2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On gravity at Swindon BF 30/10/08. Dark brown with reddish undertones and an off-white head. Slight aroma of toffee and nuts. Flavour had a dull sweetness, some earth and a slight roastiness before a short, dry finish. Tasted straight after Ascot’s On The Rails and did not compare well.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at NWAF 2009. A red-brown beer with no head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel as well as light notes of roasted malt. The body is light.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Hand pulled at the Stalybridge Buffet Bar. Beautiful looking beer - ruby glinted and brown. Oh dear, flavour does not live up to it’s looks. Bland, papery and not too nice.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: MAR 14, 2010 Cask gravity at Ealing BF 2009. Very dark brown/deep mahogany with lasting bubbly tan head. Quite a yeasty aroma. Very drinkable, bit tight on tongue. May need a day to open up the flavours. Decent coffee and choc. Quite light. 3.0/5.0 Re-rate Cask handpull at Ye Cracke, Liverpool. Deep brown, lasting dark beige head. Dark fruit with some malt on aroma. Little roasted malt presence. More like sweet dark plum, jammy, blackberry flavours. It’s super to be honest. Great mild. Only vague sting on finish, but the fruity malts are brilliant.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester. Pours a dark brown color with some ruby hints and a small off-white head. Has a slightly roasted malty caramel aroma with some weak hints of chocolate. Has a sweetish roasted malty caramel flavor. Slightly sweetish malty fruitu caramel finish with some hints of chocolate.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (gravity) @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester, England.
Clear medium brown color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, old malt, dusty. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20090123]
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned handpump Ye Cracke, Liverpool. A very dark ruby coloured mild with a tiny off white head. The aroma is dry and thin and lacking substance. Better in the mouth with some fruit. A real mild mild which could do with a higher flavour profile. Drinkable but plain.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Chelmsford Winter BF. Dark brown color, sweet-sour nose with caramel notes. Light bitterness arrives and hangs long through aftertaste, melds with a roastiness. Sourish grainy bit in there is interesting.
2.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask, half pint at Cloisters Bar. Very nice rosewood body with just a ring of bubbles on the top. Aroma shortage of fruity malts. A touch of hop resin in flavour with sparse hints of caramel malts. Easy going beer [Edinburgh, 26.10.2008].
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
cask at cloisters ... nice ruby ... light malt almost no nose ... toffee and dry hops ... some roast but bit too heavy in hops for me .... medium carbonation... light to medium bidy ..
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