 downender (1510), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Jul 17, 2008
Cask-conditioned at the Summer Beer Festival, The Royal Oak, Bath 17/07/08. Deep chestnut in colour with no head. Sweet, fruity malt aroma. Flavour was also driven by sweetness with a touch of earthy hops and a short, dry finish. Ok, if not memorable.
haddonsman (1189), Derby, Derbyshire, England
Nov 7, 2004 Cask at Devon Beers Festival, Royal Oak, Ockbrook. Chestnut body, rugged fruity malts in the nose, smooth sweetness in the flavour, satisfying bitter finish. My fellow festival-goer Oliver is a sucker for beers with his name in them; this one didn’t disappoint.
SilkTork (3853), Rochester, Kent, England
Nov 14, 2003 Gravity @ Medway Beer Fest. Nut-brown colour. Nice malt profile with a decent brown sugar sweetness spanked heartily by a dark bitterness. A man's beer according to Chrissie. There's toffee and Cinnamon and just a hint of clove. Very attractive. That Spiesy doesn't know what he's drinking half the time - he's just a drunken Aussie!
Spiesy (2330), Global Citizen, Greater London, England
Sep 4, 2003 Cask Conditioned, at The Crown, Lyton, Devon.
Tawny/amber body with a beige head. Sickly, bitter – sweet aroma and flavour to match. Poor palate. The flavours in this beer just aren’t balanced. The locals seem to be knocking themselves out with the stuff (it was a Friday night) but I think the stuff is bloody awful. I hate writing bad things about beers but I’ve been left know option at this point. It did look the part!?
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