3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Montagu Pyke (JDW), London 9/04/10. Golden in colour with a slight white head. Light, floral aroma with some sweet malts. Flavour of Batemans’ yeasts, a hint of elderflower with a moderately bitter finish. Easy, pleasant drinking.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pint, taken at my local Wetherspoon’s pub during the 2010 Spring beer fest.
Light bodied beer in colour, a small white head tried to sit on top, it soon fell to a wisp and collar.
This beer was last brewed in 1996 and was resurrected for this festival, glad it was. Styrian Goldings give it an unusual aroma, as dried elderflowers are added during the brew, this blend produces a strange flowery feel (they suggest Honeysuckle).
Very refreshing and certainly different, not what I’d normally go for, but interesting and worth having again.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tasted this in the Saltcot, Saltcoats (JDW) in April 2010. Cask, handpump dispense. Crystal clear amber in colour with a thin white head. Slight chemical hint of sulphur in the short aroma. Thin mouthfeel and poor lacing. Slight fruit noted in the pale malt component with gooseberry and kiwi noted. Aromatic floral hops in the dusty bitter aftertaste. Weak and watery finish has a bitter sweet component but struggles and you are left totally underwhelmed. An ok session ale but still another poor effort from this top brewery.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
7th April 2010. Pale amber beer. Light palate and a little dry. Some timid hop and even malt. Just a touch of elderflower. Good idea but coulda shoulda been better than this.
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 27/04/2010
Floral slightly sulphurous aroma. White head. Golden coloured smooth on the palate and hoppy with a hint of dryness and pale malt in the finish.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Bankers Draft (JDW), Bedford, after the conclusion of the Spoons Real Ale Festival ’10. Copper with a white head. Slight sulphur in the aroma with some vegetal sweetness. Sourness in the taste with the sweet malt. Mid bitter finish. I found this inoffensive. Even acceptable.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
[Cask at the Hope Tap, Reading] Rich, attractive brassy gold with a moderate white head. Floral hints, light bitterness, dry finish. Feels very timid indeed.
2.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hand pulled cask at The Moon and Sixpence (JDW) Hatch End. Pale hazy gold with a weak white head. Elderflowers and pear drops mask a dull unimaginative back bone. Pretty much what I expected!
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask, handpump at The Penny Black, Bicester, Oxon, 18-04-10 Well this is almost a ’right bag o’ shite’. Pours amber in colour, small white head, its a bit tired. The nose was ok until the cat’s piss came through, which is fairy consistent of Elderflower that isn’t fresh, but to be fair it does say dried elderflower, don’t get the honeysuckle, nah’ not my thing. A5 A2 F5 P3 Ov10 2.5
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
cask at Standing Order JDW ... golden ... thin white head ... light sulpherous fruit nose ... very sulpherous ... cant see past it ...
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask @ Counting House, JDW. Golden colour, small white bubbly head. Aroma of butter and hint of elderflower. Flavour of sweet caramel malts, butter, biscuit. Sweet, sticky finish. Probably not in the best condition.
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