3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A mid brown coloured beer with a weak head. A musty malt nose, quite a sweet aroma, with a hint of forest fruits. The taste is bitter, the musty, damp malt element is present again, plenty of sweetness, fruity and a touch of caramel. A somewhat dry finish. (Cask - 2007 Peterborough Beer Festival).
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask gravity @ Battersea BF 2012. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with berry hints. Has a fruity malty berry caramel finish.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask handpull at White Cliffs BF 2012. Mid chestnut colour lasting near white head. Distinctive yeasty aroma. Surprisingly good. Very dry. Prickly interesting yeast. Dry intersting pale ale. Nettle prickle on end. Bizarre but good. Good bretty dry bitter
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Duke Of Wellington, London. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is wood, earth, some spices, mild plum and some raisins. Flavour is similar with some fruity juice and quite strong plummy notes to it. Pleasant!
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Blue Anchor, Helston.Pours light hazed copper coloured with a small white head. Aroma is malty. Taste is good nutty and caramel malts, easy drinkable, and quite enjoyable.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hazy brownish colour. Vaguely earthy-caramellyaroma. Sweetish, earthy, caramelly character. Slightly nutty finish. Balanced and drinkable - this doesn’t seem like much at first but it really is one of those beers that starts to grow on you by the end of the pint. Give it a couple pints and it really gets good.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Blue Anchor. Nice copper color, attractive brew, the kind that looks good from across the room. Fruity aroma with bready and mushroom flavors. Mild and gentle with a bit of licorice in the finish. Definition of session ale.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, gravity, at Luton Beer Festival ’11. Amber with a small white head. Underarm malt aroma with some ripe apple peel. Burnt sweet piecrust taste with some bitterness. Interesting and unusual.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
[Cask at the Nag’s Head, Reading] Deep amber. Quite thick mouthfeel with a tiny and pleasant hint of carbonation. Toffee and malt are the main things here - it’s sweet with almost no bitterness. There are balancing woody notes though. Easy drinking and slips down a treat, but overall the flavours are rather weak & wishy-washy considering the strength & rich mouthfeel.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Blue Anchor. Slightly cloudy. Cinder-toffee aromas give way to an initial sweetness on the palate but with a sour note, then the cinder-toffee reasserts itself, along with a smokiness that continues into the aftertaste where it is joined by bitter oranges. A nice rich bitter.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at The Market Porter, London. A medicinal aroma? Something different. Amber color with an off-white head. Rich reddish amber color. Medium body with mild carbonation. A big pale stone fruit flavor with a little herb or mild spice. Almost suggests a bit of melon. Different. Good. Impressive.
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