2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
[CASK: The Boars Head, Ardington, Oxfordshire 15/09/06] Definatly a summer ale, light and flowery. Pale and quite refreshing but overall not the greatest of tastes. Overall just reasonable.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask@GBBF2010. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is citrus, some bready malts, a bit mild wooden notes as well. Flavour is much the same along with a slightly sappy finish. A bit watery, otherwise decent.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at GBBF 2010. Lovely golden colour with a thin white head, plenty of citrus and malt in the aroma. The taste is hoppy with plenty of citrus fruit again, with a dry finish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Bright amber with a thin cream head; grainy aroma; thin body, with a creamy, grainy, texture and a touch of lemon; lacking finish.
2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Great summery hop cereal balance on the nose. Metallic and sulphurous not wholly pleasing on the tongue. No hop dryness there really. Vaguely unsettling.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ the White Hart, Stow-on-the-Wold. light yellow pour, honey-lemon flavor, saaz hops, clean, crisp, lighter body, decent summer beer
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Very nice to find a lot of blonde ales this year. This one was fine not too tasty.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (White Hart Hotel,Whitchurch) - Golden in colour. Light citrus aroma with some malt notes. Moderately bitter initially, the taste then becomes more hoppy with grapefruit notes featuring. Refreshing.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.
Clear medium orange color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate hoppy, citrus - orange, notes of toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (010508)
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
(Cask handpump at The Wellington, Birmingham). Perfectly clear, still, amber in appearance, with a short head. A very strong fruity, peachy scent. Bitter with a very dry end. Some sweetness. Rather lacking in taste: some biscuit and earthiness in there. Simple and slightly sour, which detracts from the taste after a few mouthfulls.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at White Hart, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. Mid to dark gold with a small white head. Hoppy aroma with a whiff of sulphur. Sweet vinous taste with some biscuit and a little sourness. Pleasant bitter finish. Not bad.
|
