2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask (gravity dispense), St Albans Beer Festival, September 2007. Pale gold colour. Entirely flat, leading to a dull mouthfeel. Prominent toffee and butterscotch in the aroma, which was certainly not appropriate for the style. Touches of grassy hop on the palate but its all a bit thin. Not properly conditioned din my view. A shame as this was my first beer from this quite new brewery. Re-rate if possible. Shown as 3.8% in the festival list but 3.9% on the brewery website.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cast at peterborough beer fest. Alround rating: Appley, toffee apple, nutty, like warm green king ipa, perhaps off? Dusty yeast.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Wellington, Birmingham 12/08/08. Golden coloured with a slight white head. Grainy, slightly sweet malt aroma. Flavour of biscuit malt with a touch of summer fruit and a long, bitter finish. Drinkable.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask@St. Albans BF. Very light, sme light leafy, grassy hp notes, but not much else. Soft grainy malt.Finish is empty and a touch watery.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask gravity at St Albans BF 2007. Clear gold with thin white head. It is a basic golden bitter with some butter/caramel. Little bit of nettle/caramel. Thin and dull.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A Mes rate:
Cask at the Market Porter. Slightly hazy blonde-ish colour with a thin head. Lovely creamy hoppy nose. Dusty hop flavour with delicate toffee notes and a good dollop of vanilla but no particular sweetness. Bitter edge on the finish. Drinks above its strength. Enjoyable and quaffable. Decent drop if you ask me.
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