3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Half at Burton Old Cottage pub
Dark amber with some vanilla and dried fruit on the nose. Fairly rich with a lot of malt character.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Staffordshire Beer festival, Seven Stars, Bristol 6/10/10. Amber with a slight, off-white head. Malty aroma of caramel, hedgerow fruit and grassy hops. Flavour was sweet, with bready malts, plenty of fruit and a decent bitter finish. Good.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Ale Wagon, Leicester. Amber with an off-white foam. Aromas are toffee apple with salt and toffee. Fruity malts with biscuit. Flavours are sweet chewy toffee malts with caramel and spritzy yeast. A decent malty bitter.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Brunswick, Derby. Brilliant gold with a thin white head; resinous aroma; sour blackberry fruit flavour; dry woody finish. Very pleasant.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
June, 2008 Old Cottage Tavern, Burton - Sparkler. A moderately juicy ale with some hop bite. A little sweet, but drinkable.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned - handpump - Brunswick, Derby. A mid brown coloured beer with some crunchy notes and sweet malts on the nose. The taste is ordinary with a bit of malt/hop balance, but too plain by half.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the Brunswick, Derby 27/07/2007
Malt aroma. Golden bronze coloured fruity and slightly sweet. Some dryness and bitterness in a crisp malt finish.
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