3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned handpump Lyric London 13/05/13. The pumpclip now describes this as a half Black IPA and that’s probably about right if such a thing exists as it’s too hoppy for a mild and not quite there as a BIPA. It’s a good beer for all that. Black with a white bubbly head. Slightly smoky and roasty in the nose with good citrussy hopping. It’s the same in the mouth but the hops are less pronounced. A very good session beer at 3.4%. Tasty.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask in The Lyric. Colour is dark brown, off white head. Nose is malty, roasted malt, bit of chocolate and then a bit of hop pine, some light tropical fruit. Taste is like a mild meets a black IPA. Malty, caramel, milk chocolate, and some tingly hops.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
cask at the bat ... deep brown ...chewy malts ... ssoft roast light charcoall but little cheese on nose ... mellow toffee... dry roast ... soft dry woody toffe ..agin little cheesy ok
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.
Clear dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, dark roasted, roasted, malt bitter, coffee notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110430]
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (Cask Pub & Kitchen, London) - Dark brown with red tinges. Chocolatey and fruity aroma with notes of marzipan and dried fruit. Fruity, tangy, chocolatey and hoppy taste with notes of chocolate, marzipan and dried fruit.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@Craft Beer Co, London. Deep amber colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel, nuts and some fruityness as well as mild dark berries. Flavour is dark fruits, dark berries, some floral notes as well as quite big on the hoppyness in the finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at The Craft Beer Co. Clerkenwell, Gt London. Chestnut with an off white head. A really complex beer, is it a Mild? Full of bitterness, hops and quite nutty in character. Some barley grain flavour, really quite enjoyable.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Factoberfest 2011 A reimagined mild but packed full of resinous and aromatic floral notes from the blend of hops from all the usual suspects finishing with a dry and bitter aftertaste. Tonnes of flavour for its 3.4%.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Craft Beer Co. It pours very dark brown, with a thin light beige head. The nose is latte, caramel, light roasted malt, wood, light spice and liquorice. The taste is lactose, filter coffee, earth, light spice, roasted malt, wood and cracked black pepper, with a dry, spicy finish. Light body and soft carbonation. Decent.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at The Euston Tap, London. Pours light brown with a tight, off-white head. Has a very pleasant aroma with notes of milk chocolate and ground coffee. Flavor has a nice and roasty flavor with light sweetness and some burned wood bitterness. Yep, lots of burnt wood, almost to an abrasive extent. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Roasted malt finish, some baking cocoa, a bit of coffee, very faint sugars but some lingering, earthy bitterness. Not bad.
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