3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at the Beer, Bocce and Boozer Tasting, London. You’re welcome for this beauty of a beer, gents. Pours clear, ruby-brown with a mild, foamy-bubbly head. Bit of wood, leather, dark fruit and booze in the aroma. Some tangy fruits in the flavor, more leather, berries, cherries. Pretty tangy - must be the Lacons recipe. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Tangy fruit finish with more tart cherries and leather. Almost like an oud bruin in character, or something. Points for being an interesting beer. It’s rooted in UK barley wine territory for sure, but it ventures outside those borders at times. Decent.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, thanks to Leighton at his Beer, Bocce and Boozer tasting. It pours hazy deep brown, with a thin off-white head. The nose is chocolate, sweet caramel, tangy dark fruit, red grape and toasted coconut. The taste is tangy dark fruit, malt vinegar, spice, vinous/sherry-aspect, with a sweet-sour finish. Medium body and low carbonation. Well hidden alcohol. Some similarities to Gales POA here, so I rather liked it.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ Beer, Bocce and Boozer tasting. Hazy brown color with a frothy tan head. Nutty nose, some fruit and port wine. Caramel. The taste is quite acidic, some tart bruised apples. Sweet, with a defined vinous character. Medium body, the alcohol is hidden well. Soft carbonation.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottled. A dark chestnut coloured beer with a tiny off-white head. A boozy fruity aroma with hints of burnt treacle lead into burnt flavours with alcohol and vegetal notes. A bit raw and with plenty of iron notes. Interesting but not altogether pleasing.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, Newark Winter Fest 10. Mahogany in colour with a thin head. Aromas are dark chocolate with molasses, caramel and burnt toffee. Flavours are sweet toffee and raisins with caramel. Hoppy and spicy with citrus. Reminded me of Fullers Vintage Ale.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask@Newark Winter Beer Festival 2010. Black beer with a ruby, roasted and mildly bitter aroma. The flavour is richish and mildly roasted. Overall a nice beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
<b>Bottle 50cl.</b>
Clear medium brown amber color with a large, frothy - creamy, good - excellent lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, orange, prune notes, alcohol notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081003]
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
50 cL bottle, courtesy of fonefan. Pours hazy brown with a huge light tan head. Spiced, herbal and slight alcohol note. Flavour is malty, light caramelish and roasted. Light sweetness too. Smooth finish with an alcohol presence and a lingering spice note.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of fonefan. Clear reddish brown with a lively, beige head. Sweetish aroma of overripe fruit, nuts and alcohol. Quite full-bodied, plenty of nuts and roasted malt and dried fruit. Bitter finish. 031008
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. A deep red beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with primary notes of caramel, but also hints of acidity. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and spices, as well as a slight alcohol burn on the tongue and in the throat. The acidity in the nose could stem from a slight infection. Thanks fonefan and Brugmansia for sharing.
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