3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[Cask at the Cumberland Hotel, Alston] Malty, some dusty, earthy hops come through in finish. A reasonable session bitter, if a little dull.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at The Drunken Duck, Ambleside, Cumbria, home of the Barngates Brewery. Amber with an off white head. Pleasant sweet malty aroma and caramel malt taste. Some bitterness.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Deep copper ... light toffe malt nose ... hoppy up front ... with a sweet toffee finish ... simple and tasty
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Ealing beer fest. Aroma is malty with sharp wierd burnt character. Taste has some liquirce notes in what would have been an interesting best bitter.
2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
gravi @ ealing bf 08. strange malty, woody nose with a bit of wild bore to it... copper colour, fluffy head. strange flavours of wood sap and plastic. this is just to odd....
2.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Dartford Beer Fest. A drinkable session bitter with a good balance of pale malt and English hops. Decent.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned at Sands, Grange over Sands, Cumbria. Amber colour with foamy head. Smooth malty beer, quite puddingy in character but with a malty dryness, easy drinking but quite understated. Short finish with a taint of hop. Ok.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Stillage at the Memorial Hall, Northwich 21/09/2001
Amber coloured slightly fruity and bitter with some hoppiness in the finish.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@Twickenham Beer festival. Toasty mollasses. Some marmalade on toast, soft, easy drinking, not a lot happening in the finish.
3.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Another amber brew with a creamy head, typical Northern appearance. Faint malty nose which doesn't prepare you for the flavour at all. Very tasty with juicy maltiness, quite bitter and some hop taste too. The finish is the best bit, being bitter, very fruity and malty and lasting a long time - all the way back to the hotel in fact! Good stuff. (sampled on cask in the Bowling Green, Wigan, UK)
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