2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle & Chris’ Place
Nice, fruity aroma. Cloudy gold appearance. Flavour is bland, fruity and malty but thirst quenching. Not bad for an English bottle conditioned bitter.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Sainsbury, tried at ölföreningens english ale test. A welldone bitter, frutis, caramelmalts and hops in good balance. Rather dry finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
cask at guilford arms ...copper ... bubbly off white head ... soft light smokey toffee msalt nose ...light bitter front ... soft wooody toffee malts
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
50cl bottle from the Home Brew Shop, Aldershot. A brilliant golden amber appearance with a trace of white head; earthy, malty aroma; straightforward malty flavour; lighlty hopped finish. Exactly what a bitter shourld be like.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Sweetish fruity malty hoppy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the "Meet the Brewer" evening at La Gothique, Wandsworth Common, 4th Dec 09. Hazy amber looks. Aroma of cola cubes and cough sweets. Rather malty. Has the Ballard ’house’ character - similar to Wassail. Toffee malt tastes are balanced by a pronounced bitterness. Right weight and packs a lengthy finish. A best bitter that challenges the palate rather than mollycoddles it.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Utobeer. Hazy amber, smallish head. Fruity toffee aroma and flavours, some sour notes. Good bitterness, crispy. A bit watery. Still highly drinkable.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A Mes rate. Gravicask at Le Gothique.
A lovely copper colour with a thin but lasting bubbly white head. A straight forward drop of best really. Faint dusky sour notes, nice chalky dry feel with a good bitterness. Pleasant caramel in the finish with a pronounced nutty note. Fairly standard but very pleasant, even though it is growing old it’s still doing well. A decent best bitter.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Handpulled cask at the Rake. Copper with an off white head. Good fresh tasting hoppy best bitter with hints of marmalade.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned at Far from the Madding Crowd, Oxford. Amber to gold, hazed, with white head. Not the best bitter available, quite unbalanced with a perfumed strong hop note and a heavy, syrupy note. Struggling with this.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask gravity at Planet Thanet BF 08. Amber colour with disappearing bubbly head. Standard best bitter aroma, some toffee, candy sugar and earthy hop. Standard, but tasty, good bitterness on finish. Good balance, decent condition, very drinkable best bitter. Also featured on The Market Kitchen on UK TV.
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