3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity) @ Cambridge Winter Ale Festival 2013, at the University Social Club, Mill Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England CB2 1RX.
Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, fruity, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, sharp hops, light citrus hops, peppery - coriander notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130119]
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Gravicask (CWAF2013, Thurs)
Light uplifting aroma, good aromatic hops. Hint of mushroom here too, alas. Refreshing palate, with subtle, but nice, hopping. Fairly pale, small spongy head. Grainy finish. Refreshing bitter.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle.Light orange in colour with a small head,aroma of lemon and apple taste is of pine and citric with a dry bitter finish.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask (gravity dispense), Reading Beer Festival, April 2006. A weaker version of the, not very strong, Green Man from the same brewery. Pale colour. Dodgy, dull malt aroma. A bit stagnant. Dull flavour too. Just a touch of spicy hop redeems things, but not a lot. Didn’t get any coriander. Dull all round. Questionable condition?
0.8 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 1/20
Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Reading BF. Oh my God, this was truly awful. The aroma is syrupy sweet with notes of straw and vomit. The taste is just foul and nasty. Sickly and very very bad. Oh and by the way it’s golden.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Conditioned at Reading BF 2006. Golden. Nasty buttery and sugary aroma. Sweet malt and a touch of spice.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask @ Reading 2006: Golden. Mild socks and fruit in the nose, some fruity notes. Dry malt and astringent hops. Unpleasant.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Gravity cask @ Reading Beer Festival 2006. Light colour. Almost herbal spicy noce perhaps some vanilla. A bit watery with some astringency.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Reading 06 BF cask gravity. Golden, no head. Bit of diacetyl, bit thin in mouth. Odd herby, toffee flavours with an ok finish
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle conditioned. Light brown and orange with a bubbly off-white head. Aromas are sweet and sour fruit with mellow lemon and some caramel. Flavours are tea with citrus fruit and some caramel smoothness. Towards the finish, bitterness comes through, with pine and grassiness. The palate, like the Premium Bitter, is quite prickly. Could be the conditioning. Not bad, not great, but pretty tasty for its alcohol level.
|
