3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gravity, The Crown Xmas Fest, Nuneaton. Murky orange amber with a persistent head and lace. Dusty Everards-like sultana and gooseberry hop, chocolate, maize, grapeskin. Unusual tasty Mild.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 50cl.
Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, roasted, chocolate. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. (220808)
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of fonefan. Hazy, dark brown with an orange hue and a creamy, beige head. Lightly burned malt in the nose. Medium-bodied with notes of hard roasted malt. The finish is dry. Has an underlying acidity. 220808
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle, shared by fonefan. A hazy dark brown beer with a creamy, tan head. Nice lacings. Butterscotch, roasted malt, coffee and a little note of chocolate in the aroma. The flavor is much the same, but also has some citric notes. Coffee-bitter finish with some hops and a little sourness. Medium body, quite effervescent. A quite decent beer, probably better when fresh. Or maybe not, judging from other ratings. (080822)
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a redish glare and a lacing tan head. Mild spiced, slight butterish but dominantly smooth chocolate malt aroma. Slight citric flavour to a nicely roasted malt base and smooth chocolate flavour. Slight milky and citric finish, yet with a lasting chocolate malty finish.
0.8 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 2/20
Cask at GBBF 08. Cloudy dark brown. Aroma of big butter diacetyl. Things don’t improve in the mouth either. I will certainly re-rate given Chris_O’s previous rating.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask@GBBF2008. hazy deep brown colour with big off-white head. Aroma is bigtime diacetyl. Flavour is diacetyl meeting fruits and wood. Also some slight chocolate, but diacetyl is the main thing...
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (gravity dispense); Beer #3 at Bedford Beer Festival 2005. Looks like this is rather variable in bottle, but it was a damn fine drop from cask on this particular day. Very dark, almost black colour, with just a tinge of ruby. Dry chocolate and subtle coffee aroma. Dryish flavour, with more powdery chocolate and burnt malt. Plenty of interest here. Just a touch of bitterness on the finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Rai Wines, Harborne. Slightly ruddy Mild - big beige head. Metallic roast aroma. Thin, fizzy mouthfeel. Fairly friendly, gentle roasty mouthful, plus a hint of smoke, as promised, too. Pleasant, drinkable and quenching. Insistent, with a snickins of artificiality in the finish. Good Mild.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle Conditioned - A muddy brown coloured mild with a sour aroma with a bit of chocolate and tobacco. The taste is also over sour (I doubt the bottle is on top form). There is a little light roastiness and again a touch of chocolate.
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