2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Counting House, JDW. Clear golden colour, off-white head. Aroma is flowery and vegetables. Flavour is light malted, a bit fruity. Slightly dry finish, light bodied. Not good at all.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
First tasted this in Babbity Bowser, Glasgow in January 1993. Cask, hanpump dispense. Clear ruby red in colour with a thin off white head. Slight note of fruit malt in the short aroma. Thin mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a juicy fruit flavour of redcurrants, fruit jellies confection. Strong hop resins gives a dry bitter aftertaste. Slight note of dry liquorice in the finish. An ok session bitter.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bright medium amber. Thin head. Slightly earthy, slightly appley character. Accent on fruitiness, with a nice, earthy caramel balance. A nice working class bitter.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Weatherspoons Penzance. Copper and clear. Brisk balanced aroma has nice hops. Fruity, soft palate. Slightly yeasty. Decent stuff but a bit too fruity like canned pears.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ The Counting House. Mild malty aroma. Medium brown colour, good head. Caramel malt flavour. Sweet & smooth.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at the Claude du Vall (JDW), Camberley. Gold with a tight white head; grainy aroma; creamy texture, light grainy flavour; the finish is biscuity and lightly bitter, as if a single hop was wafted over the brew. Innocuous and boring.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (Lloyds/JDWs Uxbridge)
6 Simple fruity aroma. Touch of graininess and breadiness.
3 Rich orange, brief head.
6 Slightly wooly, touch of mushrooms in the retronasals. Body simple, malty and grainy.
4 Full bodied dark bitter.
13 Passable, but it seems it’s past its best even though it was reasonably freshly on. JDW up to their old tricks?
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity dispense) at Ealing Beer Festival, July 2009. Amber colour. Some sharp notes. Clean. The name is a bit misleading - this is really just a decently balanced strong bitter. OK without generating too much excitement.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
22nd April 2008. Beautifully balanced malt and hops. Mellow malt and crisp jiucy hops. Semi dry finish and a sweet note at the end.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask-conditioned at the King of Wessex (JDW), Bath 5/7/08. Pale amber with a slight white head. Caramel aroma with a touch of earthy hops. Flavour was slightly syrupy with some fruit and a warming alcohol finish. Ok.
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