3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Stockholm Beer Festival. Hazy amber, small head. Pleasant black currant aroma. Mid sweet with medium body and soft mouthfeel. Caramel and NZ hops - loads of black currant. Balanced bitterness. Very likable!
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
5th October 2011
Crosse Keys Spoons. Clear amber beer, little white head. Light palate, crisp and semi dry. Good hops for a beer of this style. Floral notes dominate with some orange and tangerine marmalade. The tangerine briefly turns sherbet like. Very dry finish. Alright.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ SBWF2011. Pours a slightly hazy copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak spicy hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
A - floral and wheat
A - mid gold with thick head
T - light sweet and lighter bitter
P - mid and soft
O - average
3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask in White hart, Aldebrough. ’Southwold Pale Ale’. Amber beer with off white bubbly head. Nose is nice bold fruit: blackberry, gooseberry and rain on tarmac from the Nelson Savin. Taste is tangy gooseberries, green hops and that rain on tarmac earthiness.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity) - The Fat Cat Brewery Tap/The Cider Shed, Norwich. Poured a clear amber colour with a small, loose white head. Lemon & light grapefruit aromas. Biscuit, lemon and some lime on the tongue. Nice sharpness on the tongue. Light to medium body, decent spritz on the tongue with a medium length bitter finish and lingering tang.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at The Hamilton Hall, JDW, London. Pours clear, rich gold with a sturdy, white cream head. Bit of grass, zesty citrus and pine in the nose. Medium sweet flavor, balanced nicely by mild citrus hops. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Alright finish, some lingering earthy bitterness, citrus rind, mild sweet malts. Very decent.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Sampled at SB & WF 2011. Pours copper with no real head. Smells sweet hoppy. Tastes very hoppy with a similar finish.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2011. Cask. Copper/golden beer, no head. Malty fruity aroma, grassy and with some diacetyl. Thin hoppy flavor with grassy notes.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: SEP 22, 2011 Cask/handpump at the Botanist, Kew Green. Deep gold with sweet malt and hops aroma. Initially dry then filling out with sweetish malt and fruity hops, before a dry bitter finish. Interestingly complex but a tad harsh in the finish.
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