3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
nice light golden colured ale, tht was fruity and balanced with just hint of sweetness.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pints and halves, cask gravity, 2nd Bulkington Beer Festival. Tarnished gold with no head. Fresh musky citrus, slight urea, jammy apricot, peach and lychee aroma. All that plus mango, sweet red apple Englishness, walnut, white grape, oats and custard. Big lovely bag of fruit and biscuits basically, balancing out with some serious hop and nuthusk afters. Tip-top crushed biscuit freshness, despite having been cooked in this sweltering armpit of a festival venue for 3 days. Superlative sessions, unafraid of giving you a smack in the mouth.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned at The Old Silk Mill, Derby. Amber with white head. Heady, hoppy fresh tasting beer with a bitterseet edge. Good zesty, slightly spicy notes from the hop on a mid bodied maltiness. Very Pleasant.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Peterborough BF ’06. Golden colour with sweet malts in aroma and taste, plus a touch of honey. Slight bitterness. Not at all bad.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A Mes rate. Gravicask at Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Golden brown with a thin white head. Decent fruity malt aroma with lots of wholemeal bread. Good fruity hop flavour with with some really good tropical fruit notes. An assertive bitter finish and some very late bready malt rounds ot off well. It’s a boarderline 8 to be honest. Good beer and well made. Maybe I scored it a bit low...
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Cloisters. Pours a golden colour with a fair white head. Musty lemon aroma with some honey and barley. A grassy, herbal flavour with musty honey, peppery hops, lemon again and bready yeast. Quite dry finish. OK.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Market Porter, Borough. Golden colour, thin white head. Aroma is nectary sweetness, some wooden hints and quite much fruits. Flavour is grass, nectar and some wooden hints. Aftertaste is mainly wooden and quite bitterish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask gravity at Ealing BF 2009. Gold, thin bubbly beige head. Yeasty, it’s a bitter, not a bad bitter actually, quite a decent bitter.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@MarketPorter. Fruity and floral aroma. Light hazy, yellow, off-white head, good lace. Sweet, light floral, herbal finish, notes of honey. Soft mouthfeel.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@26th Burton upon Trent Beer Festival. Amber/Yellow beer with a dry citric aroma and a caramel flavour with a dry finish, overall a lot of toffee to the flavour. The beer is reasonable for a strong tasting bitter.
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