3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the Penny Black JDW, Northwich 31/10/2008
Wheaty aroma. Small white head. Mid brown amber coloured and creamy on the palate with a crisp and slightly bitter malt finish.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Penderel’s Oak, JDW. Holborn WC1. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel aroma. Fruity malty spicy flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a fruity mlaty slightly sweetish spicy finish with some hints of caramel in the aftertaste.
1.9 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask at Penderels Oak, Holborn 15 Nov 08. Brown colored. A thin layer-head. Heavy malty flavor. Some fruity hints. Dry fruity bitter finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at JDW in Hammersmith during "Spoons Fest in a Day" crawl, 2nd Nov 08. Rich amber, little bit of lace. Malty and full bodied with an interesting taste. Lots of nice toffee and caramel flavours.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
cask at JDW edinburgh ...WELL FIRST OFF LETS JUST SAY I LIKED THIS WAY MORE THAN THE AVERAGE ... amber ... light malt light hazelnut nose ... mellow fruity malts ... some toffee... ligth chocolate ... and hazelnut ... TK2 as i defintly wanted a 2nd the next day ... very nutty very tasty ... could see the nuttyness getting too much over several pints.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, The Four Candles, Oxford. Warm copper, dense light tan head. Slightly sulfury nose, a bit of vague spice. Smells a little like the spice drawer in my mom’s kitchen, where every known spice is present but most of them aging into soft vagueness. Pleasant overall, but without any clear focus. Softly sweet malt, a touch of mineral in the finish. Less distinctive than I’d hoped for.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Last Plantagenet, Leicester. Brown with a small cream head. Aromas are weetabix malts with nutty notes, spicy and peppery. Flavours are chocolate and weetabix malts with nutty notes. Some citrus with earthy, spicy hops. A touch different but decent.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask in the cross keys and the new crown. Malty, bready, old cellar, slightly mouldy, some dry grassy hop. Not good!
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Another lost Spoonsfest rate. So unimpressed by this one I gave it to Octo. Watery chocolate and toasted nut stillness. Needed some roast or hops to balance the weirdness. Odd and empty, verging on the unpleasant.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
(Cask at Crosse Keys JDW, London City, 20 Nov 2008) Reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, nutty nose with dried fruit, caramel and sugar or honey. Malty, nutty taste with notes of dried fruit, prunes and caramel. Low bitterness with the hops disappearing in the sweet and nutty malt. Medium body, fairly sweet. Interesting, not bad, but hardly amazing. In short: sweet caramel with roasted nuts.
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