown colour with small foamy off-white head. Aroma is roasted malts, dark fruits, mild liquorice as well as some mild nuttyness. Flavour is quite similar with also some mild toffeeishness to it.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask handpull at Samuel Peto, Jdw, Folkestone. I enjoyed this in bottle, so I was interested in it on cask. Yes, still a veery solid better than average best brown bitter. Good toffee and fruity malt. I like it.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Stillage from the Outside Marquee at the Prince Of Wales, Foxfield 07/11/2009
Some hop aroma. Amber mid brown coloured and fruity with a crisp and bitter caramel malt finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at standing order (JDW) in ’Spoons Real Ale Festival, April ’09 ...copper ... bubbly light tan head ... light sweet malt nose... musty light malt front ... light spicy hop ... soft mouthfeel ... light hop linger..
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at The Kings Head in Earls Court. Pours dark amber with a light beige head. Darkish fruit aroma. Flavor is like raisin/cherry combo over smooth darkish malt. Not so much bitter as fruity. Almost fruity cola. Very nice.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Dark chestnut with white head. A bitter type of mild, roasted malt, a little fruity with some hop and caramel toffee, however there is a rubbery, wet tyre note in the cask version that I never got in the bottled which was a little off putting. Average.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: AUG 23, 2011 Cask conditioned handpump Lloyds Northampton A dark amber coloured beer with a whitish head. The aroma is nutty and dry. Smoky and nutty in the mouth. A low hop count but plenty malty. Decent but unusual by today’s standards. Score 3.2
Subsequent ratings scored 3.4 and 3.2. Average becomes 3.3
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Oadby. Red brown with a small head. Aromas are fruity with berries. Earthy with toffee malts. Flavours are sweet weetabix with vinous and berry notes. Dry on the finish. Pretty good.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask in the new crown. Alround rating: Roasty chocolate malts, grassy bittering hop, theres a nice leafy hop character in here which takes the edge off the roastyness and the chocolate malt keeps it smooth and very tasty.
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