3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. Amber colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is caramel, hops, malts and some mild sweetness. Flavour is grassy, caramelly and slightly of vegetables. Lovely aroma, but flavour was a slight disappointment.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
500 ml bottle. Finland.
Clear dark copper colour with tiny white head.
Darkish floral hops, darkish malt and some caramel sweetness.
Malty flavour with some mild floral hops and some nuts.
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3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours deep amber, no head; sweet, but not excessively so; some dark fruit; balanced, with a bittersweet finish; a charming if modest gem.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Jan 2007: I think Bath Ales produce fantastic beers, so when I came across this 500ml brown bottle, locally, I had to get it. I wasn’t dissappointed.
Looked fine in a Gordon’s thistle glass, amber, with a good head.
I was not expecting the bannana, vanilla, sweet caramel aroma. You do not get it with the cask version.
No taste of the above aroma, thank God, although it is fairly sweet for a Brit bitter.
Mouthfeel is fine, the flavour stays and a bitterness does arrive, but you have to wait for it.
I prefer the cask, but this is still a good beer.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark brown, no bubbles, quickly dissipating head.
Dark fruit aroma and taste.
Flat quite thin palate.
Tasty.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pale brown colour. Weak aroma of malts and sweet candy. Nice smooth texture. Light on flavour. Has some yeast and fruity malts.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
[Bottle from Muddy Wellies’ stall at Cirencester Christmas Market] Deep amber with a moderate, off-white head. Rather fizzy. Sulphurous, farmyard flavour. Not to my taste, I’m afraid.
Earlier Rating: 4/14/2009 Total Score: 3.3
[Bottle from Mum & Dad, shared with Jim - cheers!] Amber with a small white head and soft carbonation. Tastes quite sweet, with lots of caramel and vanilla. Smooth, easy drinking and a little different to your average English ale; just a smidgeon of bitterness in the aftertaste. Pleasant enough, but unremarkable. c6
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 11/20
4.8% amber colour with a thin head, malt aroma, caramel malt taste nice beer.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
0.5 lt bottle from Berrmerchants.Orange/golden with a creamy off-white head. Caramel malty aroma with some grassy hop notes.Caramel malty taste, some grass hops and fruits. Dry finish. Aroma is more intense that the taste.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Old school beer - and all the better for it. Chestnut brown colour. Caramel aroma, big sweet chestnut & stewed fruit flavours with hints of twiglet. Nice.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours a clear, dark brown with a nice white head. Malt, toffee, nuts. Taste has sweetness of brown sugar, plus toffee and malt.
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