3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask - The Bell Hotel (JDW), Norwich. Poured with a relatively small & bubbly though lasting white head atop a clear, deep ruddy amber body. A nuttiness runs throughout all apsects. Mid fruits - berries & raisins - and roasty malt notes on the aroma. A bit of earth and yeast amongst the mid fruit and slight biscuity tones on the tongue. Light to medium body, fruity finish with a subtler roastiness coming through late on.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask by handpump at State Bar, Glasgow (5 May 12) - clear brown ale, good off-white head, no detectable aroma, good temperature, caramel, bit of honey, bit oily feel
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours thin, dark brown with a slight white head. Malty aroma with hours of honey. Slight spicy flavour. Easy drink.
3.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. Deep honeywood beer with a very light tan thick head. Malty nose. Comes alive in the mouth - maltiness, a slight honey, a little spice. Nice rounded finish, a little bitterness and a little warmth. Nicer than the bottle.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
On tap at The Old Arcade in Cardiff. It poured a brown-orange liquid with a creamy head. Bready and malty with a note of flowers. Very mild and easy to drink.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
3/IV/2012 - on cask @ The Daniel Defoe (London) - BB: n/a (2012-324) Thanks to Sam for the beer!
Clear ruby red beer, creamy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive. Aroma: some malts, caramel, bit nutty. MF: soft to no carbon, medium body, creamy texture. Taste: nutty, caramel, bit fruity, red fruits, some citrus, English hops. Aftertaste: caramel, citrus, hoppy, toast.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Light brown body, tiny white head. Aroma of liqurice and fresh hops. Taste chocolate, liqurice, with a very full bitter finish. Nice session beer.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: APR 1, 2012 Cask in a pub off the Kings Road. Darkish ruby coloured ale, flavours are malt and fruit cake. Not especially hoppy. Finish is medium. Smooth and enjoyable, if not exceptional. Rerated the very next day, with the temperature outside a good 10 degrees lower - a very nice warming pint.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Ruby red with beige head. Aroma is a bit of cherry, fruity, malty, both vaguely so. Taste is marzipan and cherry, bit of malt and fruit again. Quite flat and a bit thin. Nothing very exciting.
3.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask in Golden Lion. Colour is clear reddish dark brown. Nose is spicy, herby, lots of caramel, bit of sour bitterness. Taste is lots of malty caramel, some spiciness, herby, bit of black treacle.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at The Wharf, Ålborg. Pours clear copper with a small off-white head. Aroma of toffee and caramel, inviting. Taste of spicy caramel, full bodied, lingering fruity and malty aftertaste. Clean and malty taste, enough hops to make this an exellent beer.
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