3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Amber to copper with malted ovaltine head. Certainly a bitter flavour right from the off, but this is more from a sharp, dry malt than from outstanding hop notes. The hops give a light tea note, leafy, sun dried. There are some roasty notes within the malt, reasonably flavoured but didn’t really meet the specification within the name.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpump) @ JDW - The Paramount, 33-35 Oxford Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England M1 4BH.
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, anis seed, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100425]
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
12th April 2010. Clear gold beer. Tiny white head. Soft dry palate. Fresh hops, a little grassy sweetness. Orange and grapefruit as well and then a dash of spice. Finishes semi crisp. Decent.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAY 24, 2010 1. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black JDW, Northwich 16/04/2010
Hop and malt aromas. Bronze golden coloured and hoppy with a little bitterness in a dry and grainy full malt finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Paramount JDW, Manchester 25/04/2010
Hoppy aroma. Golden bronze coloured a little sweet on the palate with spice and fruit flavours. A hint of dryness in a grainy malt finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
[Cask at the Hope Tap, Reading] Amber with a moderate white head. Smokey hints promise much, but they soon fade to leave a pleasantly bitter toffee and malt flavour. A very decent workmanlike beer.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hand pulled cask at The Moon And Sixpence (JDW) Hatch End. Amber/ gold with a frothy off white head. Good body but seriously lacking in hops for an IPA intending to be different from mainstream British beers. Caramel and sweet malts dominate.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Counting House, JDW. Golden colour, off-white head. Aroma is slightly grassy, caramel. Flavour is caramel malts, dark fruits, toffee. Cloyingly sweet.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask conditioned handpump Saracens Head Daventry . A yellowy gold coloured beer with a white head and lacing. There is little aroma save for that tell tale Caledonian sweet toffee like note. Lemon, toffee and house yeast in the mouth together with some fudge notes. An odd beer which is not very pleasant.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, handpump at The Penny Black, Bicester, Oxon, 18-04-10 Copper in colour, its a good looker, not brill but not bad. filmy white head. This is quite full flavoured, and easier to drink than the ABV might suggest. Its possibly not at its peak and the hoppiness soon gives way to the maltiness, bit I quite like it. A6 A4 F7 P4 Ov13 3.4
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Pilgrims Progress (JDW), Bedford, in Spoons Real Ale Festival ’10. Copper amber with a white head. Odd gooseberry aroma. Slight sour fruit in the taste with some sweet malt. A hint of bitterness. A bit lively. Bland but acceptable.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A Mes rate. Cask at Baker St ’Sporks.
Clean golden brown with a thin off white head and plenty of lace. Bread and jam with a hintof dusky hops. Faint bitterness in the finish. Throughly unimaginative and uneventful.
|
