3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask hand pump @ Rowbarge, Woolhampton, Berks. Dark ruby colour, fruity style, pleasant and not too heavy for a lunchtime drink with food.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Ruby coloured with a very small head and a sweet aroma. Has a strong texture and a fruity taste.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green - 15/09/12.
Clear russet brown in colour with a thin tan head.
Caramel on the nose, sweet brown sugar, malts.
Tastes as nose, a little toffee also.
Medium bodied with soft carbonation leading to a dry finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@GBBF2012. Copper colour, small beige head. Aroma is fruity, wooden, mildly syrupy with some resiny and sappy notes. Flavour is syrupy, some sweet malts, wood, resiny and mild toffeeish notes.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at Wetherspoons, Ruislip Manor (New brew beer festival). A deep brown ruby coloured pour with virtually no head on top. Sweet, fruity aroma. Tastes sweet, malty, fruity with some caramel in there too. Rather thin and uninspiring.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ The Three Guineas. Pours clear ruby mahogany wuth a minimal beuge head leaving some lacing. Aroma is toasted, malty, bready, caramel, fruity and a bit sweet. Flavor much like the aroma, a bit vinous and very nice caramel sweetness. Finishes malty sweet and bitter.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at The Village Freehouse, Salisbury. A dark amber beer with a thin tan head. The aroma has notes of nuts, malt, and a bit of citrus fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, nuts, and caramel, leading to a dry nutty finish where hops bite lightly in the tongue.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
cask at spoons winchester ... dark ruby brown ... thin tan lacing ... soft sweet blackcurrant toffee (not great) .... sweet malts ... little mettalic ... again not great
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask gravity at SIBA BF South East 2011. Clear deep russet colour. Thin colour of white bubbles. Swwet malt aroma. Sweet and fruity aroma. Tasty enough red ale. Some ok bitterness on finish. Some tea flavour. But I like the pink grapefruit that runs through it. Attractive finish
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars’ Hampshire Beer Festival, Bristol 2/05/2011. Reddish amber with a slight, off-white head. Caramel and red fruit aroma. Flavour was similar, with some earthy malts and a moderately bitter finish. Good.
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