3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
cask at cloisters ... copper ... thin tan head ... sweet fruity toffee malt nosee .... sweet dark sygers ... roast malt ... dark fruits ... bit clawing
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On cask at Cloisters. Attractive red beer with a thin white head. Caramel, toffee nose. Caramel and burnt toffee flavours. Lingering alcohol and bitterness. Not bad.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Cricketers, Croydon. It pours clear amber, with a very thin bubbly head and low carbonation. The nose is wood, red berry and varnish. The taste is wood, astringent, varnish, red berry, earth and toast, with an astringent-wood finish. To be honest this was quite tough to finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Stillage at the Boundary, Audenshaw 27/06/2009
Fruit and slight roast aromas. Mid brown coloured fruity and a little rich on the palate with some alcohol present. A hint of dryness in a bitter roast finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask in the market porter. Alroudn rating: Sweet ruby malts, touch of roasted malt, sweet over ripe fruits, even some banana esters coming from somewhere, small touch of grassy hop, but on the sweet side of balance and not very drinkable.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask at Wenlock Arms, London, 9 Aug 2008) Dark amber colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, nutty nose with notes of dark fruit, prunes and coffee. Malty, nutty taste with dark fruit, prunes, raisins, caramel and a nutty finish with slightly earthy hops. Fairly nice one.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask gravity at The George, Bethersden. Chestnut colour with lasting beige head. Malty aroma. Nice fruit in mouth of the red variety. Some strawberry jam. Malty juicy finish with a smack of earthy hop. Would Sir Winston approve of being punned on this beer? Probably not, as he was a Pol Roger white foil drinker. Rather a delicious bitter though.
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