2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask @ Great Expectations. Pours clear mid-light brown. No real aroma. Quite bland on first taste, very low bitterness. Not unpleasant but not hankering for another.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Hawkley Inn, Hampshire. A smooth and tasty bitter with good balance between malts and hops. Fresh zesty hop flavours makes it stick out.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
pours amber/chestnut with white froth. aroma is biscuity. taste is creamy, fruity and biscuity, with some bitterness. Quite nice, but a bit thin.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Peppy aroma, amberish hue (although looks somewhat artificial) and pleasant taste. Not outstanding but a reasonable lunchtime beverage
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (gravity) @ The 16th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2010, Reading, Berkshire England.
Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, toasted - caramel, sweet malt, toffee notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20100429]
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the Monks Retreat (JDW), Reading. Golden amber with a dense cream head; bready aroma; smooth and creamy with biscuity malt flavours; anbd a dry finish. Boring and very ordinary.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Wellington Arms, Southampton. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty hoppy flavor with some hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Stillage at the Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt, Liverpool 20/02/2009
Floral aroma. Golden bronze coloured and a little spicy with a crisp and slightly pale malt finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (South Western Arms, Southampton) - Copper/amber in colour. Fruity and malty aroma with caramel, raisins and spicy malt. Nicely balanced, fruity and malty taste with notes of dried fruit, caramel and tangy hops. Tasty and enjoyable.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned at The Three Guineas, Reading. Amber coloured with a slight, off-white head. Fruity malt aroma. Flavour was subdued, with a touch of malt and short, bitter finish. Not memorable.
|
