3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the White Rock Hotel, Hastings. Dark amber to mid-brown in colour with a thin cream head that laces the glass nicely; aroma of autumn fruit; quite full bodied with sweet autumn fruit flavour; the finish is dry with a touch of earthy caramel. A solid bitter.
3.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
500ml unfiltered bottle from local shop in Alfriston, near Eastbourne. Poured twice. Initial pour was lovely; second pour included the yeast and the profile changed completely, Provided you don’t pour in thge yeast, this is a well balanced, tasty and refreshing best bitter. A bit colour by numbers, but if what you are after is a decent, well made and traditional British bitter, then this works fine - and we don’t have too many successful bottled bitters....
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Tiger Inn, East Dean, East Sussex. Amber with a small white head. Slight chocolate malt aroma, pleasantly earthy. The taste similarly rich and redolent of damp compost. Sharp bitter finish. Very good.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
11th June 2008. Frothy lively ale. Well balanced and a distinct fruity note from the hops. Watery finish lets it down a bit.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle thanks to ethereal. deep gorgeous live yeast nose that would make any backer envious. Cloudy amber, very little head. Flavours of nuts, chalk and earth. decent hop quite tart, strong mineral finish, very drinkable!!
1.2 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 3/20
Bottle at Chris_o’s The Wolf tasting. Sorry Casper, but this bottle wasn’t good. Not a great aroma. Bit of an ugly bitter. Bit bleachy and nasty.
1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 3/20
Bottle @ Chris_o.
Pours muddy amber with no head. Aroma is sweet biscuits and light tartness. Completely flat mouthfeeel. Infected (again). Too bad, as the stout was wonderful...
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A Mes rate: 50cl bottle thanks to Ethereal.
A very solid bitter. Lovely mid red brown colour with a very gippy off white head and lace. Really pleasing bitter hop aroma with light tobacco notes. The malt comes through a little more in the flavour finishing with more floral hops. Straight down the line but a good performer all round.
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