3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hand pulled at the Old Joint Stock, Birmingham. Bright yellow c/w bubbly white head. Fruit and flowers in the smell. Freshish, quite hoppy. Sweetness leads to the finish of syruppy tartness. Refreshing and medium-light.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, Coventry 2010. Well, it wouldn’t be a BF without some Beowulf. Filmy gold with a thin bubbly head. Green apple acidity and greenery in the aroma, presumably hop-derived. Lean and thick as usual; biting hop with oily nut balance; some bark and twigs, butter even. A bit pedestrian for Beowulf, but full of understated character. I like it.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Plough, Worcester 30/05/09. Deep gold with a slight white head. A decent hoppy brew, with some citrus fruit, a slightly prickly mouth feel and dry, grapefruit finish. Good stuff.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned at The Old Joint Stock, Birmingham. Gold to copper with white head. This apparently hasn’t been seen for quite a while and now appears to be a tad darker. It comes over as a good hoppy dry bitter now, citrusy and dry. Good stuff.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask@Red Lion BF, Isleworth, London. Crisp and dry, with a grainy, slightly lemony flavour, but to be honest, no flavours really stand out, its not very interesting.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Blond, but a bit bland. Not much on the aroma, a touch of citric hop in the flavour. Soft and easy to drink, but a bit short of bite. Acceptable, but unspectacular. Cask (gravity), Red Lion Beer Festival, Isleworth.
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