2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned, gravity dispensed at Harbury Beer Fest ’10. Gold to amber with white head. This tasted a little undeveloped, there is a raw greengage note, floral and perfumed, dryish and a bit green. Not that enjoyable.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@Trafford Arms, Norwich. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, nutty and quite resiny. Flavour is resin, wood, some herbs and mild syrupy notes. Balanced and pleasant session bitter.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask - The Trafford Arms, Norwich. A clear amber bodied beer with a fine but somewhat lasting & lacing white to off-white head. Caramel & some biscuit but both really quite subtle with a hint of sulphur in terms of aromas. Caramel & cardboard on the tongue & a hint of plastic too. Lightish body, some carbonation with a short, dryishing grassy, toasty bitterness.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask (handpump) @ Southampton Arms, 139 Highgate Road, London, Greater London England NW5 1LE.
Clear medium amber orange colour with a small to average, fizzy - frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, plastic. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration, plastic, burnt plastic. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20101203]
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: DEC 23, 2011 Cask (handpump) at the Southampton Arms on 3 December 2010. Gold but not great. Fairly standard, quite light coloured bitter. Some caramel. Probably suffered by being drunk immediately after the Moor Southern Star but this seemed rather under-hopped. Flagged for re-rate. Why on earth is this brewed at Tower?
Score 5/3/5/3/10=2.6
RE-RATE: Cask (handpump) at the Trafford Arms, Norwich on 1 December 2011. Noted at 3.4%. Much better nick than when previously tasted. Dark amber colour. Fairly traditional style bitter. Rather fruity. Fairly tasty for the ABV. Not particularly my type of beer but quite well done.
Score 6/4/6/3/13=3.2
Score updated.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask.
Spicy, malty nose, copper, small tan head and some lace. Flavour is quite malty, spice is subtle, more of a treacle quality now. Medium bodied, very well balanced, lots of oomph for a 3.5, these real ales are so fine. Terrific offering.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ 3 Judges. Amber colour, off-white head. Aroma is toffee, burned sugar, some toastiness. Flavour of caramelized sugar and toffee. Thin bodied.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Brewed by Tower? WTF?? Cask handpull, The Victoria, Rugby. Good beer but soo watery. Tea, caramel and faint grassy hop with vanilla and popcorn for dessert. Tawny gold with a solid collar of foam lacing tenaciously. Slight sickbowl orange aroma with cask and even alcohol notes. Malted milk crumbs and sweet bready afters. Won me over once the hop joy of the Atomic stuff had faded.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the New Barrack Tavern, Sheffield, South Yorks, Valley of Beer Day 16-08-08 Pours mid gold with a white head. Nice soft malty beer that drinks very well for 3.5%, light fruity some sweetness, very easy drinking, fruity aroma.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Loughborough Beer Festival 2008. Golden beer with a lightly roasted aroma and a gentily dry flavour. Overall an average beer.
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