3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Amber brown with a thin head. Aromas are weetabix and dark treacle malts with some nuttiness. Chocolate with some citrus. Quite yeasty. Flavours are sweet toffee and chocolate with grapefruit and spicy hops. Herbal on the finish. Good.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Handpulled cask at JDW Hatch End, Harrow. Copper with a white head. Flavoursome well balanced best bitter with toffee malts and tangy fruity hops. More please!
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (pint) at The John Wallace Linton, Newport, Wales.
Reddish amber colour with small tan head.
Quite sweet and yeasty, reminds me of American Red Ales. Could have another one.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. An amber beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of metal, malt, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, metal, alcohol, and a bit of spices.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
From a hand pulled cask at the Fat Cat in Chester, England. Poured an rbrown with a mall tan head. Nose of dark malts with chocolate. Smooth mouthfeel. Flavor of toffee with some chocolate and citrus. Bitter finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Chestnut with white head. Sweetish smooth beer with a slight nutty character. A little caramel character but just a little too thin, standard Spoons fare.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 500ml.
Clear medium amber color with a small average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, bread, light coffee, toffee, light hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20100119]
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol JDW, Bristol 24/1/09. Deep amber in colour with a moderate, off-white head. Aroma and flavour were sweet with plenty of caramel, some spicy hops and a decent bitter finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle 50 cl. Pours an almost clear amber with a creamy off-white head. Toffee and caramel in the nose - very sweet. Medium body, again loads of toffee notes and nothing much else really. No bitterness. 190110
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask handpull at The County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Copper colour, lasting beige head. Fruity best bitter some richness, some earthy hop. It’s in good condition. Good fruit and malt. Solid
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