3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[Gravity cask at Chiltern brewery shop] 4.9% ABV on cask. Chestnut-red with slight off-white head. SLight to moderate carbonation More like an ESB than an old ale - some bitterness, earthy, lots of fruit (apple and blackberries). Hints of plum sourness. Decent beer.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask. Copper colour, small off-white head. Aroma is sweet bready malts with some mild bitter wooden notes as well. Flavour is grassy hops, sweet malts and mild dry dark fruityness. A quite hoppy and bitter old ale.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Purchased bottle directly from the chiltern brewery in wendover. Pours a clear amber, with a tan head. light aroma of fruit and raisins. taste is all liquorice and fruit, with a long finish (cherry), some light bitterness (balance is very good). nice enough, but not particularly interesting.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUN 22, 2011 Cask conditioned handpump Malt Shovel Northampton An amber coloured beer with a whitish head. The aroma is bready and nutty with fruity notes. This is pretty much replicated in the mouth where there are bitter notes also. A pretty tasty beer although not your typical Old Ale that’s for sure. Score 3.4
Subsequent rating scored 3.8. Average becomes 3.6
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
A burnished brown ale with a good long-lasting head and fuddy, sweet aroma. In the mouth it is rich and chocolaty with a syrupy fruitiness. Smooth and satisying.
Earlier Rating: 10/18/2009 Total Score: 3.6
Botle conditioned:
Rich and malty throughout with plenty of burnished roasty notes in both the aroma and flavour. Chocolate and hints of hazelnut with black cherries make up the exciting character of the beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at The Boot, Sarratt, Herts. Deep amber colour with small white head. Malty, fruity aroma. Sweet, malty, fruity, caramel taste. I didn’t think that this was an old ale, slightly similar to Fullers ESB.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[500ml bottle.] Reddish copper with a thick cream head that rapidly fades; stewed fruit aroma; fruity malt body with a peppery bitterness to finish. Pleasant enough, but probably better from the cask.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Oxford BF ’08. Bright amber with a small white head. Attractive sweet berry fruit aroma, later revealing grapefruit and caramel. Sweetness, sourness and some grass in the taste. A faint bitterness at the close. This was my beer of the festival, largely because off that wonderful, complex aroma
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled. This copper coloured ale is the house beer at the Evesham Hotel. Its aroma is sweet and malty, with a very enjoyable full flavour which is mainly malty but nicely bitter on the finish. This may be a rebadge of 300s Old Ale.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Golden brown with a small head. Aromas are malty with caramel and a light roast character. Flavours are weetabix malts with sweet light roast notes and chocolate. Earthy hops with a prickly bitterness.
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