1.8 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Hand pulled cask at the Moon and Sixpence (JDW) Hatch End. Amber/gold with a loose bubbled white head. Watery cereal malts and minimal hops. Quite the blandest golden ale that I’ve tried for some considerable time. Not in poor condition, just symptomatic of economy brewing. Crap!
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Brown 500ml bottle, best before July 2011, drank and reviewed 7 Mar 2011. The label claimed 4.1%ABV.
Poured into an ’Old Speckled Hen’ badged pint vase: Light amber, semi-golden body, tight white head on top. Clear and showing a few bubbles rising towards the head.
Mini citrus hop smell, not too much of anything, but definated hints of citrusy hops, especially as the beer warmed (rear label suggests below 12 degrees C as the correct serving temp).
Easy to drink and refreshing, the taste has a citrusy bitter feel to it, not overly bitter, but with a bite non-the-less. A pleasant beer rather than a mind blowing experience that’ll change my life.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask by handpump at West Kirk, Ayr (11 Mar 12) - clear copper ale with a creamy off-white head, caramel / toffee with an oily feel
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at the Tilly Shilling (JDW), Farnborough. A very attractive bright golden amber with a loose white head; muted hoppy aroma; soft and chalky in the mouth, with a thin, sweet and biscuity flavour; and a light biscuit finish. Very standard fare.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ The Central Bar, JDW, Shepherds Bush W12. Pours a slightly hazy pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty hoppy caramel finish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (Tivoli (JDW), Cambridge)
Sweet simple mashy porridge. Yeah, sweet and underattenuated. Smooth, but dull. Late finish si quite nutty. But this this is dull dull dull, and only hinting at adequacy. Drinkable, but meh.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask @ JDW Elgin
Amber..clear..thin white head..reasonable lacing
Aroma - light cereal malt - very little aroma
Taste - light sweet pale biscuit malt...faint hint of fruit..bit of cereal..bit of hedgerow hops...dishwater....watery
Palate - soft carb...thin body...watery. Finish - very dull, rapid, water, bit bitter.
Overall - boring very bland bitter - no bad flavours but insipid with hardly any ingredients.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On cask at Jdw, stoke. Pours copper with a thin head. Some toffee hints, a little thin but pleasant.
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2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Dark golden colour. Mild malty aroma. Very soft and easy to drink but really lacks flavour.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
500ml bottle at 4.1%. Pours dark orange with no head. Aroma is slightly sour, a bit of orange and malt. Taste is quite watery, bit of bread. Poor.
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