2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Gallows bird. Clear copper, white head. Biscuity,fruity, toffeeish aroma. Fruity, leathery, nutty flavor. Light bodied. Bitter, light hoppy finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Factoberfest 2011
.A good example of a new world pale ale this beer was pithy, resinous and clean with a floral aroma. The beer really benefitted from its 60 minutes continual hopping with centennial, cascade and amarillo,
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Real Ale tastede at Gallows Bird RAF. Malty nose. Pale thin head. Golden color. Malty and hoppy taste. At the end hoppy bitterness. Too hoppy for me.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at Gallows Bird real ale festival. Amber, thin off-white head. Some floral notes and hints of malts in aroma. Dry, like biting into a piece of wood. at first. Cardboard. Didn’t work for me.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Pigs Ears, Richmond upon Thames. Copper coloured with a thin head and a very faint haze, good hoppy grapefruit and toffee aroma, sharp fruit, nuts and biscuity malt in the body, then a refreshing dry spicy finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Cask Pub and Kitchen, Pimlico, London. An amber coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, fruity aroma. This was a fresh pint, tasted hoppy, citrus fruit, bitter, pine. Rich tasting and easy to drink, pretty good stuff.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask @ Cloisters, Edinburgh 140712
Amber, clear, dense rich white head, good lacing
Aroma - caramel malts, soft citrus hops, grapefruit, nice soft resinous hops
Taste as main aroma, good balance between malts and hops, really good flavour
Palate - soft carb, medium body. Finish as main flavour, nice bittersweet hoppy malts
Overall - A really nice drinkable beer and very well balanced, nothing harsh or overdone
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Cloisters. Pale yellow amber, thick white head. Pronounced lemony Citra hop nose, light tropical fruits. Very dry and juicy, touch of lemon, resinous pine character. Long puckering dry finish. Lovely.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
cask, Font, Manchester. Floral, hoppy, creamy and beautiful. Way too easy to drink, superbly proportioned, balanced to perfection. An absolute cracker
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at CPK, Pimlico on 18th May 2011. Slightly hazy amber with thin partly lacing yellowy-white head. Fruity aroma. Richly hoppy in-mouth - grapefruit and floral hops rounded by a broad and rich mal. As liquid drains, a sharp hop note returns paving the way for a delectable clean hoppy aftertaste. Excellent.
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