3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the brewpub: Brew Wharf London SE1 16 Sep 06. Golden colour. No head. Fruity aroma. Hints of fruit in the flavour. Some bitterness in the aftertaste.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the brewpub with Harrisoni and ChrisO & Reakt, 9th April 2008. Hazy amber in colour with little aroma. Taste-wise, it’s a dry, hoppy session bitter that’s rather restrained.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the brewpub. An orange beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel and brew mash, like a steeping mash tun. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, leading to a bitter, hoppy, and dry end.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Stillage at the Victoria Leisure Centre, Nottingham 20/10/2006
Hop aroma. Golden amber coloured and hazy in appearance. Hoppy and crisp on the palate. Some dryness in a bitter lasting finish.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask at Brewpub. Partly cloudy golden-copper body with a very small white head. Generic malt character. Lacks hop presence, especially for a Bitter. Some citrus notes and almost no bitterness. Name was changed to Wharf Ordinary, there was a big sign at the bar that read “In anger about the closure of London’s oldest brewery our Wharf Bitter shall now be named Wharf Ordinary and our Wharf Best shall become Wharf Special”. And ordinary it was.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the brewery in London. Lightly fruity nose, mildly grassy hop scents, some fruity grains and sugars as well. Very sweet overall, gummy bears and sugar. Crisp up front, fruity, chewy sweet. Decent.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask at the Brew Wharf, Southwark. Pale gold. Standard bitter with sweet malt and some fruit but, according to my notes, "a whole lot of dull".
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask@Brew Wharf, Borough, London. Pretty boring, subtle hoppy, citric characters, with a grainy, thin, almost watery mouthfeel.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask: Subdued grassy citrus nose. Once again served too cold. Golden in colour and rather boring.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned (probably under gas) at The Brew Wharf, Borough, London. Golden to brown with bubbly head. Dry and light bitter but with a tinny CO2 whack within the beer. Once it settles there is a malty smoothness. Early days yet, but not one to return to.
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