2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled. A mid brown coloured beer with a thick whitish head and lacing. There are toasty notes in the otherwise thin aroma. Not much going on in the mouth either. A little bitterness, a little bread. Thin and average.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brown 500ml bottle, best before 23 June 2010, drank and reviewed 27 Mar 2010. Poured into a vase shaped pint glass.
Semi dark, reddy, amber in colour, no head, just a mini wisp of white bubbles with a thin collar.
Malted biscuits came to mind as I stuck my nose into the glass, some aromatic hop hints too.
The taste was malty, pleasant and sweet for an English Bitter. The alcohol hides behind the sweetness, but sneaks up on you as the beer is consummed.
Very drinkable, never heard of the brewery before, I hope I meet them again. Pity the beer didn’t manage to produce a head.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Bronze and quite heavily pasteurised but still quite tasty. Some fruitiness with a bitter finnish.Reasonable but average.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from my hotel bar in Torquay. Pours clear nut/amber with a moderate sized off-white creamy head.Aroma is malty with some citrus hops. Taste is that same lovely fresh and crisp hops that I have experienced in all the beers from this brewery.Good amount of citrussy hops, long lasting. Some good malty toffee as well, with a light roasted note. A nice one again,
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
@ Raven, Bath. Bright golden-amber. The aroma is fruity-berryish with a hint of caramel. Character is lightly toasty, lightly metallic with caramelly notes. OK, quite malt-accented.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ The Raven, Bath (coastal beer festival). Copper with lots of lace. Rich husky but not too husky malt aroma. Soft palate. Very nice malts are medium toasty and featured well. Tastes like a nut brown but is balanced.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Copper colour with a soap scum head. Aroma of treacle with a hint of nut.Tastes of sweet mild malt fairly smooth.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (gravity dispense) at Battersea Beer Festival, 11 February 2010. Amber colour. Scant head. Light condition. Clean, fresh and a little fruity (again). Some estery, slightly gluey notes in the aroma. Crisp and easy drinking. Pretty decent but not spectacular.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Dark amber with a fine, mostly dissipating soapy off-white head and a fair lacing. Toasty malt, caramel with a touch of raisin on the nose. Fairly standard caramel malt flavours with some nuttiness and a grassy bitterness. Medium body, medium carbonation with a fairly short finish and mouthfeel.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Sainsbury’s. Amber with off white head. Fresh delicate malt and well balanced despite limited hop content. I enjoyed this.
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