2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tap. Pours golden orange with a thin white head. Nose is orange. Flavor is slight citrus, hint of sweet peach and a pleasant grapefruit bitterness on the finish. Not bad. Basic. Carbonation was nonexistent, but I won’t fault it based on the stupid bar.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Churchkey. Clear light amber. Weak head. Nose is sweet red cherry, some toilet, public bathroom. Taste is really nice : light butter, tea, biscuit, rustic malt. Super clean palate. Easy to session.
1.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Nice gold appearance with forthy white head. Decent mild hoppy aroma. The taste leaves a lot to be desired though. Mild hops that are dulled by a cereal-y, breadiness? Just dull and slightly astringent finish. Too light for my tastes too. bleh.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Drunk at Pub on the Park, London Fields.. . A good bitter for sessioning. Always refreshing, with a lovely hop taste, and not too strong. Good also for cleansing the palate [in halves] in between stronger beers. Doesn’t claim to be anything other than a good drinking beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Castle Inn, Cambridge. Copper coloured pour with a thin bubbly white head. Malty aroma leading to a nice balanced malty bitter taste which had ever so slightly metallic notes. A classic English bitter. I like it, but many wont as they are looking for non-session beers, hence the occasional low rating.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On cask - a bit of a dull metallic beer, very thin and boring. Easily forgettable and poor for an Adnams beer.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Amber-brown, served in the Town Wall Tavern, Coventry with a 1cm thick white head - not normal, IIRC; plenty of hops straight off the bat; malty, with a thick mouthfeel for the abv; bitter, fairly dry finish; consistently good lower strength bitter in my experience
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ The Nag’s Head. The pour’s a medium amber color with a small head. The nose is light autumn harvest fruits, some toasty brown bread, strawberry. The taste is light sweet malts, more brown bread and light fruits. A bit of wood on the lightly dry finish. Light body, soft. Conservative, but well presented flavors. I liked this. Very good for what it is.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
5 Litre Mini-Cask from Adnams Brewery shop.
Hugely impressive Bitter for its modest strength. Taste: marmalade and sulphur. It has detectable aroma too.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Fat Cat, Norwich. Reddish amber brown colour, not much head. Sewage water aroma & flavour. dry aftertaste. An average bland bitter. Bottled version much better.
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