2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask Conditioned at The Royal Oak, Ramsden, Oxon. Dark reddish bitter with thin head. Sourish tired tasting boiled veg beer, little bitterness on the finish. The Landlord did say it was near the end of the barrel so I'm being a little harsh I suppose.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tasted this in the Saltcot, Saltcoats (JDW) in May 2009. Cask handpump dispense. Pale copper in colour with a thin white head. Slight sulphurous tang in the short aroma. Thin mouthfeel and poor lacing. Thin pale malt base gives a digestive teabiscuit flavour with a thin caramel sweetness. Metallic tang of hop resins lacks conviction. Ends in a sweet finish. Poor effort though.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at Hawkshead Beer Hall, Staveley 25/07/2009
Very fruity aroma. Copper amber coloured and fruity with lots of malt flavour. A little dryness and bitterness in a crisp finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
NIce, not so bitter but quallity in the tatse and floral aroma too. I liked the colour.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(Cask at GBBF, London Earl’s Court, 5 Aug 2009) Copper colour with brief, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with apricots and dusty hops. Malty, fruity taste with notes of dried apricots, grainy malt and dusty hops in the finish. Medium body. Rather boring but drinkable.
2.2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask at Wetherspoons (The Regal), Cambridge. Slow to clear, amber in colour. Very sweet fruit scent. Slightly carbonated. Thin and very sweet start then very bitter. Grapefruit, chlorine and malted milk biscuits with a metallic end. Very odd. Not a fan.
2.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Handpulled cask at JDW Hatch End, Harrow. Gold with a good white head. Drinkable with good smooth body but lacking in characture especially in the hop department.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask in the alfread herring. Alround rating: Sulphury mineral character, green apple yeastyness, toffee malt character, lots of eggyness topwards the end. Not good.
1.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask, JDW, Carlisle. Way too dry and papery, with a lot of bitterness. Average coliur, flavour and taste - became very sugary towards the end.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Gravity at Reading Beer Festival 2 May 08. Golden colored. No head. Sweet fruity aroma. Dry fruity flavor with a dry paperish aftertaste.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bright golden brown body under a thin layer. Pleasant aroma of biscuit malts. Light spicy hops in flavour with a vague caramel malty support and some notes of berries. Dry bitter end (gravicask at Reading BF, sampled with Finn, 02.05.2008).
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