3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at a Spoons. Gold with white head. Quite a thin, light session bitter, malty, biscuity with a touch of caramel. Easy drinking but not in great condition here. Sweetish hoppy finish. It’s ok.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
A - light floral and smokey
A - light gold with thin head
T - smokey and light bitter
P - oily and soft
O - interesting
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
First tasted this in Babbity Bowser, Glasgow in January 1993. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear pale copper red in colour with a thin white head. Dusty hops in the short aroma. A thin mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a juicy note of redcurrant fruit and sweet glycerine. Dusty hops give a dry dusty whack of bitter resins in the long aftertaste. Finish is bitter sweet with dry orange peel notes evident. So so session ale.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On cask at the 26th Annual Folk Festival in Ely. An orange-amber colour with a thin white head. Aroma of caramel and yeast. Yeasty flavour also with grassy hop notes and some CO2 prickle on the roof of the mouth. Dry and bitter with lingering bitterness and caramel flavour.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (Elm Tree, Cambridge)
6 Minerally, fruity, a touch sharp.
3 Mid orange, tiny head.
6 Drying and minerally, malty.
3- Tingly palate. Tangy finish.
12 A little acidic. Tang not so good.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@The Elm Tree, Cambridge. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel malts, fruits, toffee and some mild herbal notes. Flavour is fruits, some mild toffee, earth and mild yeastyness. Rather bready bitter.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
The Merchant, Rugby. Golden amber, high condition with plenty of lace. Metallic apricot aroma. Mellow hairy hop fruit hinting at apricot and gooseberry. Bready biscuit linger, solid bittering hops, loads of lace. Fresh and tasty sessions, bit too metallic.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From cask at Three Judges. Pours clear and golden orange with a slight yellowish head. Mild fruity and hoppy aroma. Flavour is mild sweet and fruity hops with a light bitterness coming through. Mild citrusy. Smooth and easy fruity finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at cloisters ... Light amber coloured ... light hop little wattery nose ... nice fruity hop ... some dry hops.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask in sit john moore. Aroma is pale malts, slightly sulphurus. Taste is similar balanced but sort of slipped by me without thinking about it.
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