3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled. Amber colour, no head. Aroma of toffee and flowery hops. Sweet, rounded and clean, intensely hoppy. Very bitter finish.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Bottled. Having thought about getting my lips into an Old Les for some time now, I found this disappointing. A little musty but thankfully not fishy. Unstable yeast, perhaps? Still necked it, though, but I may regret that in the morning.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: MAY 14, 2008 The Jolly sailors, Brancaster Staithe. Murky brown amber with no head. Mouldering apple yeastiness, nuthusk, oaty/mealy breakfast cereal afters. Some rummy/woody alcohol notes. Peanut and seafret. A squeeze of wetsuit. Homebrewish, but just about alright.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at The Jolly Sailors, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk, 28-04-07. Tried this next to the IPA and whilst this was the better of the two I found both beers to be slightly underwhelming. Poured amber in colour, lacking a bit in aroma but there was a slight hoppiness. Taste was better and both Bob and myself found the best part of this beer was the lingering bitterness which incidentally the IPA lacked, otherwise it was a bit thin and lacking for it’s strength.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A mid orange brown coloured beer with a weak white head. Slight citrusy hop nose, accompanied by a sweetish, berry fruit, toffee, malt aroma. The taste is dry, crisp and slightly sour, hoppy, then malty, toffee sweetness that continues to the smooth, though slightly weak finish. (Cask - The Jolly Sailors, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk).
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned at The Jolly Sailor, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk. Amber colour with bubbly white head. The Brewer was telling me how difficult this beer is to get right. I found it to be full flavoured, with a belt of alcohol on the nose. There is a grassiness in the hop with a pine needle note in the background. I enjoyed it, but I would imagine it to be unstable.
1.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 7/20
Cask Conditioned, at The Jolly Sailor, Brancaster, Norfolk.
Named after an old local that used to drink in the pub. This beer is a bit of a mess. Flavours are spread thinly and don’t come together.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Smoky nots in the nose, light malts. Amber colored beer, almost no head. Dryish flavor. A bit thin.
1.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Amber with no head. Very weak aroma. Not much of a flavor. Initially thin with hint of sweetness. Aftertaste is thin and weak bitter.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
A hazy orange beer with no head. The aroma is sweet spicy, while the flavor is hoppy and it has a dry end.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Light hazy amber colour with no head. Hoppy aroma and a bitter dry taste. Medium body and a bitter dry finish.
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