3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpump) @ Wenlock Arms, 26 Wenlock Road, London, Greater London England N1 7TA.
Clear medium red amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, roasted, caramel, tobacco, moderate hoppy, overriped apple - plum notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090731]
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpump) at the Wenlock Arms, Islington, 31 July 2009. Darkish amber. More malt than hop character. Fruity and sweetish on the palate. Pleasant enough although, personally, I would have preferred a little more bitterness.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Market Porter, Southwark, London SE1. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma Fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Amber with a lasting white head. Biscuit malt aroma with a little sulphur. Dry and grassy flavour with too much sulphur
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Half, cask at The Market Porter, London Bridge. Deep naked surface, slightly unclear, dark amber content. Aroma of sweet fruity hops. Fresh fruity taste mixed with sweet malts and ending with discreet bitterness. Medium bodied (01.08.2009).
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask in the market porter. Alround rating: Sweet brown bread, fairly grassy a bit peppery, its on the sweet side of balance and not very good.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@Wenlocck Arms. Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is wood, caramel, some earth. Flavour is quite much the same along with a flowery and grassy notes coming in as well. Semi-bitter finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(Cask at Wenlock Arms, London, 1 Aug) Mahogany colour with almost no head. Fruity nose with notes of dried fruit and raisins. Fruity taste with dried fruit, black-currant and blackberries. Blueberries and some hops in the finish. Goes down, but hardly exciting.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: SEP 27, 2009 Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Oxford BF. A dark brown coloured beer. The aroma is malty with berry fruits and a fair amount of sweetness. The taste is sweet and fruity but a tad cloying and artificial. A little complicated maybe?Score 2.8
Subsequent rating scored 2.9. Average unaltered
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