2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: FEB 25, 2005 Cask conditioned @ JDW, Soton. Quite sweet with fairly prominent earthy hops. A little thin but easy drinking lunchtime bitter. (5 3 4 2 13)
Re-rate. Cask conditoned @ JDW, Soton. Messy muddy flavours with astringent finish. (5 3 3 3 8)
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Nags head near angel station. Cask, amber, frothy,malty nose. Bland palate toffee kinda warm.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Self-pour at the Goat Major in Cardiff. It poured a clear golden liquid with a small white head contain lots of big bubbles. Bready malty taste with a flowery note and a hoppy finnish. Light note of english yeast. Nice and easy to drink.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Copper pour with an off white head. Aroma Is light hops and fruit. Watery but smooth and sweet, hoppy.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, The Francis Newton, Sheffield. Hazy amber-gold. Settles to clear amber. Thick head. Yeast aroma, some cloves and honey. Sweet, more honey and a faint hop finish. Better than expected.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Reviewed from notes (2008).
A: Golden orange: with a creamy white-orange head
S: Yumm. Bisquity malts. The hops are faint but recognizable
T: Hops shine through the malt backbone... some orange zestyness comes through towards the end and the hops return for a solid after taste.
M: Medium bodied.. with a smooth dry finish
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ The Libert Bonds, JDW, Tower Hill EC3. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the Kings Head W2. Deep copper-ruby ale, malty and fruity flavour but with some bitterness in the finish. Decent session beer.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
First tasted this in Blackfriers, Glasgow in January 1992. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear copper red in colour with a thin creamy white head. Slight hint of caramel in the short aroma. Thin but creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts deliver a sweet fruit note of dates, plums and tart redcurrant. Tangy metallic note in the spicy hops, giving a bitter bite to the aftertaste. Finish is well balanced with a woody sweet edge. A decent session bitter. The Welsh answer to Belhaven 80/
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ GBBF 2011 - A Fruity and sweet bitter with a long lasting taste which is not unpleasant
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pint at the Old Arcade, in Cardiff. It pours a clear deep amber liquid with small-medium white froth; good lacing. The aroma is light, but good: nuts, caramel and ripe oranges. Very mild grassy hops; there could be more. It tastes pretty good, very much like it smells, but more intense. It is moderatedly carbonated, with medium bitterness and ending semi-dry. As the locals say, it is a "moreish": it is a beer that keeps getting better as you drink it, so you’ll want more and more. This is the regular beer in Wales, and it is very much above the average in Europe! Better in cask than bottled (more intense).
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