4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at The Cleveland Arms, London. Pours clear garnet with a foamy, white head. Light tangy fruit nose, some toast. Medium sweet flavor, some caramel, toasty sugars, ripened fruits. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Medium sweet finish, some toasty malts, dark sugars, toasty brown sugar, good quality ripe fruits, plums, berries. Really solid beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Keg @ Highlander Inn, Craigellachie 120512
Light chestnut brown...dense white head...good lacing
Aroma - light aroma - light caramel malts...soft berry fruits
Taste - fruity caramel malts, berries, light blackcurrant, soft toffee, bit biscuity in the background, but unusual
Palate - medium body, soft carb, quite viscous. Finish as main flavour with more biscuit in the tail.
Overall - A nice soft and mellow bitter...good condition at the pub - I liked this one
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, King’s Head, Carlisle. Nutty brown beer, with a decent bitterness, especially in the aftertaste. Has a hint of smoke and fruit in the flavour, some tanginess and it’s a touch metallic. A standard English ’premium’ bitter.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned at The Wellington, Birmingham. Amber with white head. Quite a drying beer but with a fruity, malty overnote. Lasting on the palate, dry in the close with a reasonable bitterness.
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