2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned at Barrels Alehouse, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. Reddish amber with white head. Grainy, malty bitter, some dryness, a cold tea like hop, leafy, slightly dull.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask by handpump at Wally Dug, Edinburgh (11 Apr 12) - clear brown ale, medium off-white head, served a bit cold, no detectable aroma, nutty malt, toffee, bit bland
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pours dark amber with a proportionate head. The nose has toffee and malt. The taste is very much sweet toffee with some malt astringency. The palate is medium bodied and textured with a slightly cloying finish. Overall, nothing special.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Had out of a cask at World’s End in Edinburgh. Really disappointing considering how much I enjoy most of Belhaven’s other beers.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
aroma, old ale, malt, grainy, got on tap, at Scottland run golf course, nice amber hue good frim head though, taste, malty lacking robustness,little to no hop profile,at little watery,overall, good for a thirsty drinker and of course on has to step back from a nice place like this to really rate a beer well, a nice setting can play tricks on your palate!
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
5th October 2011
Crosse Keys Spoons. Clear amber beer. Residual white head. Light dry palate. Low carbonation. Boiled sweets with a trace of hop bitterness. Mild toffee malt underneath. Finishes dry with an unexpected smoky note.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pour Cooper clear, with a small white head.
Aroma of honey, a bit of citrus. A little bready. Slightly bitter, as you expected. Also really flat, also what you expected.
Malty notes. Pretty standard for this kind of esb.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
A - caramel and honey
A - mid gold with thick head
T - light sweet
P - mid and soft
O - ehhhhh...
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 4/10/2011. Bronze coloured with a slight, off-white head. Sweet bitter, with caramel and a touch of red berries. Ok.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Webb Ellis (JDW, Twickenham). Light malty spicy nose with just a touch of phenol, chewy malty body with a slight citrussy tartness and a hoppy finish with a hint of peach.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hand pulled cask at the Moon and Sixpence (JDW) Hatch End. Amber/brown with a thick off white collar. Predominantly dry malt with a hint of diacetyl and gentle English hops. Very easy to drink and better than I expected.
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