3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20Cask at Mytchett Beer Festival 2012. Pours a light orange colour with a thin head. Has a malty fruity aroma the taste has plenty of citrus fruit with a dry bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green - 16/11/12.
Hazed light amber with a thin frothy off white head.
Nose comprises bitter citrus, hops, a little cardboard and grass.
Tastes of caramel malts, a little syrup, light apricot tones, bitter orange, hops.
Medium bodied with soft carbonation leading to a bitter a finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Gravicask (PBBF2012, Tuesday)
Stodgy and vegetal in the aroma. Way more vegetal in the taste. Not satisfying at all. Citrus hop - where? Let’s hope the grass enjoyed it more than I did.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, gravity at The White Horse, Hedgerley, Bucks, Saturday 18th August 2012 Warm golden with barely any head. Sweet in the mouth but decent hoppiness, little thick in mouth, marmalade in mouth tasty beer. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at Bucks and Berks Beeriodical, Seven Stars, Bristol May 2012. Deep gold with a slight white head. Light, orange fruits, a touch of malt sweetness, and dry, citrus hop finish. Fine.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
50cl bottle from Westholme Stores, Goring. Amber with a loose white head; slightly musty, honeyed aroma with some dusty hops; much better in the mouth though, soft and smooth with some zesty citrus fruit; and then a strong burst of mouth-filling hops that are assertive, but not too bitter; leading to a woody finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. A golden beer with a ring of off-white bubbles. Good spicy and orangey hops throughout. Some sting in the mouth. Full bodied and pretty bitter. A heavily hopped Golden where the hops seem to be very British. Nice.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ Nags Head. Pours clear dark amber with a small beige head. Aroma is malty, citric, piny, caramel and bready. Flavor is malty, bready, a bit sweet caramel, piny, well bitter and fruity. Finishes malty and longlived bitter.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at GBBF 2011. Golden with a small white head. Fruity and floral aroma. Sweet grainy malt flavour with a bitter finish
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
4th August 2011
GBBF. Cask. Clear gold beer, tidy pale cream coloured head. Light dry palate. Smooth. Decent refreshing citrus hops, slightly floral. Finish is somewhat overdry but this is a decent and refreshing beer.
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