3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, GBBF 2007. Chestnut, thin off-white head. Nose is strong alcoholic maltiness, some dark fruit. Mouth is quite burnt malt, charcoal dryness. Smoky, touch of fruit. Finishes dry and smoky.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @GBBF 2011. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty dark fruit aroma with hints of chocolate. Has a fruity malty caramel flavor with hints of dark fruit. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 4. Pours dark brown with a foamy, white head. Light wood nose, some dark and ripe fruits. Mild toast, dough and fruits in the flavor. LIght bodied with fine carbonation. Pleasant and balanced finish. Faint leafe bitterness, a bit more wood and toat, ripe fruits. Very, very good stuff.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle that I think that I picked up at The Real Ale Shop, Wells-next-the Sea, June 09 consumed 23-07-09 Pours copper in colour. The aroma is malty and milk chocolate. Soft in the mouth the milk chocolate comes through again, some bitterness, this is quite rich full bodied beer, good stuff. A7 A4 F7 P3 Ov14 3.5
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, gravity, at St Neots BF ’09 (’Booze on the Ouse’). Very dark brown. Pleasant lightly toasted aroma. Sweet malty taste. Slight bitterness. A nice old-fashioned beer, simple, satisfying and very easy to drink.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle conditioned, 500ml from Bellingers Garage, Grove, Oxon. Rich chestnut colour with white head. Roasted coffee flavours initially, husky, with a reasonable bittersweet balance. Depth with a caramel note, a tad sweet perhaps, but overall a good, drinkable beer. Enjoyed it.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Reddish brown beer with a lightly roasted aroma. The flavour is roasted, mildly bitter and malty. Overall a reasonable beer.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from the Little Beer Shop, Norfolk. On the Huh pours a chestnut colour with a slight, off-white head that doesn’t take long to diminish. The aromas are of a roasted malt and burnt caramel character. Flavour is moderately sweet with some nuttiness and a fair bitter finish that disappears all too quickly for my liking. Dry in the finish and a touch watery on the palate. Took a while to get going, but once it did it turned out to be a pleasing, albeit light bitter.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Dark copper pour without any head. Surprisingly earthy and almost dusty ale with more yeastiness than most. Dark flavoured in general, yet with a solid hop bite. It does not seem to know where it wants to head, staying away from any serious fruitiness, but heading hesitantly towards toasty flavours. Remains dry all along and more of a texture beer than flavour beer, perhaps some people prefer that for a session. Medium bodied, slow carbonation.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask at GBBF, London, 9 Aug 2007) Mahogany colour with brief beige head. Malty, nutty nose with hints of chocolate. Malty, nutty taste with notes of cold coffee and moderate bitterness in a fairly dry finish. Not too complicated, but fair enough.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2007, London. Light brown color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, light burnt. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Balance is not good. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.
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