3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned, GBBF 2005:
Buttery aroma. Malty palate. A nice, complex and refreshing brew. One of the better casks.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask@ The Hole in the Wall Near Waterloo Station. Pretty good session bitter slightly above average. more flavor than the Young’s bitter I had there.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Hole In the Wall London SE1 1 May 06. Mahogany colour. A white lasting creamy head. Fruity smell and taste. A modest bitter aftertaste. Not bad.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Handpump at the Ship & Mitre, Liverpool 13/06/2002
Mid brown coloured with some fruit and grassy aromas. Slihgtly dry lasting malt finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at The Hole in the Wall, Waterloo, London. Orange amber beer with slight whispy head. Perfectly drinkable hoppy light session bitter with hints of grapefruit and a floral hoppy nose. Dry and bitter, an enjoyable beer.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Half pint on cask. Dark brown body with short-lived head. Marked dried fruit and spicy aroma. Herbal flavour with hints of dark berries. Nice bitter finish. Extraordinary and quite good (Served at room temperature at The Hole in The Wall, Waterloo, London 18.09.2006).
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask handpump at ’Hole in the Wall’ Waterloo, London. Mid brown bitter, hardly any head to speak of, starts off wonderful with plenty of hops and spicy flavours kicking around but after a while I found it a little too sweet and realised it was’nt quite as good as I initially thought, nonetheless it’s a good effort.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, the Cock, Luddesdown. Big characterful pub in the middle of nowhere. Meeting place for motor bike clubs since the 1940's.<bl> Beer has huge malty impact with bags of flavour including ancient rancid oak. Sweet and sticky with a well chewed peanut finish. Quality fades after initial impact as the balance shifts toward the sour notes.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Hole in the Wall. A very average Enlish bitter, with both maltiness and some bitterenss from the hops, but nothing here to lift it above the crowd,
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Surprisingly, although this brewery has been going since 2001 and is based (as am I) in London, I had never seen this in a pub before. Microbreweries in London have a pretty appalling survival record, so I wish this one every success. Unfortunately, it was not served in peak condition. I would guess that the pub has been having problems s with its cellar as, of the six handpumps, only three were in use and my companion's pint of Everards Tiger was undrinkable. My Battersea bitter was served very warm and tasted rather dull and lifeless. However, even off condition, it seemed a respectable, sweetish bitter majoring on malt, rather than hops. Must re-rate if I get a chance to sample elsewhere. Hole in the Wall, Waterloo, London, September 2003
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