2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Has subtle malts in the flavour, and an even more subtle bitter aftertaste.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A - floral and wheat
A - gold with thick head
T - lightest of sweet with full bitter
P - mid
O - o.k.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, The Slug, Leicester, 14/12/11. Bronze and lacy with a well behaved cream foam. Aroma is hay, warm tupperware, some banana and pine. Wheaty orange peel hints, almond with a splash of alcohol. Bit of a bilious bucks fizz note, finishing biscuit. Fine but not really my ting.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (handpump) @ GWBCF2011 - Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival, Cardiff Interantional Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff, Wales.
Clear light medium amber colour with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, nutty, keller, earthy, light caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110616]
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@GWBCF2011. Goldeny amber colour with a small white head. Aroma is wood, nuts, some nectar and mild toasted notes. Flavour is wooden, mildly floral with some sweet malts as well. Rather bitter in the finish and aftertaste.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask, 4.4%. Mild fruity aroma. Clear amber/brown colour. Creamy white head. The flavour is sweet and spicy, a bit like multivitamins. Isotonic mouthfeel. Low bitterness. Nice.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the Shovel, Lye. Pours dark amber with a small head. Aroma is cut grass and some citrus. Taste starts with some light citrus hops. Finishes with a citrus medium bitter finish. A little thin.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask-conditioned at the Green Man, Bristol 31/01/10. Clear amber in colour with a moderate white head. Aroma of citrus, sweetish malts and a whiff of spice. Malty flavour, with apricot fruit and dry finish. Very enjoyable.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Bon Accord. Amber colour, off-white head. Aroma of caramel malts and fruits. Flavour: toasted malts, biscuit malts, slightly hoppy and fruity. Hint of iodine. Very well sessionable.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned handpump Old Contemptibles Birmingham. A copper coloured beer with a whitish head. A good fruity berry hoppy aroma which carries through to what is a fairly bitter tasting beer. Not bad at all.
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