3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: JUL 18, 2011 1) The Baron, Knickersby. Still gold, tight white collar. Aroma sack cloth, orange, sesame and musty hop. Syrupy and lacy, low to no carb, pleasantly oily, ornate even. Earthy dank sesame character paired with orange cordial, tea with digestives, peanut butter linger. Distinctive and untypical GA with more yeast and malt bollocks than most.
2) The Benjamin Satchwell, Leamington, 17/07/11. Chunky red gold, diminishing white top. Slightly vegetal grassy orange aroma with toilet rug and heady orange liqueur hints. Dry raspy malt behind heady Cointreau streaks, bulbous orange peel hop, dab of sick, dryout finish: some hops on teeth, oak, bilious citrus. Hooky-type body and orange, thistle, vomit. Not really selling it but its pretty good. 637313.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (?, London City-ish)
Simple malty aroma. Pork scratchings in teh body. Super mellow nutty malty body. Succulent body, decent carbonation. Simple, but very tasty.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tasted this in the Saltcot, Saltcoats (JDW) in August 2009. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear mid amber in colour with a thin white head. Aromatic aroma of Mediterranean herbs. Thin mouthfeel and poor lacing. Pale malts give a strong trpoical fruit note of lychees, kiwi, honeydew melon with a spicy hint of coriander. Spicy hops present in the very weak bitter aftertaste. Sweet syrupy fruit salad notes in the finish. An excellent summer session ale.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Weatherspoons, London. Pours amber with a small creamy white head. Berries, bread and rubber. Thin body. Diacetyl.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hand pulled cask at the Moon and Sixpence (JDW) Hatch End. Gold with a lively white head. Sweet malts with a hint of fruit. Subtle english hops. Refreshing.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask-conditioned at a JDW in Reading, 7/07/2011. Deep amber with a decent off-white head. Sweet, caramel aroma with some earthy malts. Flavour of toffee, with a hint of fruit and moderately bitter finish. Ok.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On cask at The Wheatsheaf, Stoke. Pours amber with a light white head. Bitter start with citrus, sugary caramel and smooth. Not bad.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Hamilton Hall, JDW, London. Pours amber with a slight head. Mostly malt aroma, caramel and dark sugar. Very sweet flavor, light caramel, doughy bread, faint bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Finish has more sugar, bread and caramel. Easy.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at GBBF 2010. An amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrus fruits and malt as well as lighter notes of caramel.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Handpump at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 05/08/2010
Malt aroma. Golden bronze coloured and a little rich on the palate with a bitter and slightly grainy malt finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@GBBF2010. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruits, caramel, some bready malts, crystal malts as well as fruity and floral hops. Flavour is very much the same with a rather fruity and grassy finish.
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