2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Pale amber with a lasting white head. Grass and sulphur aroma. Sweet caramel flavour with a hint of diacetyl
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
7th August 2009
GBBF. Cask. Clear dark amber beer. Medium dry palate. Neutral malt and hops. Serviceable but just another English bitter.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On cask (handpump) at Great British Beer Festival, day 3 on 6 August 2009. Amber colour. Soft mouthfeel. Caramel malt on the palate. Modest bitterness. Soft mouthfeel. A fairly straightforward, traditional bitter. A bit short of hops I felt.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Brown/orange with a good white head. Stuffy, damp tobacco and light malts contribute to a bland nose. Stiff caramel malts, a protracted roasty finish with hints of orange and toffee sweetness. I’d be pretty chuffed to get a pint of this in my local.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ GBBF 2009. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty flavor with some hints of hops and caramel. Has a fruity malty finish with some hoppy hints.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, apple notes, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090804]
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at GBBF 2009 ... amber ... sulpherous fruit nose ... dull fruit ... light soft malt .
2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Amber body. Aroma of sour grass. Malt-fruity flavour and dusty hops. Straightforward bitter tail. Somewhat tame and flat in the mouth. Not up to par for a English bitter (cask, sample at GBBF, 06.08.2009).
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask at GBBF, London Earl’s Court, 5 Aug 2009) Tawny colour with frothy, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with apricots, citrus and dusty hops. Malty, fruity taste with notes of apricots, solid grainy malt and dusty, citrussy hops in the finish. Light body, balanced sweetness. A decent bitter.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask@GBBF2009. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is grass, hops, sweet malts, some floral and mildly wooden notes as well. Flavuor is wooden, a bit grassy as well as sweet malts and some mild nuttyness.
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