2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[Cask at Monk’s Retreat, Reading] Amber, slight loose off-white head. Smooth, creamy mouthfeel. Slight woodiness up front, then soft citric fruits, caramel and a mildly bitter finish. Pleasantly easy drinking stuff, but rather bland and boring for an ESB.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask gravity at 7th Bexley BF. Clear gold thin collar white bubbles. Decent bitter. Sharp flavours in that its definite defined. Nettle hop. Good nick. Clean. Liked it
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned handpump Prince Albert Brighton. A brown beer with an off-white head and lacing. A chewy fruity malty beer. Hints of citrus hopping in the mouth. Sadly served too warm and became a tad sickly. Bready notes. Passable.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A Mes rate. Cask handpull from Baker Street ’Sporks.
Red copper with a thin off white head. Fruity aroma with lots of caramel malt. Nutty flavour with a reasonable hit of bitterness in the finish. A little thin in the mouth. Really, that’s it.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (handpump) @ The Benjamin Huntsman, 12–18 Cambridge Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S1 4HP.
Clear medium copper amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, straw, roasted, nutty, dusty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, and a dusty feel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090419]
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 26/04/09. Copper coloured with a slight, off-white head. Aroma of grassy hops with a hint of biscuit. Flavour was similar with a pretty big, bitter finish. Unmemorable.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, gravity dispense, at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Copper coloured with a ring of cream head; aroma of nettles; dry biscuity flavour; gently bitter to finish. Boring.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
cask in edinburgh ... pale golden yellow ... small white bubbly head ... big hop front ... not a hop im fond off ... little sweetness... bitter linger.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: MAY 8, 2008 Deep honey gold, almost bronze in colour; chocolate malts in clear evidence on the nose, reflected in the remarkable palate - flavour starts off with a really rich, velvety chocolatiness, before giving way to what can only be described as peanuts! My companions all concluded that this is as near to Snickers in a glass as you’re likely to get. Well worth a look!
Sampled at Charters Beer Festival, Peterborough May 2008
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