3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
cask at gbbf 2011 ... deep red brown ... thin lacing ... soft roast malts ... dark sugers nose ... osft chocolate roast ... light malts .... dark toffee
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ GBBF 2011. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty spicy caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some bready hints. Has a roasted malty caramel finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the GBBF. Near black with a small tan head. Aroma of malt and toffee with a roasted note. Sweet malty flavour of toffee, with a fruity note
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
[Cask at Milton Keynes Beer Festival 2011] Brown with a loose beige head. Cough mixture, herbs and fruit, very sweet, bizarre and unpleasant. Not for me.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, one-third pint ordered at the Lister bar, GBBF’11. Coal black body. Fragile patches at the surface. Aroma of earthy malts. Flavoured with dark sweet malts and bread along with hints of dried fruits. Notes of salt, too. Creamy in the mouth. OK (London, 04.08.2011).
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (GBBF2011)
Sweet bacony aroma. Black, loose head. Soft palate. Toffee retronasals. Mellow caramel roast. Short finish, has a touch of mushroom. Pretty OK mild.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium red btown colour with a small to average, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, caramel, sewer - drain notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, cheap malt, thin. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110802]
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at GBBF 2011, Wednesday. Cloudy brown - offwhite head. Roasted, dark bread, raisins, dried fruits, high malty, bitterness, light zesty, light grassy.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@GBBF2011. Deep amber colour, small head. Aroma is fruits, caramel, mild nectary notes as well as some slight toasted notes and also quite hoppy. Flavour is wood, syrup, earth, some roasted notes as well as some caramel notes. Mild meaty notes in the finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours dark brown with a small off white head. Nose is fruit, caramel and spices. A bit of glogg. Medium and smooth body.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From cask. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is mild yeasty and toasted malty. Bitter, toasted malty and yeasty fruity. Ends dry and light spiced. Dry malty and slight breadish finish.
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