2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask at Peterborough BF ’06. Amber with a very slight haze. Sweet malt aroma. Straightforward watery ale; not much sweetness or bitterness. A faint hint of citrus.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Arden Wines. Copper pour with a slim but stable ivory head. Sweet berry fruit aroma with cherry stone alcohol notes. Faint resiny hopsack if you really poke your nose in. Watery red apple, cherryish/almond flavour. Caramel, earth, toffee, dusty hop and butter cookie. Sounds more exciting than it is. Watery to the point of emptiness. Not their best.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle (in NZ). Has the same caked sediment inside the next, a lively pour produces a large head that settles to a thick cream on top of a clear dark copper. Rich malty aroma, somewhat bready, with hints of floral hops. The palate seems somewhat unrefined - earthy and grainy, with a finish that is short and gravelly. A tart fruitiness in the otherwise bready malt flavour. A little disappointing after that aroma. I don’t know how much this has suffered from the trip over.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle conditioned. Good solid "best bitter". nicely malty, banana esters there which I liked. Full body and enough bitterness in the finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Very clear with malts and citrus present. Very easy to drink and definitely an abovr average bitter.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle conditioned, 500ml. Brown amber with full white head. For me this was a typically Welsh, malty beer with sweetish dark malts, a rounded fruitiness, easy drinking and smooth. It loses out a little because it doesn’t develop on, there is no finish nor hoppiness. A good beer but with flaws.
2.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle conditioned. Flat looking dark brown, scummy head. Sweet malty aroma. The taste is not very nice, some malt and thats about it, with an unpleasant oily mouthfeel.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Peterborough BF. An amber coloured beer. The aroma is thin with some malt character, but a fair amount of nothingness. The taste has some berery fruit, Also suffers from thinness, but can be enjoyed.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Reminds me baby’s poop, but I do not know why. HOwever, it has an interesting flavour, maybe is the grains added the ones who cause that.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned @ Guide Dog, Soton. Brown/auburn colour. Fruity malt and gentle earthy hops. Light bodied with sweet raisiny hops and a full hop finish.
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