3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Gravity @ 5th Royal Oak Beer Festival, New Forest. Deep brown colour. Roast and chocolatey notes in balance with the fruity body.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpump) at the Market Porter on 1 March 2011. Mid brown colour. Not much aroma. Dryish, with some fruity malt - berry fruit up front - and a hint of bitterness. I was going to describe this as a quite soft, middle-of-the-road, fruity bitter but I see the commercial description calls it a mild, which I find a little surprising. Still middle-of-the-road whatever it is.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours ruby brown with small tanned head leaving lacing on the glass. Aroma is malty and bread with notes of sweet caramel. Flavor is slightly flat, acidy, berries, malts and hopps. Palate feel is acidy sour. Finishes first a bit fruity turning into shortlived bitter hoppy aftertaste.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
cask at cloisters ... brown ... thin tan head ... light fruity toffee nose ... soft fruity blackcurrant and cherry .. soft roast ... nice and easy ... liked this
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Pullman, Helsinki, Finland.
Dark mahogany colour with tiny white head.
Mild dark hoppy aroma with nuts.
Dry dark hoppy flavour with some fruits and nuts.
Slightly watery.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
18th September 2008. Clear brown beer. Pretty malty with a light hop profile. Semi dry finish. Competant. Unremarkable.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Real Ale 0.25Lglass. Pale beige head. Dark coppery colour. Mild nose. Soft malty and roasted taste. Some hints of dark fruits. Mild hoppiness.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark red-brown colored with medium sized yellow head. Grassy-chocolaty aroma with some roastiness. Medium bodied, smooth palate. Flavor is more roasted with sweet chocolate in start, aftertaste dries slightly. Good balanced brew.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask in the market porter. Alround rating: A good solid.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tried on cask at the Rake. Classic ESB and a lot different from the blackwitch i was drinking before! amazingly nutty and fruity palate that was almost a relief from the intensity of black witch....i still prefer the witch though!
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the brewery tap, the Lamb, Frome 6/12/08. Chestnut coloured with a moderate, off-white head. Big fruit cake aroma of fruit and nuts. Flavour was sweet with plenty of caramel, more fruit and some hops lingering in the background, before a short dry finish. Good.
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