2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask Conditioned at The Thames Head, Gloucs. A pale gold colour with thick head. Nice smooth start with a little sweet malt followed by a dry bitter hop finish. Overall a thin session bitter with little alcohol kick.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, Burton Fest 07. Deep gold with a small head. Aromas are caramel and pear with sulphur. Some spices. Flavours are light caramel with peppery notes. Sulphur, soap and dry biscuit. Some citrus. OK.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Victoria, Eastleach, Gloucs. I have always viewed this as one of the few remaining west country boys’ bitters. Light aroma, decent hops. A real thirst-quencher on a hot summer’s day.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: OCT 17, 2006 Cask Stillage at the Metropolitan Centre, Bury 24/11/2001
Golden hoppy bitter which poured very lively from the cask. The hops continued right through to the finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Conditioned & on hand pump at the Derby CAMRA beer festival on 10/02/05.
Mid amber broen colour.
Clean easy drinking ale, nothing exciting about this though...
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned at the Head of Steam, Euston, London. Gold coloured. Dry, sulphuric ’ordinary’. Slight hop character, medium bitter. Indistinctive beer. The 2.8/5 is somewhat generous.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Canterbury Beer Festival, with SilkTork. ST had this one down as a light mild. However, I thought it tasted like a watered down session bitter. A bit wishy washy and not really to my taste. I much prefer the 3B. Cask (gravity dispense).
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: FEB 11, 2011 Cask conditioned - Head of Steam Euston Station. A mid brown beer with a light mild type flavour being sweetish and caramel-like. It is an okay beer but I found it a tad cloying. The aroma is sweet and malty. Score 2.7
Subsequent rating scored 3.1. Average becomes 2.9
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: JUL 26, 2004 Canterbury Fest. A famous beer that has to be tried. Nice touch of sulphur mixed with fruit. A light, refreshing Mild, with just enough character to keep it interesting. [2.8]
Bright bottled. Very soft mouthfeel. Toffee and caramel notes. It's a very decent session ale, and probably one of the better beers that can be had at this strength.... It really would be useful to have the ability to sort beers by strength.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
This beer shows the potential of the English mild. Side-by-side with the Arkells 3B, slightly lighter golden color, but with a nice creamy head. Really enjoyable mild flavors, nutty, vanilla, almost plum-like. An English soul beer or session bitter. (on tap, The Friar, an Arkells pub, Oxford)
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