3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: AUG 11, 2007 Nicely hoppy aroma, with yeast and tannins. Very much in the English style. Moderately tannic, moderately hoppy, some potato flavors, a light spice, dry caramel. Great packaging, foggy brownish-gold, big head. Finishes with some stewed fruit and sourness. Pretty drinkable. Rerate: This beer really grew on me as I worked my way through the six over a couple of days. It’s imperative that you let the brew warm - the malting really comes through when it’s not ice cold. Very servicable, and very true to style.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
aroma, old sourdough bread, vinger esters
color, poured into steiner, cloudy medium hue slight head disappers quicky
taste, sour front mingled with amlt sweetness, then finishes wit ha vingeary taste, sour indeed.
overall ok, probaly would noy buy again.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
The beer looks good enough, amber with a nice head. The aroma though is weak with just a hint of malt and a little caramel.. The flavor is malty sweet with a bit of fruit. Very little bitterness. Feels a bit watery. Not my favorite.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This also had a nice fruity aroma. A bit and darker and a bit more hops and less fruit in the body than the lager. A nice session beer.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From a 330ml bottle on 15/8/2010. Has a quite unusual aroma of fruit, nuts, and burnt toffee. Begins with sweet malt and caramel flavours and finishes off with a decent and quite long, slightly spicy hop finish. A serviceable bitter which rates streets ahead of their pale ale.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
330mL bottle. Pours slightly hazy gold with a thin head that settles to a ring. Nice aroma of honey, caramel, biscuit and some grass and citrus. Medium sweetness and bitterness with a malty, toasty and mineral-like flavour. Light-medium bodied, average carbonation with a lingering finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
330ml bottle. Pours a hazy red-amber, with a minimal head. The aroma is a mixture of subtle coffee and sweet malt. There is a strong leafy and citrus hops flavour to begin, which segues into a smooth, lingering malt and chocolate finish. A reasonable interpretation of the style, yet not quite up to the standard of a proper English bitter.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Pours clear amber with a foamy white head that lasts a while. Aroma is mainly grainy with hints of caramel and honey. Flavour is grainier still: biscuity, cerealy, malty, with some subtle hop bitterness. Watery mouthfeel and very high carbonation don’t help things. Pretty ordinary beer.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle: Amber in color, a really heavy and vibrant burnt orange hue, moderate off-white head, frothy, nice lacing, lively carbonation. Looks the biz. Malty nose, slight cereal, a touch grainy. Meh,
average. Nothing that entertaining. Certainly no real hop character. Quite cereal like on the tongue. Exit yields a touch of cardboard. Body and mouthfeel are moderate. Needs a bit more hop
character. Not all that crisp for a bitter. A little flat. Not bad by any means, but an average brew at best.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle (330ml). Copper-amber body with a film of lingering white head. Aromas of sweet caramel malts and fruity hops. Taste is moderately sweet malts balanced by a medium hop bitterness at the end of the palate. Medium-light bodied with an average carbonation. A run-of-the mill boutique Bitter.
2.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Orangey-brown, beige head. Mainly caramel aroma. Taste has lots of fruit sweetness with just about enough hops to balance, but certainly not enough for any lasting bitterness. Not special, but OK.
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