2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask @ New Oxford, Manchester. Apart from the fact that i had a lovely nutty brown color, it was a rather boring mild with nutty malt,some fruit aromas and flavors and a little ash in.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A Mes rate: cask at the New Oxford.
Very dark brown with a slight off white film. Unbrewed malt, faint roast chestnut and some tartness. Slightly astringent bitter finish. This has hops in... Not a great mild, and not a proper one either.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[cask @ RBESG 2009]
Gentle roasty aroma with vanilla and herbal hops. Almost clear black-red with a bubbly ring. Dry roasty flavour with weak vanilla and mocha notes. Significant bitterness overpowers this beer when combined with the dryness. Light body, low to moderate carbonation, lasting dark malt bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
[RBESG, Sheffield]
Tap @ New Oxford, Manchester.
Pours a nice, deep chestnut with a small, creamy, beige head. Aroma as roasted malts, light chocolate and some blackberries. Low carbonation, slightly watery. Flavour is hard roasted, some sweet chocolate to balance it, some ashy notes. Quite a nice beer, shame about the mouthfeel (which might be expected for a 3,2 % beer...)
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at New Oxford, Manchester, RBESG 09... very nice deep red brown ... thin tan lacing ... light toffee malt nose... sourinh tofffee malts ... little licorice...something not right with this.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ New Oxford, Manchester. Dark brown color. Apple syrup, malt and caramel in the aroma. Thin. Apple syrup in the flavor with some roastbitterness. Almost likeable.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
RBESG Sheffield 2009, day 3, The New Oxford, Manchester. Dark brown colour, thin head. Aroma of light coffee, roasted malts, some dark fruits and liquorice. Flavour is roasted malts, nuts, a bit of sourness, light bitter finish. Likeable.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ The New Oxford, 11 Bexley Sq, Salford, Manchester, England M3 6DB.
Clear medium to dark red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, coffee. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, salty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090715]
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask at Northamptonshire Beer Festival ’09. Very dark red brown with an off white head. Aroma of sweet fruity dartboard gradually resolves itself into buttered granary bread with raspberry jam. Taste has a distinct soapiness and a mid bitter finish. Plenty of excitement and interest, then, for a low gravity beer, but to be honest the aroma is its best feature. The rest is Fairy liquid.
|
