2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask. Golden color with no head. The taste is a thin light fruity body with a light smokey note. Strange light hoppy palate with a dry finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
[Cask conditioned] Golden orange coloured. Fruity aroma. Light fruity flavour. Dry finish. Bland.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: AUG 22, 2006 Re-rate, August 2006, cask (handpull) Alex Hotel, Derby.Far better; decent hoppy nose and clean citric flavours.
Original rating: 2.5 Gravity at Olde Dolphin Inn Beer Festival, Derby. Orange-to-yellow body, average bitterness, ticks the right boxes without overperforming.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Clear orange golden color, short head. Aroma is typical of an english bitter with its english hops. Nice soft bitter taste.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask Conditioned, Masque Haut, London.
Golden pale ale colour with a thin lacy head. Strong bitter flavour with some tart citrus notes.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask-conditioned. Grassy, earthy hop aroma. Sweet flavour with a little bit of bitterness. Boring golden ale.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
JDW Forest Hill. Good temperature and good condition, but a rather dull golden ale. All that glistens and all that. There's a fragrant citricness here which is almost good, but it's been dumbed down. The malt base is lacklustre. Dull. Enough already.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Hand-pulled at the Briar Rose (Wetherspoons), Birmingham. Yellowish colour, with a thick head. A very soft, flat IPA, with a gentle fruity tang. This has a creeping flavour, which enveloped my tongue - I couldn't quite pin down some of the notes: perhaps aniseed or licorice, with some pear or grapefruit. This didn't have enough crispness for me, and in the end I thought is was just alright.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pale amber colour. Faint aroma. Wetherspoons don't help by serving it too cold. Some hop character in the palate but, overall, I found this beer very thin and watery. And I like bitters and IPAs. Handpump, Lord Moon of the Mall, Whitehall, London.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pale ale with a a standard hopped flavour and aroma. Overall a nice hopped beer.
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