2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask gravity @ Battersea BF 2012. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy caramel aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter caramel flavor with weak sour hints. Has a fruity malty bitter hoppy caramel finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
28th April 2009
Cloudy orange brown beer in this tiny bottle! Still managed to lose 10% on it’s frothy eruption of a release. Semi dry crisp palate. Sourish malt, frothy on the tongue. A litlle hop bitterness at the end. Very easy drinking.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Bottle) White head with an amber colour, although bottle serving is too small to get a great picture. Aroma is alcoholic with some malt and rich fruit. Sweet malt taste with more alcohol, toffee and fruitcake. Very nice, strong, intense, although could perhaps be refined a bit.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Pig’s Ear 08.
Fruity aroma.
Cloudy brown, large head.
Fruit, hops, decent balance. Duvel-like. The alcohol is not prominent. I’d actually like a bigger taste than this miniature bottle.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
<i>Bottle from Pig´s Ear Festival, London</i>
Hazy amber color, creamy head. The aroma has some caramel, sweet, a bit fruity (unfortunately some apples too) and light yeast. Some malt flavor, but too much <i>vegetables</i> character; less booze than the infamous Whitbread Gold Label, but missing any Barley Wine quality; the body is quite strong, and the bitterness correct. Quite boring.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask Handpump from the New Century Hall, Manchester 21/01/2006
Amber coloured and very strong in alcohol with a slightly rich aroma and flavour. Fruity and crisp on the palate with some dryness and bitterness in the finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gingery orange colour. Fruit and soft spices on the nose. Juicy fruit and rich malt in the flavour. The malt is maybe a bit doughy. Smooth, velvety texture. Some acidity towards the finish, but falls away a little. A pretty good barley wine. Cask (gravity dispense), White Cliffs Beer Festival, February 2005.
4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Cask conditioned - handpump - Malt Shovel Northampton. A reddy amber coloured beer with a lack of aroma other than some light fruits. The taste though is massive and delicious with warming alcohol, fruits, malts, angel delight and nail varnish. Very full bodied and tasty. So moreish at 9%.
3.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned and on Handpump at the Derby CAMRA winter beer festival on 09/02/05.
Mid amber brown colour.
Malty & rich. The kind of beer that can cure a cold :) Very drinkable despite the strength...
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpulled) at Derby Winter Beer Festival 2005. Really rather rich, booze-soaked fruit, creamy feel, touch of fresh split wood, sharp on the tounge.
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