2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask-conditioned at the Bag ONails, Bristol 20/11/08. Light fruity aroma followed by a sweetish malt flavour with a short bitter finish. Tried during a beer festival and it didn’t make much of an impact. Ok.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Has slight malts in the aroma, but then an unexpected nice fruitiness for flavour.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
7th August 2009
GBBF. Cask. Clear brown beer. Neutral palate. Well balanced malt and hops. Light dry malt and some mildly fruity. But it’s all a bit dull.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gravity at Battersea Beer Festival 2012. Copper with a lacy white head and a peppery hop aroma. Full flavoured for the weight, with nutty and juicy malt, crisp hops and a drying bitter finish.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
On cask at The Bow Bar. Pours a dark golden colour with a thin white head. Aroma of caramel, hay and yeast. Flavours of caramel and hay with some light barley. OK but not as hoppy as others I’ve had from this brewery.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hand pulled at the Wellington, Birmingham. Fairly pleasant Bitter, with a soft mouthful of peachy malt and unspecific bitterness. Perhaps some pepper here. OK.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (gravity dispense) at Ealing Beer Festival, July 2009. Dark amber/copper colour. Good condition. Rather grainy caramel malt aroma. Some chewy fruit and nuts. Surprisingly bitter mouthfeel at the finish after a somewhat malty start.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ GBBF 2009. Hoppy pale ale. Fairly standard. Drinkable, clean and pleasant and unremarkable.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ GBBF 2009. Pours a clear pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor woth some hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty finish with hints of caramel and hops in the aftertaste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, orange, light grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090804]
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Handpump at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 05/08/2009
Fruity aroma. Bronze coloured fruity and hoppy with a little dryness in a crisp and bitter malt finish.
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