3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Grantham Beer Festival 2009, this was a very fruity, lots of hops, light pale with a bitter after taste very refreshing beer on a hot day
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Blue Boar, Billericay. Pours a pale golden yellow with a thin but quite dense white head. There’s a lovely grassy floral lemon aroma which hints that this beer may pack more of a punch than you might at first think. Smooth and sharp on the palate, the taste is floral grapefruit with a cream soda edge and a little tropical fruit - mainly pineapple. The lip-smackingly sweet zesty aftertaste leaves a light dry lingering lemon flavour. Wonderfully refreshing, moreish and delightful.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On cask at the Alexander Graham Bell for the Wetherspoons beer festival. Pours a straw colour with a decent white head. Aroma of yeast, caramel, passion fruit and pineapple. Similar flavours. Moderate carbonation and an oily mouth-feel. Tasty with a dry finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ Crosse Key, JDW, Bank EC3. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus finish.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
cask at bridge house, belfast
pours light blonde with thick creamy head. aromas of lychee and grapefruit abound. in the mouth there’s plenty of juicy fruit, fresh hoppiness and citrus fruit. Could have drunk this all night.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at The Archibald Simpson, JDW, Aberdeen. Pours clear, dull yellow with a foamy, white head. Straw and cat pee in the aroma. Medium sweet flavor, some juicy orange and pineapple, a bit of piss, some bitter grass and hay. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Clean, lightly sticky sweet finish, some juicy citrus, light grass, biscuity malts, straw. Very drinkable.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Pale straw with a tight white head; grainy aroma with some lemony citrus; smooth and grainy with a sweet fruity flavour; followed by a good mouthful of hops giving a grapefruit bitterness. Not bad, but a poor second to the Slaters Haka.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Straw gold, lasting white fine head, lemon and pineapple nose, sweetish peach malt and grapefruit hop body, sharp bitter finish. Good balance.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Camperdown Place, Glasgow (14 Jan 12) - pours pale golden colour with a mild citrus aroma, flavour of lemon, oily feel, I enjoyed this one.
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hand pulled cask at the Moon Under Water (JDW) in Watford. Clear pale gold with a slow to settle swirly white unsparkled head. Really cracking condition, perfect mouth feel and the flavour is no let down. Clean sweet malts and fresh new world hops with ample citrus bite. Great balance, so drinkable and a refreshing change to many recent Spoon’s listings (in terms of quality ingredients). Yum!
1 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 3/20
Cask conditioned at The Lamb & Flag, Oxford. Gold with no head. Vinegar and totally off. Sorry, but this was the way it was sold to me.
|
