3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask handpull at The Speaker London. clear light brown colour with lasting thin white head. Decent standard bitter. Some hop on finish. Good condition. Tasty standard bitter.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at CASK with Sarah. Pours a clear amber with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has nice light citrus with a hint of light fruit and a grain backbone. Flavor has much more earthy grain with a hint of grass and citrus underlying.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Gravity dispense at the 1st Runnymede Beer Festival - 08/09/12.
Light golden with a thin off-white head.
Floral hops on the nose and a smearing of orange marmalade allied to some sour tones, grapefruit and a little caramel.
Bitter orange taste, toffee, more of that orange marmaladeness.
Medium bodied with moderate carbonation and a dry finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at Far From the Madding Crowd, Oxford. Gold with white head. Malty, light beer, slightly sweet, some caramel, vanilla, hints of fruity hop, pineapple. Slightly innocuous but ok.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hand pulled at the Rutland Arms, Sheffield. Pleasant enough golden ale. Some light fruit wash. Fresh UK hops. OK, refreshing.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, light roasted. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sharp nutty, toffee, butter notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110803]
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF 2011. Golden with a small white head. The aroma has nice bready malt, with hay and grassy hops. Clean malty flavour with grassy and herbal hops and a nice bitter finish
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Wallington 2011 Beer Festival. It pours amber, with a thin white head. The nose is sweet golden syrup, honey, wood, brown sugar and bread. The taste is citrus, biscuit, wood, hay, straw, pine and some underlying sweetness, with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Forgettable.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Wallington and Croydon BF, London. Pours dark gold with a light, white head. Bit of floral hops in the aroma, with some dough. Light to medium sweet flavor, floral bitterness, some straw. Light bodied with fine carbonation. OK balanced finish, toasty dough, some mild citrus, hay. Very nice drinker.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (handpump) at the King William IV on 24 July 2011. Amber colour. Some haze. A bit warm and flat - condition not perfect. Rather thin mouthfeel. Flagged for re-rate.
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