3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Reading Beer Festival. Slightly wheaty/grainy characters, with some appley fruit. Slight acidic bitter finish. Easy drinking.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the Fox and Crown.
Thick lasting off whhite foam. Litle opaque, yellow color. Strange hop aroma. Hoppy taste with some caramell and malt sweetness.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask at the Fox & Crown, Nottingham. Gold with a small white head. Initial metallic aroma with hops later developed sweetness. Thick, oily mouthfeel. Slightly grainy taste with some bitterness though not a lot of impact. Bit warm, to be frank, and well past its best. Disappointing in the light of favourable reviews from raters whose judgment I respect.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A Sim rate (cask at the Wenlock): Smells of feet, stilton and a bit of apple. Would possibly make a very good cheese platter. Very standard golden colour. Flavour is not great, but not terribly offensive. Tiny bit of peach and slightly bitter with a tangy finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask Conditioned at Reading BF 2006 (Sunday). Golden. Malty and fruity with an odd cheesy edge. Interesting but not one you could drink a lot of.
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 Mill At The Pier, Wigan 09/03/2001
Poured very lively from the barrel and had a woody aftertaste.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask (handpulled) at the Fox and Crown, Basford, Nottingham. A splendid ESB from the brewery tap. Rich amber body, great white head, sensibly hopped, sustained fruit through to the finish. Well worth the trip just for this.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Out of the Vaults, Leicester. Golden with a white head. Aromas are grain, citrus fruit, pear, oily hops and sulphur. Flavours are dry, sweet and buttery. Quite fruity and bitter. Pretty decent.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@Out of the Vaults, Leicester. Amber beer with a frothy head. The aroma is light and strongly sulphur with a burn’t element, and the flavour is light with a hopped finish. Overall a pleasantly hopped beer.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned - handpump - Out Of The Vauls Leicester. A golden coloured beer with a dry aroma filled with citrus hops. The taste is very bitter with good hop character. Reminded me a bit of a stronger version of JHB. A real corker of a beer in the first sips but then becomes a bit overdry.
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