2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Dark copper in colour, clear with both a sweet aroma and taste. No head.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pint on draught at the Back of Beyond in Reading. Cloudy brown orange beer with a creamy head. Very bitter, dry with floral hops. Not much body. A hint of nuts. Uninspiring if not particularly bad.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Claude De Val (JDW), Camberley - 18/08/12.
Pours a slightly obscured copper/orange with a very thin white head.
Strong malts on the nose and a little orange.
Strong malty taste as per the nose and a background of citrus fruit orange and grapefruit predominating and a little toffee/butter.
Light to medium body - easy drinking not bad.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20
Pint at Spoons Gateshead I/C Mal. We couldn’t decide whether it was off, or supposed to taste like that. After a few mouthfuls, we came to the conclusion that it was supposed to taste like that, and neither of us liked it. I was getting some unpleasant chemical solvent type flavour. Needs work,
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep copper colour. Flavour has nice rounded malty feel and also a touch of fresh hop. Smooth, creamy texture.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at JDW. Light copper with a frothy beige head. Fruity, floral nose with some faint metallic notes, but they don’t really interfere. Sticky, buttery toffee malts combined with lots of marmalade makes for a decent taste profile. Palate is creamy but a bit watery. Fairly good effort.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask @ a JDW pub. Pours deep mahogany with a thick creamy white head. The nose is light sugared plums, some strawberry, light wood and caramel. The taste plays it pretty straight as an ESB. Light orchard fruits, strawberry and plums. Some shoe polish and caramel malts. Light tobacco. Not in perfect nick. Medium body. Light dry finish. Overall, OK.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at Square Peg, Birmingham
Amber color, with small but persistent creamy head. Simple Bitter, with some acidity in the aroma, and a dusty flavor.
Probably not in good conditions.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Old manor (JDW), Bracknell. Amber with a thin off-white head; spicy hop aroma; rich and buttery in the mouth with an odd malty taste; the finish has some spicy and vegetable-like hops. Odd, but OK.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Copper with slight head. Big sweetish beer, fruity, plums, damson with a hint of port wine. Doesn’t then follow through with background flavours. It’s ok, just.
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