3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Golden appearance and a lovely hoppy freshness. Sometimes organic beers aren’t that impressive but this one was.The freshness would certainly persuade me to try it again.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Tasted this at the Paisley Beer Festival in April 2006. Cask, gravity dispense. Pale amber in colour with a thin off white head. Strong dusty hop flowers evident in the short floral nose. Thin, resiny mouthfeel and poor lacing. Pale malt base gives a dry digestive biscuit note with sweet golden syrup notes, smooth on the tongue. Strong bitter hop resins clash with the sweet malt to give a resiny bitter aftertaste which clings to the palate. Finish is slightly bitter with floral hop resins adding astringency to the overall flavour. A poor ESB despite the high ABV.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Royal Oak, Bath 11/12/07. Orange coloured with a decent off-white head. Aroma of caramel, grain and earthy hops. Flavour was slightly spicy with some pleasing malt. Enjoyable.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Nice beer, although it is a bitter, not too annoying, and has some interesting things, as its colour and some of taste.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Orange, faint haze; poured highly it gives a creamy head for a minute. Peppery nose, some other spices too (galanga?). Nearly tart-tasting hops, much harsher than the spicey hoppiness in the nose. At the same time, I get some honey flavours. No wheat detectable. Typical thinnish British mouthfeel. It does not lack hops - but it does lack taste all the same. Not a bad beer, just quite unidimensional.
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