3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pint at The Schooner Gateshead. Dark Brown, tan head, robust looking beer. Caramel & farmyard in the aroma. Yeasty bread and fruit&nut dark chocolate flavour. Palate was a bit claggy. I had to rush a bit, and I think that’s coloured my view. This is a lingering sipper.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
cask at the ralph. thin off white head. muddy red brown body. red fruit and roast notes. port wine. spice. tannins. bittersweet. dry finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ Hop Pole Inn, [ Hop Pole Beer Festival & Aylesbury Brewhouse Grand Opening 2011 ], 83 Bicester Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England HP19 9AZ.
Clear dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, roasted, caramel, nutty, chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, chocolate sweet. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111204]
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(bottle) Clear lovely deep red with off-white head. Nice aroma of berries, raisins and caramel malt, maybe hints of chocolate. Light to medium body with medium carbonation. Refreshing fruity berry start shifting quickly to raisins and then chocolate and dark roast malt finish. A very nice beer.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Mile Castle JDW, Newcastle 090912
Caramel brown, dense off white head with some lacing
Aroma - soft caramel malts, not much on the aroma
Taste - soft caramel malts. toffee malts, hint of chocolate, good flavour, alcohol well hidden, would like more flavour though - I remember it beingt a tad more intense than this
Palate - thinnish body. Finish as main flavour witha bit of soft lingering toasted malts with a bit of cocoa
Overall - Seems to be not as good when I’ve had it before - will re-rate next time I see it
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dont know why this is labled as a Best bitter its clearly closer to porter or mild due to the roast and dark malt, with berries. Dark brown with a thin tan lasting head. Smells of licorish, nut and dark roasted malt. Medium oily body. Taste of licorish, dark malt with some light roast elements. Stared really nice bu then got borring.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
11th September 2009
Cask at Chapel Beer Festival. Clear amber brown beer. Semi dry palate. Rich malt. Fruity but with a distinct bubblegum undertone. Porter like dark fruits. Very nicely flavoured beer.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask at The Hop Pole, Aylesbury. Hazy copper/mahogany colour. Fudge aroma. Sweet and fruity with medium body and cushiony caramally malt. Some butterscotch and lactic tartness. Low bitterness. Unconvincing.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask @ Alloa Real Ale Festival 2011. Red - dark brownish colour, off-white head. Nose is caramel malts, wood polish. Flavour is slightly roasted malts, caramel. Slight sweet and hoppy finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
500 ml bottle, from The Cheese & Wine Shop, Darlington. Copper colour, large to moderate off-white head. Strong and pleasant aroma of malts, caramel, raisins, dark dried fruits, blackcurrants, a hint of tobacco. Fruity flavour, notes of raisins and blackcurrants, also notes of caramel malts, but the beer is not too sweet. Moderate but sufficient hops in the finish. Very drinkable.
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