2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
On cask at The Huntsman, Cheadle. Pours amber with white head. Dull, standard bitter. Can't say I've been over impressed with Castle Rock ales. I'll keep trying!
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3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hand-pulled pint in The Eagle, Boston, Lincolnshire on 29 Mar 2013.
Reddy-mid brown body, clean and clear looking with a light biege head of bubbles.
Slightly more malts than hop notes in the aroma and taste: mildly toffee with a mini bitter finish. Nothing to test your taste buds but an OK beer non-the-less.
Body depth was fine and I’d have had another if the bus wasn’t due to leave!
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Looks like John Smiths, and isn’t significantly more interesting. A decent balance but really lacking in character - totally generic bitter.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Drunk at Keen’s Head in Notty. OK beer but didn’t have second as better beer also available
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (Kingston Arms, Cambridge)
Sweet apple aroma, some sugariness. Slight rotten fruitiness in the body. Sweet and smooth, almost sticky as it’s quite full. A bit dull. Not attenuated enough, IMHO.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Off cask at Nottingham contempary. Pretty bog standard bitter really. Fairly pleasant.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Tastes far darker than it looks. Much more like a porter or at least a wry good mild. Plenty of toffee in both aroma and taste. The latter finishing with a distinct coffee note. Probably very good. Just not my kind of beer.
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3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Couple of pints at the Cluny, Newcastle. Red brown, off white head, cold tea aroma. Nice balance of hop and malt, nothing spectular, but satisfying and enjoyable.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ GBBF 2011. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with some week hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
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