3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Amber pour with a white head. Tangerine and pineapple aroma. Zesty fresh flavour, bit of pear in there too. Dry, fruity finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@Euston Tap, London. Murky golden looks with a small off-white head. Nose was on the unusual side for an ipa, a bit yeasty with notes of wood and citrus. Some earthy hop in the flavour in tandem with more fruits. Lingering bitter finish. Slightly heavy going, but on the right lines and reasonably good stuff.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Another ’Freestyle Fridays’ brew from Arbor weighing in at 7%.
Pours cloudy orange has a citrus aroma but the taste is something else there is loads going on from bitter to sweet, citrus to pine to white grapes and a long, long bitter lemon finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Cloudy gold with an off white head. Aromas are lemon with grapefruit and woody notes and yeast. Melon with grape and marmalade. Low pine with hints of marzipan. Flavours are spicy with pine and grapefruit. White grape with yeast and biscuit with pineapple and candy sugar. Dry on the finish. Very decent but lacks bitterness.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at home ... light hazy amber ... big white foam head ... soft orange zezt nose ... sweet fruits ... orange hop ... big lime ... bitter orange peel hop ... nice
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Lots going on, lots of citrus, very sweet and very bitter to finish. Thick palate. Quite heavy going but enjoyable
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Euston Tap, London. Goldeny orange colour, small white longlasting foamy head. Aroma is boiled vegetables, caramel hops, fruits and some earthy and yeasty notes. Flavour is big fruity and floral hops along with grass, earth and some mild maltyness.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask.
Tropical fruits in the taste and nose, cereal, grass, with too much of a boozy quality for the abv.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle. Pours hazy gold with a medium head. Aroma is pineapple, creamy malt and sweaty socks. Taste has cheesy hop and pineapple with a strong bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle bought at the Three Tuns, Bristol and consumed on 27/7/2012. Hazy gold with a short lived white head. Pineapple, pine and orange aroma with a floral edge. Flavour had more tropical fruits, some solid cereal malts and a lengthy, bitter finish. Enjoyable.
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