3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Conditioned at The Portcullis, Stirling. Deep golden with thin head. A richly malted beer with a sweet fungal tone, little hop impact at all. Sold as Aviemore Gold in this pub for obvious reasons, the Sheepshagger clip being on the back of the pump. More a name than any realbeer interest.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask by handpump at Four Marys, Linlithgow (25 May 12) - clear golden ale, thin white head, fruity hop aroma, good temperature, sweet, fruity, smooth, pleasant
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Leskinen, Oulu, Finland.
Clear deep golden colour with white dense creamy head.
Very mild aroma of malt, hops and
Flavour is floral hops, mild bitterness, nuts and wood. Quite bland. Drinkable though.
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3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pint, hand pulled in the Wrekin Inn, Wellington Shropshire diring Oct 2011.
Golden, but dull: on top a poor excuse for a head, just a thin wisp and collar from the start.
Slight malty aroma, toffee and caramel hints, all minimal.
The taste was semi-sweet with some small hop bitterness later in the mouthfeel. There were citrusy notes in the bitterness and earthy biscuits from the malts.
A strange beer all round, pleasant enough but not really putting its mark on anything, run of the mill, average in all aspects to be honest. Pity, it had travelled a long way from home to be consumed in Shropshire, maybe the journey didn’t suit it?
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask@The Bree Louise, London. Golden colour, small head. Aroma is toffee, fruits, some resin, mild spices as well as quite fudgelike. Flavour is bigtime malts, some leathery notes as well as toffee and spices.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at The Draft House. Slightly hazy golden pour. The aroma is fairly malty with a clean crisp MO base malt. The hops are subtly spicy with a little bit of very light bitterness. Subtly citrusy, but it’s quite muted.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ 3 Judges. Copper colour, off-white head. Nose is caramel malts, bit of wood polish, bit hoppy. Flavour is caramel malts and fruity. Some sweetness upfront. Slightly bitter finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice and frothy summer ale. Only had a half but it’s another reliable beer from Cairngorm.
2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask, Kings Head, Kingsdown, Kent. I somehow knew this wasn’t going to be very good before I took a sip, and my gut instincts were right. Pallid gold looks with minimal lhead. Vague malt and fruit present but heavy on the diacetyl. Attention seeking name that doesn’t follow up with a decent beer. Deeply mediocre.
1.8 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
We do not approve of jokey titles for its brews. Why do some head brewers find this sort of thing so hilarious? It is usually a sign that you’re about to drink something mind numbingly average as is the case here.
More thoughts at http://hophead.tumblr.com
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (Bree Louise, London)
6 Sticky mashy aroma, some off fruits
3 Flat, gold
6 Comes alive in the mouth, sweet cakey and bready malts.
3 Flat. Finish has a subtle bitter angle.
13 Almost certainly too old, but a beer with real potential. Shoud rerate.
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