3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
[Cask at the Monks Retreat, Reading] Pale amber, slight white head. Citrussy hops, with biscuit malt and minerals coming through. Grass and a hint of pepper in the dry finish. Quite reminiscent of their recent Adnams Extra. It seems that Adnams are moving away from their traditional rich malty ales towards paler hoppy ones. It’s a shame, for I have a great love of the Adnams malt, and feel that it would be a shame to see that flavour lost from the UK brewing scene. Nevertheless this is a decent, well balanced, refreshing ale, with a lot of flavour considering the low ABV.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask @ Tennents Bar as Adnams Eat, Drink and Be Jolly. Dark orange colour, creamy off-white head. Nose is vegetables, burnt rubber, bit of fruits. Flavour is light malted, slightly hopped, burnt rubber. Slightly bitter finish. Not well at all.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
cask ... slightly hazy amber ... thin white lacing ... light woood ... odd soft woody malt ... ligth hop ... very blah ... with grapefruit finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: DEC 7, 2009 The Baron, Stinckley. Amber gold wrapped in lace. Fresh grassy thistle sap aroma. Disturbing papery sherbet/Alka Seltzer upfront, thistle and pine, creamy malted milk biscuit aftertaste. More MDF than pine like a cheap Czech effort. Clean and strange. Light notes of orange and grass. Odd, thinly coniferous GA-pils type thing. Ended up enjoying.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask Handpump at the Queens Arms JDW, Winsford 31/10/2009
Pale aroma. Small white head. Golden coloured very pale hoppy and smooth on the palate with a crisp and slightly dry lasting malt finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask in the alfread herring. Alround rating: Pale sweeter malt, good fruity yeast character, herbal and grassy hop, its all very clean and is well made. Excellent stuff i went back and had another 2 pints!
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Handpulled cask at JDW Watford. Amber with an off white head. Good old fassioned boys session bitter with toffee malts and fruity hops.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, The William Wygston, Wigston. Golden with a dense off-white head. Aromas are biscuit and grapefruit with peppery notes. Flavours are lemon and light grapefruit bitterness with a dry finish. Quite resinous in its fruitiness. A decent session beer.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
JDW, Rochester. A smooth slightly toffeeish session beer with a mild dusty finish. Good.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Copper colour slight haze, thin beige head. Some sulphur on aroma, certainly something of the Burton about it. OK in mouth, good condition. Decent hop spritz on finish. REally quite bitter for this ABV. Decent Burton style bitter.
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