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 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.
3.5 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 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
3.3 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.
3.3 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.
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.
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.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Leicester BF. A light amber coloured beer. The aroma is malty and sweet with some alcohol noticeable. The taste is sweetish with some caramel. Some strange malty flavours but it works fairly well.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Gravity Cask @ Reading Beer Fesitval 07. Copper. Sweet toffee and leafy hop. Growing sweetness. Not entirely to my taste but passable.
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