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Brewed by Allendale
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Hexham, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 9   MEAN: 3.11/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.96   EST. CALORIES: 141   ABV: 4.7%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Occasional.
Golden caramel coloured premium ale with a delicious fruity and floral aroma. Brewed to celebrate the head brewer being named the UK?s top young rural entrepreneur in 2008. Originally brewed as a one off special, but due to popular demand is now brewed whenever capacity permits. It is not available in bottles at present.


3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Ungstrup (23917) - Oamaru, - JUL 17, 2011
Cask at GBBF 2010. A dark amber beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of spices, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel, leading to a dry finish, where the malt note lingers.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
fonefan (24928) - VestJylland, DENMARK - JAN 31, 2011

Cask @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.

Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, malt, tobacco - wood. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100804]

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
mabel (4405) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - NOV 13, 2010
[3285-20100803] Sample. Leather caramel grass aroma has hints of something like rosemary. Clear, amber brown body with a quick bubbly head. Watery caramel grains flavour. Medium body is a little thin. Interesting mild, fairly drinkable.
(@ GBBF 2010, London, England)

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
DJMonarch (9152) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - SEP 1, 2010
Cask Handpump at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 04/08/2010 Malt aroma. Mid brown coloured and fruity with some alcohol present. Bitter malt finish.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Ethereal (2399) - Los Angeles, California, USA - SEP 1, 2010
Cask at GBBF 2010, 3rd Aug 2010. Orange amber. Toffee malt nose and flavour. Archetypal boring UK best bitter. Not bad, just achingly predictable.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
oh6gdx (15955) - Vasa, FINLAND - AUG 23, 2010
Cask@GBBF2010. Deep ambery ruby colour with small brown head. Aroma is fruits, caramel, earth, spices and some mild wooden notes. Flavour is fruits, wood, some mild spices as well as quite grassy notes.

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
jerc (5580) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 17, 2010
2010-08-03. Crisp dark amber body with a small ring of beige head. Mild flavour, light malt, toasty accents, muted grainy finish. Mil aroma, muted malt has a grainy profile, hints at cardboard but it is not oxidation. 4+ Average to light palate borders on flat. Does not impress. Unknown format at GBBF 2010

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
cgarvieuk (8635) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - AUG 9, 2010
cask at GBBF 2010 ... Earls count... London ... southeast england ... united Kingdom ... Europe ... World ... hazy copper ... sweet berry fruit nose ... soft tofee malt ... ligth fruit hop ...

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
yespr (22161) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - AUG 4, 2010
From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is herbal and mild spiced. Sweet malty, slight breadish and caramelish. Bitter and slight citrusy into a dry finish.


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