2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.
Clear medium amber brown color with a average, frothy - creamy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, milk chocolate, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (030508)
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
[Cask at GBBF 2005] A hazy opaque brown beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of sulphur and roasted malt. The flavor is nicely roasted, with a dry roasted end, but the body is thin.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@Southampton Arms, London. Very deep amber colour, close to black, with a small beige head. Aroma is fruits, wood, raisins and some mild wooden notes. Flavour is much the same. Pleasantly balanced.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Charlies.
Clear orange red coloured with an off white head.
Fruity aroma of hops and liquorice.
Light roasted flavour of fruits, liquorice and hops.
Hoppy finish.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Charlies Bar, Copenhagen. Pours a clear amber brown color with a small off-white head. Fruity malty aroma with hints of caramel and hops. Sweet malty caramel flavor with some roasted hints. Sweet malty finish with some hints of caramel in the aftertaste.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
copper brown in colour, fruity roast malt nose, light fruity malt with a little roast bitterness in linger.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at GBBF 2005
Dark ruby colour. Weird nose, slight malts, but then some roasted, grainy malt and some dark fruit flavours, finish is dry
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
17th April 2008
Pale amber in colour - malty nose and a malty taste but with enough of fruity zing to keep it interesting. Easy going beer.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: NOV 10, 2009 1. Cask Handpump at the Baltic Fleet, Liverpool 14/05/2003
Dark mid brown coloured with some fruit and dryness in a slight roast finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Harlequin, Sheffield 19/07/2009
Malty aroma. Mid brown coloured a little rich on the palate and fruity with a little bitterness in a crisp and nutty lasting malt finish.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask @ the Harlequin Sheffield, after the Grand Tasting. Dark brown color. Caramelly aroma with hint of apple syrup. caramelly bitter flavor, with notes of apple and roast. Almost medium bodied. Drinkable.
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