2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask gravity at Reading BF 06. Black beer with beige head. Brown sugar, slightly sour aroma. Not keen on it and a bit vegetal. Some choc/bit of coffee. Not keen.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: FEB 26, 2010 1. Cask Handpump at the Church Hall, Frodsham 07/01/2006
Fresh and slightly fruity aroma. Black and fruity with some alcohol present. A hint of dryness in a bitter finish.
2. Cask Stillage at the Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt, Liverpool 18/02/2006
Fruity aroma. Dark coloured slightly rich on the palate and fruity with a bitter crisp roast finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at GBBF 2006. A dark brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is very roasted combined with a light chocolate note. The flavor is sweet with a nice roasted note combined with notes of chocolate, and leading to a dry bitter end. The mouthfeel is very smooth. Nice.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (gravity dispense), Reading Beer Festival, April 2006. Inky black, with a brown head. Smoky aroma. Dry with smoky malt and a sour, lactic edge. Salty, oystery flavour. I’m not sure this was intended. Unusual, but I liked it.
3.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Reading BF. Now I purchased this one and was probably the only one to see it when first poured and it looked an absolute beauty. Black with a fantastic coffee tan coloured head; given the method of dispense and absolute thing of beauty. The aroma on the other hand was a completely different kettle of fish - a word I will use again - the smell is a mixture of oily fish and shampoo or soap; very strange. The taste though is nice. Again some fishy character and some soy. The beer is a little thin and a little odd but it’s very intriguing.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask Conditioned at Reading BF 2006. Black with a tan head. Smoky tomato aroma. The flavour is of tomatom also with some smoke and roasted malt. Really not very nice.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Reading 06: Very dark in colour. Mild apple-like flavour. Darker malts dominate, along with some strange lactic-like notes. Ok.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Gravity cask @ Reading Beer Festival 2006. Unusually yeasty spice start. Slight sweetness with malt biscuits and a little alcohol in the finish.
1 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 3/20
cask@The Sussex Beer Festival. This was really horrible. Horrible wrotting smoked meat aroma and flavours, There wasn’t much happening aside from this, maybe a hint of roasted malt. This was strange, and i almost couldn’t stomach it, really odd.
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