2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask at Derby BF 2006. Straw with only a small head. Spicy aroma. Very watery and slightly bitter. Hoppy and slightly metallic but nothing else.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 20/05/2012. Deep gold with a slight white head. Light, citrus hop and sweetish malt aroma. Flavour had tangerine fruit, biscuity malts and a dryish finish. Good.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A bit on the thin side with some citrus aftertaste, but overall quite refreshing. One for a warm day.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Old Hall Beer Festival Chinley, 23/9/11. Straw coloured, small head on this beer. Grapefruit and lemon on the nose along with hops. Refreshing summery feeling ale.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From a gravity tap at Northwich Beer Festival 17/09/2011 Nice, hoppy, dry and slightly fruity, a beer a would have again
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, Criterion, Leicester. Straw coloured with a white foam. Aromas are mellow citrus with oak and yeast. Some marmalade with peppery, clean hops. Flavours are sweet grain with some grittiness. Light citrus with yeast and some floral aspects. A bit thin but OK for a summers day (which this isn’t).
1.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 6/20
thin tasting lots of diacetal butterscotch very diasapointing
rather would have had a black sheep!
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask - draught at the Orange Tree, Altrincham. Dark amber colour with lasting white head. Earthy aroma with a slightly unpleasant touch of diacetyl. Flavour is also earthy and with that diacetyl/butterscotch note. Tasted better than it smelled. Dry/bitter finish. Medium palate. Undistinguished.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask (handpump) @ The Crescent, 20 The Crescent, Salford, Manchester, England M5 4PF.
Clear medium amber orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, molasses, caramel, toffee, butter notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090123]
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask, Hoylake Lights. Misty golden colour with white head. Lemon and grapefruit prominent with hops in aroma.. Smoothly refreshing with good hoppy citrus flavour and a decent finish.
Enjoyed this one.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Very clowdy yellow, sour hop, level refreshing lemony hop. 2nd random garvie beer fest 5l mini can
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