3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask Conditioned at Harbury Beer Fest ’05. Gold colour with bubbly white head. Particularly hoppy best bitter, lemony and a little tart, most enjoyable. Thinish malt base, but this is all about bittering dry hops.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
[RBESG, Sheffield]
Cask @ The Harlequin, Sheffield.. nothing premium about this bitter. Very uninteresting, some herbal notes but mostly rotten eggs :D
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[cask-bottled @ RBESG 2009, Grand Tasting]
Sulfur/popcorn aroma that is salty and with notes of toffee and herbal hops. Almost clear gold with a bubbly, thin cover. Nice malt flavour with good floral hops and lotus root accents. Light to medium body, moderate carbonation.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Stillage from the Jug at RBESG Harlequin, Sheffield 19/07/2009
Some hop aroma. Golden coloured smooth on the palate fruity and pale with a crisp and slightly dry malt finish.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle at RBESG 09 Sheffield. Gold colour, thin white head. Farty yeast aroma. OK in mouth. Bit yeasty, not great.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle at Chris- Pre 2009 GBBF... amber ... watery ... thin odd hop nose ... light fruit ... soso
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
[RBESG, Sheffield]
Cask @ The Harlequin, Sheffield.
Pours clear golden with a nice, staying, creamy, off-white head. Aroma is a bit fat and malty, rather sweet. Some sulphuric fart and egg notes to it. Fine mouthfeel, okay prickly carbonation. Rather sweet caramelly flvavour, still with som eggs.Light bitter finish. Not my thing.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (gravity) @ The Harlequin, Sheffield, England. @ [ RBESG 09 ]
Clear medium amber orange color with a fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, caramel, egg, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090719]
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask in the harlequin, sheffield. Alround rating: Basic pale malt and grassy bittering hop. Boring.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle @ RBESG Grand tasting 2009. Deep golden color. Grapes and dust in the aroma and flavor. Some earthy hops and biscuity notes. Malty with just a touch of sweetness.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Conditioned Handpump Road To Morocco Northampton A golden coloured beer with an off-white head. The aroma is slightly grassy with some leony notes, and otherwise clean. The taste is quite clean also with a decent spattering of hops. Quite tasty and easily quaffed.
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