2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
RBESG August 2011, King William IV. Muddy amber with a small white head. Sweet honey and fruit aroma with alcohol and acetone. Very sweet creme brullee like caramel flavour with strong alcohol precence.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
RBESG 2011 day 1 at the King William ... Copper ... very sweet juicy malts ... wondefully sweet ... soft fruity toffee banana nose ... rich malts ... hint of banana ... rich and fruity ... loved this one
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (William IV, RBESG2011 Saturday)
Very sweet aroma. Seems more like a very sweet barley-wine rather than a belgian triple. Sugary, and some port-wine elements. Quite like some of the strong Ballards specials, but not as refined. A bit too slick. Yeah, definitely a barley wine.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ King William IV, London. RBESG 2011. Pours cloudy amber with a off white bubbly head. Very sweet and alcoholic flavor and nose. Oily and sticky. Cloying. Sweet grains, bubblegum and alcohol.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (RBESG 2011, London) at King William IV. Clear dark brown - white head. High sweetness, honey, candy, knækbrød, toasted, alcoholic, high sweetness, honey, fruity, Far too sweet.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@King William IV, London. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, alcohol, some mild notes of caramel and some mild yeastyness. Flavour is alcohol, sweet raisins, mild wooden notes as well as some slight resiny notes. Something between a Belgian Strong Ale and Barley Wine.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
From cask. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and light peachy to citrusy hoppy. Sweet, light phenolic, sticky sweet and dense caramelish. Sweet, malty and caramelish. Lingering sweet and light fruity finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Brodies BF. Deeply cloudy on the pour with a foamy head. Caramel and yeast in the nose. Very sweet flavor, lots of straight sugar, some yeasty cake. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish, more yeast and sweet bread, subtle hops. Alright. Perhaps a bit too heavy.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (handpump) @ Brodies Bunny Basher Festival 2011 - King William IV, 816 High Road, Leyton, London, England E10 6AE.
Unclear medium orange colour with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, fruity, overripped fruit, overripped orange. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, hoppy, alcohol, hop oil, rubber notes. Body is medium to light full, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20110501]
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (handpump) at Brodies Bunny Basher Festival at King William IV, Leyton on 1 May 2011. Rather murky amber colour with very little condition. Things got even murkier I got mine - poor old Nate’s looked more like soup than beer. Strong orange peel and spicy hops on the nose. Lots of hops on the palate - more orange and marmalade. A bit sticky but surprisingly drinkable. May not have looked too great but, otherwise, mighty fine.
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