2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
[ As Alcazar Brush Bitter ].
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light roasted, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, licorice notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100806]
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draught at the Fox and Crown.
No head. Clear Amber color.
Dark caramell malt aroma. Sweet caramell taste and small bitterness. A litle one dimetional.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@GBBF2010 (as Brush Bitter). Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some mild toasted notes as well as quite caramelly. Flavour is caramel, some wood and mild dark dry fruityness. Quite bitter finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From cask as Alcazar Brush Bitter. Pours clear and golden orange with a small, bubbly and white head. Aroma is hoppy and dark roasted malt. Bitter, caramelish and slight roasted. Ends caramelish sweet and slight bitter.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@Nottingham Beer Festival, 2008. Dark amber beer with a mildly hopped and toffee aroma. The flavour is toffee, hopped and caramel. Overall an average beer.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the Fox & Crown, Nottingham. Same picture on the pumpclip, but under the name of ’Brush Bitter’. Amber with an off white head. Sweet caramel malt aroma and taste with some bitterness. A fairly run of the mill strong bitter.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Fox & Crown, Basford, Nottingham. Served as Brush Bitter. This copper beer struck me as a very ordinary bitter, but quite an enjoyable one. It’s very well balanced with sweet fruity malt and a dry, possibly slightly spicy finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: SEP 7, 2010 1. Cask Handpump at the Fox & Crown, Basford 12/12/2006
Floral and hop aromas. Amber coloured with a little sour fruit flavour. Crisp malt finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 06/08/2010
Malt aroma. Amber coloured and a little rich on the palate with a hint of dryness in a peppery malt finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Babington Arms (JDW) Derby. Gentle brown body, fair lacing, lush fruits with a malty backwash. Yummy.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Russett red with a small white head. Aromas are mellow fruity malts with spices. Quite vineous in aroma and flavour with fruity malts, pepper, sweet toffee and berries. Some warming alcohol, too. Not bad.
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