3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
cask at old fountain, islington. Aroma of coffee and roasted malts. Pours a dark brown beer. Soft mouth, hoppy, roasted hints, liquorice. Quite nice!
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask gravity at Red Lion, Snargate. Aroma of choc/coffee, dark syrup flavour in mouth, some molasses and then dry hoppy finish. Good for a cold May Bank Holiday Monday evening in a CAMRA National Inventory listed pub.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
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Gravicask @ Reading Beer Festival. Red-ish dark brown. Sweet alcoholic coffee with vanilla and wheat in the aroma. Flavour is exactly the same with a great hoppy hit at the finish that eventually leaves a lovely lasting creamy aftertaste. Not much like a mild but very good.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gravity cask @ Greyhound Inn Beer Festival, Corfe Castle. Coffee and chocolate. Dry with smooth finish. Almost stouty but not quite. Nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask handpump at the Swan in the Rushes, Loughborough. Near black with a thick cream head. Roast and malt aroma. Roast malts and chocolate in the flavour. Full bodied. A good strong mild.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, Harboro’ Hotel, Melton Mowbray. Very dark brown/red with a dense cream head. Aromas are malty in a weetabix sense with chocolate and a light roast character. Flavours are very malty for a mild (although this is a stronger version). Roast malts, chocolate and weetabix with plain chocolate bitterness. Lots of flavour. A good mild.
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