2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle @ pre-GBBF shindig, August 2009. Old bottle. Amber colour with a slight haze. Fairly dry. Quite earthy hops and touches of nutty malt. Very traditional in style. Has held up reasonably well but definitely showing signs of age. Flagged for re-rate.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled at chriso’s. Hazy deep golden. Sweaty hops covering bready malt. Sweet and firm with medium body. Cookies and hay, salty bitterish finish. Relaxed.
1.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
A Mes rate. Bottle at Duff’s.
Clean gold with a decent white head. Smells of arse. Tastes of well used socks. Comically bad. Honestly, I can’t drink it. Must be off.
1.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 4/20
Eggy and pretty much disgusting guys. I wouldn’t bother going there to be honest.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle 50cl.
Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, oxidide malt notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090802]
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Golden with a small white head. Fruity and malty aroma with a little oxidation. Sweetish fruity flavour
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: DEC 5, 2011 Bottled. Golden colour, small beige head. Aroma is malts, hops, some slight earthyness (due to age). Flavour is malts, grains, some earth and grass. A bit signs of being old. 6 3 6 3 12.
Bottled. Golden colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity and floral with some very nice nutty and sweet malty notes. Flavour is fruity, floral and some slight sweet malty notes. Rather crisp maltyness. 8 3 7 3 15.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
[500ml bottle from brewery shop] Amber; moderate, slowly collapsing off-white head. Soft carbonation with occasional prickly bits. Smell on opening the bottle is fresh, fruity, citric and zingy. The taste is rather a disappointment in comparison. There’s some biscuit-y malt but with cardboard overtones. A hint of spiciness comes through before a rather bitter finish. It’s OK, but I really wish my second-closest brewery could do better than this...
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
[50cl bottle.] Gold with a rapidly fading white head; toffee aroma; rich earthy malts, smooth and acidic, with good underlying bitterness and a citrus finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Hazy amber with a small head. Aromas are sweet toffee and citrus with floral notes. Earthy with soft spices. Flavours are weetabix malts with fudge. Dry with juicy citrus. Some pear and chocolate. Has a good bitter finish.
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