3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 13/4/08. Deep amber in colour with next to no head. Plenty of red fruit and toffee in the aroma with some earthy hops. Flavour was a bit syrupy, with a bitter finish with some prominent alcohol. Ok.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: OCT 16, 2006 1. Cask Handpump at the Cross Keys, Knutsford 19/01/2004
Golden amber coloured with some alcohol present. Some fruit and bitterness in the crisp malt finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Cross Keys, Knutsford 22/01/2004
Still on good form 3 days later slightly darker in colour and sweeter but maintaining the fruit and crisp malt finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Burton Fest 05. Amber with no head. Aromas are dry biscuit malts with pepper and spices. Flavours are toffee and biscuit, quite dry with some fruitiness. Rated in haste - got a train to catch.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. A good malt brew with touches of crystal malt and a nice finish on the swallow with hops tickling the throat on the way down.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Gravity at Red Lion, Snargate, Kent. Russet colour, flowery hops and sweet nose. Fulllish in mouth, sweet alcohol, syrupy. Alcohol finish with a dying hop flavour, some light raisiny malt fruit
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
JDW Rochester. A malty premium bitter with soft chocolate notes and gentle back bitterness. Pleasant lingering flavours.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Orangey copper colour. Slightly cloudy. Sweetish malt aroma. Malt, berry fruit and nuts in the flavour. Curiously dusty mouthfeel. Bittersweet finish. Quite nice. Cask (handpump) at the Brunant Arms, Caio, Wales.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Swan in the Rushes, Loughborough. Dark brown colour with creamy white head. Fruity aroma, malty taste. Not bad.
2.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask conditioned - no sparkler. Another beer from the beer a week brewery known as Archers, although this one is a permenant on their portfolio. The aroma is of berry fruits and the appearance is a deep brown with no head (due ti its dispense). The flavour though is not pleasant. There is a big taste of dried cherry peal and an overmaltiness. Not a good experience.
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