3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
RBESG 2011 day 1 at the King William ... Copper ... thin tan head .. soft malty fruits ... juicy malts .. soft toffee ... juicy malts ... soft toffee ... decent standard bitter
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask via handpump at the Star, Highgate, London N19 on 18th July 2009. Amber, and slightly hazy, with short-lived, fully-dissipating off-white head. Sharply bitter with malt aromas overtaken by salient bitterness which lasts to a very long dry finish on a slightly textured mouthfeel afforded by mild natural carbonation (condition). Some grassiness develops later.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From cask at William IV. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and slight spiced. Fruity, slight caramel malty to breadish. Bitter, slight citrusy fruity. Roasted malty and rather bitter dry. Lingering fruity and bitter to a dry yet crisp finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. The Old Coffee House, London. Amber with an off-white head. Fruity, english hop profile, crystal malts, woody and earthy fuggle notes.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (RBESG 2011, London) at King William IV. Clear brown - offwhite head. Nutty, peppery, fruity, licorice, sharpness, light roasted, cramel, berries. OK.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ London Drinker 25:
Very copper with a bubbly white head.
Barnyard and orange aromas.
Orangey and light, smooth and silky. Like the honeycomb from a Crunchie bar but with buttery raw beef.
Oily in texture with a tiny, grating dryness.
Very nice bitter, a little of everything. Yummers.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Amber with a lasting and creamy off-white head. Sweet and fruity aroma with currants and a grassy touch. Dryish biscuit malty flavour with strong grassy hop flavour and bitterness.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@The Cross Keys. Coppery colour, mediumsized creamy beige head. Nice lace. Aroma is fruits, sweet wood, yeast annd some red berries. Flavour is wood, some berries as well as quite earthy notes.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Cross Keys, Covent Garden - August 7, 2011. Clear refractive gold with a solid lasting creamy/foamy off-white head. Has a grain mash sourness to it, interesting - no alcohol though, very grassy, dry straw - but there’s that odd sourness too. Taste - weird, I swear the sourness was a touch lactic - very dry, even oddly spicy - soft, with no booze - mostly just grassy and light non-cereal grain. Thick and chewy mouthfeel, airy/frothy and perhaps a bit acidic - my palate couldn’t decide - at most a medium-long grassy bitter finish - really leaves a coating dryness behind, almost resin - just okay, wanted to like it more than I did.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at The Old Coffee House, Soho. Hazy amber, frothy head. Apples and earthy aroma. Good sharp bitterness, backdrop of caramel. Decent.
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