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.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at 3 Judges Glasgow ... Deep copper ... sweet fruity nose ... loads of light fruity toffee malts very nice juicy and rounded.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from a farmshop near Amble, Northumberland, not BC. Raspberry jelly red swirled with a slender white lid. Sweet sweet toffeeish doppelbock aroma with a wring of old sock, jellied red fruit, marzipan, Schlenkerla and oily hop. Chocolate coated caramel, walnut, waxy prune, malt loaf and leather touches. Robust finish with earthy hops and malt, roast and a dab of rauch. Tasty stuff, mingling brown ale and deep doppelbock maltiness.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Dark brown with a small beige head. Ashy aroma. Intensely sweet leathery burnt malt taste. Some bitterness. Say no more. Delicious.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. Dark amber colour, not much head. Perfume and fruity hops in the aroma along with some hints of dark berries. A very nice flavour of spices, caramel malts and sweater fruity hops. Really nice flavour. Spice and fruity aftertaste.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask at GBBF, London, 8 Aug 2007) Dark brown colour, almost mahogany, with brief head. Malty nose with dark fruit and blackcurrant. Malty taste with notes of dark fruit and blackcurrant. Slightly vinous, lactic notes. Lots of chocolate in the finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (gravity dispense) at Reading Beer Festival, April 2006. Judging from the two I tried there’s a bit of a theme to these Allendale beers. Quite dark coloured for a bitter. A mix of US and UK hop varieties. Malty backbone but rather more aromatic hop and bitterness than expected. This one has some caramel but, again, a quite pronounced, citric hop hit. Plenty of body and character. Quite impressed.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Peterborough Beer Festival, 2008. Thick dark brown looking beer. The aroma is strongly sweetly malty, with a touch of roasted’ness. The flavour is bitter, malty, smooth and slightly toffee. Overall a nice beer.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
cask at Guildford Arms in Edinburgh - Pours dark amber and smells of caramel malt with a little hops. The flavor is mainly sweet malt with a bit of a hops bite. It’s medium bodied and has light bitterness in the finish. This brew is more fully flavored than the regular bitters.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gravity cask @ Reading Beer Festival 2006. Slightly red-brown. Sweet toffeish malt, a little earthiness. Mildgentle fruitiness. Quite well balanced.
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