3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask via handpump at the CASK Pub & Kitchen on 3rd September 2011. Copper with thick off-white creamy head and some patterned lacing. Fruity and malty in the main. Some earthy pungency and plenty of soft-fruit notes. Flashes of bitterness. Bittersweet end with some "autumn leaves" scents and a light texture.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A really good quality bitter, easy to drink lots of nice maltiness. Very pleasant, yummy.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Cask Pub and Kitchen, Pimlico SW1. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, handpump at The Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks,Thursday 27th October 2011. Quite malty in the mouth but with a goo hoppy back up in reserve. Full flavoured, good solid bitterness, tasty. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.5
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Gravity cask at the Bree Louise, London. Pours clear gold with a small - but present! - white head. (It is rare to see head on a gravity pour at this pub!) Biscuity malt aroma with some delicate citrus and hay. Light to medium sweet flavor, bread, toast, doughy malts, light grass, leaves and citrus. Light bodied with fine, tickling carbonation. Clean finish, some doughy malt sugars, light bitterness. Ticks all the boxes, this one.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Euston Tap. It pours copper, with a decent off-white head. The nose is malty, bread, floral and earth. The taste is floral, grass, hay, oily hop, toasted malt, earth and touch of honey sweetness. Light to medium body and soft carbonation. Straight forward, easy drinking, but pretty unexciting.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned at The Jolly Brewmaster, Cheltenham. Amber with white head. Bright and really quite hoppy, this is quite intense in it’s flowery bitterness. Nice and crisp, I really enjoyed it.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask (handpump) at the Nags Head, Malvern Link. Copper coloured best bitter. Quite malty. Rather grainy. Some diacetyl in the flavour. Odd that as I usually pick it up stronger on the nose than the palate.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at The Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 4/10/08. Amber in colour with a moderate, off-white head. Aroma of chewy malts, a touch of orange fruit and floral hops. Flavour started slightly sweet, before bittering hops took over for a long finish. Good stuff and served in great condition.
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