2.3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask at Fox and Crown, Nottingham. Dark brown with a small beige head. Sweet malty aroma with a whiff of sulphur. Smooth, oily mouthfeel. Sour cardboardy taste with pronounced bitterness. Served slightly warm and not in the best condition.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask gravity at Reading BF 2007. Deep chestnut with thin beige head. Inoffensive dark bitter. Fine, drinkable, malts have got a bit of choc, decent dryness on finish, bit of pepper hop. Pleasant best bitter.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Gravity Cask @ Reading Beer Fesitval 07. Malty caramel with grainy notes and husky bitterness. Seems like a slight overuse of crystal for me but otherwise a pleasant if unexceptional beer.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A Mes rate:
Gravicask @ Reading Beer Festival. Nothing to inviting in the muddy brown appearance. Boring dusty bitter. Nothing bad about it just way too bland.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: OCT 15, 2006 Cask Stillage at the Community Centre, Frodsham 25/05/2001
Dark brown coloured and easy drinking much akin to a mild. Some woody flavours.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Babington Arms (JDW) Derby. Deep reddish-brown, chewy fruits and dry malts.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Despite the commercial description this is nothing like a session bitter. For a start its very dark - a deep tawny/ruby colour, nearly opaque. It has a very fruity aroma - big on blackcurrant with underlying earthy malt. Maybe hints of licorice and chocolate too. Much the same on the palate, with dry malt coming through to counterpoint the juicy fruit. Smooth mouthfeel, moderately sweet, but with a slightly tart aftertaste, again providing balance and lending a bittersweet character to the beer. Complex and tasty. A cracking good beer. And that’s after a week in a plastic bottle - perhaps that improved it in some odd way. Bright bottled from cask, Reading Beer Festival 2005.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Reading Beer Festival. Poor condition - flat. Tasty, darker beer that is largely malty. Charming.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask@Reading BF. Some green apple in the nose. Acidic palate. Caramel sweetness, nutty, with a hint of berry fruit. Thin mouthfeel.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Gravity at Reading Beer Fest, with Kook, Duff, Chris_o and Joeh. Dark in appearance. Gluey, dark malt, sandy, sweet, cidery finish, almost. Not my fave.
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