3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Stillage at the Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt, Liverpool 17/02/2007
Spicy aroma. Amber coloured and hazy in appearance. Hoppy. Some alcohol present. Slightly bitter crisp malt finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
[Cask from Gallas] Clear, deep amber, small, tight head. Rich aroma of pale malt, grapefruit hop aromas, with some floral nuances. Full body, malt sweetness balanced with a fruity hop finish. Great beer.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask conditioned at The Woolpack, Banbury. Orange Amber with white head. A beautiful looking beer, much complimented in the pub, but with very strange flavours. Tart and sour notes in a fruity, grainy body. Harsh malts with a sourdough type character. I wasn’t keen at all.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A Mes rate: Cask at Bar Fringe in Manchester. Superbly conditioned as all the casks at Fringe always are. Strange grapefruit and melon with some lovely aromatic hops coming through. Impressive head retention for what it is. Whiskey like finish with some grassy hops. Nice creamy palate.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Very nice, a little sweet, and bitter at the same time, i like that, not boring, very dark, and the flavor is like sweet Belgian beers but not fruity, perhaps it has some ingredients rerlated, it has foam.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask: Deep gold with a white head. Nice nutty sweet flavour. Strange fruity edge. Medium bodied with some berry notes.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Hand pulled at the Wellington, Birmingham. The blurb for this beer makes it sound alluring and complex. I found it to be less so, managing to jot only the word ’vegetal’ in my notebook.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A very strange brew this. Lots of nutty, oaty maltiness with spicy, vegetal hop notes and a peaty, grainy and still spicy finish a bit like an Islay whisky! (Cask)
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask Conditioned, at the Oakdale Arms, North London.
An attractive golden beer but slightly thin. Pleasant session beer but with all the beer on offer 25-30 beers on pump or gravity, our standards/expectations were very high.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Well, this beer is certainly an attractive rich golden colour, but after that, I depart from the commercial description. I have tasted, and enjoyed, a number of Atlas beers, but I found this one soft, rather bland and short of grip. OK, but nothing to write home about. Handpump, Oakdale Arms, London
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