3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
[Cask at the Black Horse, Whitby] Brown with a moderate creamy head. Smooth velvetty chocolate with a bit of treacle and a deep roasted bitterness in the finish. Heading towards a light stout. Great stuff, I love heavier bitters like this.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tasted this at the Paisley Beer Festival in May 2000. Cask, gravity dispense. Dark mahogany in colour with a thin white head. Tobacco in the short aroma. Thin mouthfeel and poor lacing. Dark malts give a strange flavour of smoked ham on the tongue sides with salt evident. Burnt barley sugar with molasses are also present. Spicy hops in the aftertaste gives a dry, almost lemony note to the aftertaste which is a complete contrast to the malt component. Finish is malty, smokey and interestingly moreish. A strange brew indeed.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
@ Market Porter. Slightly amberish brew. The aroma is, sadly, a bit off with pedio and sourness. The taste is more chocolatey, with a hint of tartness.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. The Black Horse, Whitby. Toffee, caramel, ginger, spice, spruce. Thick creamy off-white head, clear mahogany body. Excellent lacing. Bitter. Astringent finish.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned Handpump Edgar Wallace London A dark brown to mahogany coloured beer with a whitish loose head. The aroma has some sweet and sour treacle. There is treacle and licorice in the mouth. A bit over sweet but then some soap comes in. An odd tasting beer. Not 100% sure this is as intended.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at The Black Horse, Whitby. Brown to amber with white head. Darker roast with a goodly amount of hop, a decent palate, quite a reasonable bitter.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Cloisters Edinburgh ... brown thin off white head ... caramel sugers nose ... big caramel toffee some burnt sugars ... some tracle toffees ... quite bock like
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A Mes rate: Bottle at the Windmill in Ramsgate.
They don’t sell this at the Windmill, I sneaked it in the back in my rucksack just in case all they had was bobbins and guess what?...
Mid orange brown with a slim off white head. Aroma is sweet malt, some dried fruit and a delicate sourness. Flavour is more of the same with a nice hit of coffee and hops at the finish. Pleasant notes of chocolate orange too. Interesting but far from a show stopper.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask in Blackfriars. Aroma is peachy and grassy, pale malts dominate. Taste is similar quite sweet but balanced with a grassy note. Seem sto be quite pale compaired to other ratings of this beer?
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Gravity dispense at the White Lion, Bristol 22/9/07. Dark amber colour with no head. Rich aroma of red fruit and malt. Flavour was a bit thin but was of sweet malt with a smooth, bitter finish. Ok.
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