3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Gravicask (CWAF2013, Fri)
Lovely grainy glden ale. Lots of honey, but not sugary. Very easy session, I’m sure.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[cask at Cloisters Bar, Edinburgh] Pale golden pour, decent white head. Nose is grassy with mild citrus, some yeast. Mild, lagery flavours, with a slightly sour finish. Very yeasty. Not my favourite of the evening, if I’m honest [15112012]
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Fairly stale Brit-bitter nose, solid white head and honey yellow body. Clean initial taste with some stealthy hops that don’t make an appearance on the dry, almost confusingly un-malty body and a quick exit on the finish with a snag of Refresher Bar dryness. Tight, but the worst of the bunch.
Cask, Cloisters, BlackBar Takeover
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
On cask @ Cloisters. Pours golden with a nice haze and well proportioned head. The nose has citrus, cornflakes and honey. The taste has more of the honey nut cornflakes with the hops being influenced by the chalky water which makes them drier and not quite as floral. The palate is light to medium in texture with a clean finish. Overall, solid in quality, quite quirky because of the mineral water taste in the background.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: NOV 15, 2012 cask at Cloisters ... golden amber ... thin white head ... soft floral zezty orange nose... sweet toffee ... soft orange ... little pine zezt ...soft easy
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