2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottled@Chris O Post GBBF tasting. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel, fruits, hops and mild notes of fudge. Flavour is wood, fruitys and some caramelly notes. Dry grassy hops in the finish. Mouthdrying.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle, 5.5%. Amber colour. Malty, slightly buttery flavour. Funky aftertaste. Not too bad.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Clear deep amber with medium off white head. Sweet fruity aroma with malty and hoppy notes. Sweet malty flavor with caramel and hoppy notes.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
LCRBM2. Amber colour with thin beige head. Caramel and hop aroma. Hops are pretty good on end. Tingly. Not bad. Good malt/hop balance throughout with a very good hoppy finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From the Bottle at Chris O’s, GBBF Week 09/08/2008
Hoppy aroma. Copper mid brown coloured with some alcohol present. Crisp on the palate with a little dryness in a malt finish.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
LCRBM2: Almost woody aroma. Light hoppy flavor with touches of cinnamon and pear. Pleasant.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A Mes rate: bottle at Chris O’s Post GBBF Tasting.
Decent amber colour with a thin off white head. Reasonable aromatic hop notes with some slight earthy malt. Tart and fruity with slight hints of wood and a delicate bitter finish that is fairly dry.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hazy amber-mossy beer with a small ring for a head. Very hoppy nose, nearly USA, and a bit of kiwi fruit. Dry, dry, dry. Cardboard flavours, but with dry hops, orange zeste, hop bales. Light to medium bodied quite slick. A surprisingly good Southern English interpretation of an American pale ale.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Chestnut brown and red with a small head. Aromas are earthy with Winter fruit and some berry sourness. Quite resinous with herbal notes. Flavours are blackberries with sour blackcurrants. Some chocolate malts with red wine fruit and tannins. Decent.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle, picked up by my dad from Cornwall. Like it’s stablemate ’Dreckly’ this pours a fairly standard brown colour but with a smaller off white frothy head. Some hops and malts in the aroma, bit dry, quite bitter and hoppy tasting again another beer from Ring O Bells that is absolutely fine but hardly exciting.
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