2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draught @ Craft Beer Co., 82 Leather Lane, London, Greater London, England EC1N 7TR.
Unclear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toffee, butter - butterscotch, fruity, light to moderate hoppy, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, buttery. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121201]
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Keg @ CBC Clerkenwell. The pour’s hazy gold with a medium white head. The nose is butterscotch candy, a hint of buttery diacetyl, some orange peel and general sweet belgian yeast aromas. The taste is much the same - syrupy orange and honeyed pear, buttered toast, a bit of grass. Syrupy body, a bit muddled by the mild infection. Overall, just OK. I understand this wasn’t on peak form.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Keg at Craft Beer Co. - Clerkenwell, London. I gather this beer (on tap) was not in optimal form, and I didn’t buy it; I did try a taste from someone else and I didn’t think it was that bad. There is a strong, doughy element to the beer characteristic of high levels of diacetyl. Indeed, there is also a lightly creamy, buttery texture, which I also associate with diacetyl. I wouldn’t call these traits ’bad’, per se, as I am not a person who writes off a beer because of diacetyl presence; although as this beer may not have been served as the brewer had intended I will try it again when I can. As it was, I enjoyed the beer. Plenty of dough, berries, rich sugars, vanilla frosting. Perhaps a bit heavy on the buttered biscuit front, but not bad overall.
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