3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Bon Accord. Golden colour, medium off-white head. Aroma of fruity hops. Flavour: bitter fruity hops and sweet malts.
3.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Handpulled cask at JDW Stanmore. Gold with a healthy unsparkled head. Very hoppy for a scottish beer. Dry and fruity with a citrus edge. Plenty of juicy malt too. Excellent.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From cask at Oxford. Pours clear and golden orange with a diminished white head. Mild malty and slight fruity aroma. Flavour is fruity and slight phenolic and mild spiced hoppy. Mild finish with notes of dry wooden hops and mild spiced to solid bitter hops. Mild malt base.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Kingussie, Scotland.
Cask, 250708.
Golden with small head. Aroma of malt and lemon. Flavor of malt - some wheat - smoke and crisp from corn.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at Blackfriars Inverness. When I first tasted this I noted its crispness, with a good healthy amount of citrus flavours. Nice light gold appearance.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tasting notes from 2003 Harbury beer festival. One of my favorites of the festival. Golden-Orange with then white head. Citrus, floral, and biscuit aroma notes. Citrus, sweet fruit, and balancing hop flavours. Fresh, dry finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On gravity at the Bristol Beer Festival 14/3/08. Golden coloured with a decent white head. Grainy malt, citrus and grassy hop aroma. Full mouth feel with plenty of fruit flavour and a long, dry finish. Good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: AUG 9, 2008 Gravity cask at the Battersea Beer Festival, 6th Feb 2008. Light amber appearance. Very fruity aroma with pear and pineapple notes particularly evident. Flavour is likewise very fruity, but with a nice hoppy bitterness at teh finish. Very good beer.
Re-rate at GBBF 08. Slight upward change in scores. A great ale.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (Gallows Bird, Espoo, Real Ale Festival 2006)
Flowery aroma, like a good wheat beer’s fingerprint. Also with some citrus. Very well balanced, good across the board.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask @ Warrington Oktoberfest.
Blonde coloured ale. Fresh, fruity aroma. Great balance of fruitiness and grains results in a smooth easy drinking beer that has fruit mixed in with the delicate hop flavour.
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