3.4 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Oct, 2005. Shaston Arms, Soho. A very pleasant ale. Now brewed by Hall & Woodhouse. Still good, but it has - inevitably - lost some of the individual charm of the Gribble brewery. [3.4]
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Spicy and slightly sour orange-like smell with a distinct aroma of butterscotch and vanilla. The flavor has a distinct taste of butterscotch and vanilla, and in the aftertaste there’s a sour bitterness. Really disgusting beer in my book! I do not like butterscotch / diacetyl!
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, handpump @ The Worlds End tied house, Taunton, Somerset.
Deep tawny copper that is not quite bright but shimmers in the light with minute particles in suspension. Headless, a full pint but not a bubble to be seen atop. Distant aroma of rusty, tannic malts, dusty old hops and praline. Flavour is just as distant. Sweet, dark, caramelised sugar front, wood and dust mid-palate; the malt and hops give an earthy mustiness to it that ensues into the swallow. A little rust makes it clap-out, the length a continuation of the palate. The body is featherweight, the flavour so subdued its alarming. Overall its sweet, too softly spoken and lacking backbone. A boring bitter.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: FEB 15, 2012 Bottle. Deep golden colour with a white head. Floral hoppy and light caramel aroma. Mild sweet caramel flavour with a fresh hoppiness. A little less carbonation on tap
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
First tasted this in the Saltcot, Saltcoats (JDW) in July 2004. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear copper red in colour with a thin white head. Poor aroma with a hint of sweet malt and little else. Thin watery mouthfeel and poor lacing. Pale malts give an insipid sweet note which lacks complexity and depth. Strong metallic notes from the hop resins in the long aftertaste. Finish was weak and flavours ran out of steam ages ago. Had a very slight resemblence to Castle Eden but this was a struggle to finish. Poor real ale and one to avoid on this showing.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draught at Shakespeare’s Head, Brighton - 4/11/10. Dry hoppy palate but a sweetish taste. Grassy or foresty nose.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
24th August 2007. Light palate. A little bit of hop fruit but not bitter. Low carbonation and a bit watery.
1.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
CASK. Hummm Interesting ferrets yeah i really like the ferrets but this beer actually seems to taste like smelly ferrets it really tastes werd and not nice why else is it ferret related after all.
0.5 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 1/20
Not recommended, nutty, unpleasant full taste of redish beer. Odd stuff!
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[701-20070926] Cask @ Ship & Shovell (London, GL). Wet ferret-like aroma has light resin or caramel notes. Clear, orange amber body with a quick bubbly white head. Generic fruit flavour has a nice doughy yeast finish. Medium body. Repeatable, mild but nice.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Hazy light amber coloured ale topped by a nice off-white film. Shy aroma is pretty grainy and almost devoid of hop flavours. In mouth, it is frankly plasticy upon the finish. The yeastiness is a bit too phenolic for a session ale, kinda chemical. A rare case of a bad yet fresh cask ale for me.
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