3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ The Golden Heart. Dark clear caramel, clean foamy head that quickly fades. Cider-lager sour nose. Crisp deep bitter with caramel malt. smoky oak barrel. tart, very good.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draught in The Tipperary, London. Tasted alongside Directors and Pedigree and it was all pretty much the same, although the Brakspear had a bit more spiciness in the nose and flavour. Colour was darkish brown bitter, not much head. Nice is caramel, sweet malt, spicy hops. Taste the same with a fair bit of bitterness which leaves a sweet bitter aftertaste.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Windmill near Waterloo. Reddish brown session ale, predominantly a dry hoppy bittter. Either I’m getting old or this isn’t as tasty as it used to be before theyy started messing with production and ownership.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
First tasted this in the Ale House, Paisley in July 1991. Cask, handpump dispense. Crystal clear orange amber in colour with a thin white head. Slight wood smoke in the hoppy aroma. Thin mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a thin digestive biscuit flavour coupled with tart redcurrant fruit. Floral hop resins present in the slightly bitter aftertaste. Finish becomes drier with distinct grassy notes. A fine session bitter.
1.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 8/20
pour amber-red, with a small white head.
Too me, a lot of cinnamon strikes the nose, a is completly dominating.
Watery texture, and have never seen the shadow of carbonation.
Very bitter end, so every sip is slightly worse than the previously.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
From the tap at the Meadow, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. Pours amber with a red hue. It has a decent head. The nose has toffee and raisins. The taste has grapes, then some toffee, but there is a clean appley finish.The palate has a medium structure and texture, despite the low alcohol and there is a clean finish. Overall, a tastey ale at session strength.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Superb beer, on handpump at the Horse and Jockey Hipley, Hampshire. great bitterness and aroma. Well presented by the pub.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Nose is weak leaves, medium bitter hops, little redberries, feel is watery, no carb, taste is sweet tobacco, some nutty notes, rosehip and mediumnroad bitter hops finish
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