2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask@Reading BF. Quite a strong alcohol presence from the first whiff. Has some raw malt sweetness and again with the burning alcohol on the palate. Some citric, earthy hop notes. Too raw in character, not so good.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@Euston Tap, London. Amber colour, small slightly off-white head. Aroma is berries, some wood, fruity and floral notes along with some sweet maltyness. Flavour is crystal malts, some caramel and some fruity, floral, wooden and berryish notes.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the NWAF, 2012. Amber pour with a white head. Honey and caramel nose. Quite smooth. Pear, honey, peach and baked apple flavour. Dry-fruit finish. Quite liked this one.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
On cask at the 2012 NWAF, Manchester. Pours a dark golden colour with a decent beige head. Aroma doesn’t suggest imperial ipa with alcohol, caramel and yeast. Very sweet flavour of candy sugar, caramel, biscuity malt and apple seed. Quite a dry finish but not hoppy enough to be an imperial ipa. Mild carbonation with a long sweet finish and a warming alcohol hum.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Euston Tap, Euston NW1. Pours a clear pale amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Dark golden with a small white head. Aroma of pear fruit, grassy hops and biscuit malt. Sweet fruity flavour with grassy hops and medium bitterness
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
On cask at Euston Tap. Deep amber colour, creamy head. Fruity caramel. The bitterness and apple-like fruity flavours are lurking underneath. A well-made English IPA (not so sure about the Imperial part, though).
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at EustonTAP. Clear amber - white head. Ok hoppy, sweetness, caramel, red berries, toasted, citrus, nice hoppy, light herbal hoppy, high malty.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask @ Euston Tap. London. Pours clear amber with a small creamy white head and lacings. Citrussy and bready. Very mild. A bit thin and off . . Not in very good condition.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Euston Tap, London. An amber/gold coloured pour with a medium white head. Malty, hoppy aroma. Tastes malty, hoppy, sweet, some caramel, quite rich tasting. I enjoyed this one, it went down far too easily and was not what I expected.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Euston Tap. Clearish gold with a white foam head. Caramel malts in the nose with some dough. Sweet flavor, more dough, some earthy hops, bit more straight sugar. Medium bodied with soft to fine carbonation. Some sugars, doughy malts, faint citrus hops to finish. Just alright.
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