3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpump) @ Market Porter, 9 Stoney Street, Southwark London, Greater London England SE1 9AA.
Clear medium brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, dusty, nutty, toffee. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration, and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft and smooth. [20081231]
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask. A nut brown beer with a thin white head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and odd spices, leading to a dry nutty and toffeeish finish. Not me.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Handpump at the Penny Black JDW, Northwich 25/01/2009
Some fruit aroma. White head. Bronze mid brown coloured hoppy and fruity with a little dryness in a crisp and bitter pale malt finish.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the Ye Olde Mitre. Gorgeous red-amber and tight, white creamy head. Sourish nose tells of stale beer or dirty lines, but here? Barman says that’s how it’s supposed to smell. OK then. Fruity flavor and mild bitterness held back by that nagging sourness. Don’t know whether to be disappointed in the beer or the pub or both.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
cask at JDW manchester .. copper ... light sweet hop nose .. dry hoppy ... light sweet caramel. boring
2.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Handpulled cask at JDW Hatch End, Harrow. Dark copper with off white head. Sweet and malty with an abundance of diacetyl. Some dusty hops in the finish. Typical recent offering from Caley.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Medium creamy offwhite lasting head. Lightly hazy brownish red body. Fruity nutty wild berry aroma with dusty earthy port notes. Very harmonic. Dry-sweetish papery port and prunes taste. Soft, mild mouthfeel. Thinnish body. Dry papery fruity aftertaste with earthy port notes. Very nice. (0.25l cask, The Warrington Hotel, Maida Vale, London. Tap said 4.7%, not 4.6%.)
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: FEB 21, 2009 Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Dark amber brown with a small white head. Initial buttery malt aroma later revealing earthy notes. Earthy dog hair malt taste with a mid bitter finish. Sound tasty pint. 21.2.09 Cask at Bankers Draft (JDW), Bedford. Amber with an off white head. Malt aroma and taste. A little sourness. Some bitterness. Decent no frills bitter. Handwritten pumpclip claimed 4.5%. Rated 5,4,5,4,12:3.0
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpump) at The Willow Walk (JDW), Victoria, 25 January 2006. Dark reddish brown colour. I presume they are aiming for a rich malty style but the cold serving temperature negated much of the aroma, leaving just a faint caramel character. Quite sweet flavour, with toffee accents. A light hop presence provides some balance. Pleasant enough but not too exciting.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: JAN 25, 2009 Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Had this on Burn’s Night along with haggis, tatties and neaps along with a double Glenmorangie. Deep chestnut with creamy head. Yeasty nose, some nice dark malts in mouth. Finish is quite soft with some tingly hops. Needs more body and backbone but drinkable enough. Re-rate at the same pub a year lager. Just too mcuh diacetyl on this, butter and caramel on aroma, drinkable enough in the middle, some hop and matl on finish. 2.6/5
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