2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the brewpub, July 2006. An orange beer with a bubbly orange head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with light notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with a dry bitter end, that also contains light notes of grass. Nothing wrong, just boring.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@Brew Wharf, Southwark. Golden colour, minor head. Aroma is very fruity and slightly bitterish hoppy. Flavour is caramel, some fresh grass and herbs. Not bad at all, but a bit one-dimensional.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draught at the Brew Wharf, London
Hazy blond color. The aroma is quite fruity (ripe pears), a bit soapy. The mouthfeel is soft, there is some residual sweetness; the bitterness is correct, the emotions are missing…
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Brew Wharf. Clear golden with tiny white head. Sweet fruity with caramel notes. Ends mild bitter.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: DEC 8, 2005 Handpull at Brew Wharf, Borough. According to the barman, this was the first day that they had sold this beer. They intend to brew 2 beers, one hopped with Goldings and one with Fuggles. Gold colour with no head. Nice distinctive Goldings aroma which is floral and with some toffee. Bit thin in mouth, very little carbonation. Floral aromatic hop finish is nice though. The body of the beer needs some work.
Re-rate 06/12/05
This has got better. Citrus flowery hop aroma. Fine in mouth, some biscuit. Quite sharpo in mouth with drying tangy hop. Very astringent hop finish
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ The Brewpub. Pours a hazy golden color with a small off-white head. Slightly fruity hoppy aroma. Fruity slightly hoppy citrus flavor. Dry bitter finish with a slightly bitter aftertaste.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Hazy golden with a small but lasting white head. Fruity aroma with notes of green apple. Dry with the apples still present in the flavour.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ the brewpub. Golden coloured. Unclear. Dense off white head. Fruity and fresh aroma. Light herbal. Flavour is light herbal and light citric. Sweet notes. Dry and medium bodied. Bitter long end. Quite bland.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A Mes rate: Cask... guess where?
Golden brown with a slight haze and a slim white head. Bland hoppy aroma. Fruity and hoppy flavour with some slight citrus. Pleasant lick of bitterness at the finish. Utterly standard.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpump) at the Brew Wharf, Southwark. An amber coloured beer. I had hoped that a new brew pub in a distinctly non-traditional style might try something a little more adventurous than a traditional English style session and best bitter for its first brews. And I don’t think they have got it quite right yet. For a start, this was served too cold. Despite that, a very promising resinous hop character managed to escape into the aroma. However, on the palate, it was also very hoppy - in a hop juice sort of way - without much else to back that up or temper it. The body was a bit thin and the overall effect was a touch too astringent. There’s promise here, but it just doesn’t quite deliver the goods.
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