2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
<i>Cask Conditioned at J. D. Watherspoon - The Sir John Oldcastle, London, as Cinnamon Special Bitter</i>
Hazy amber color. Light aroma of cinnamon and rancid chicken ham. Caramel flavor with cinnamon, low bitterness. Uninteresting.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, The Railway Tavern, Chelmsford.
Good white lacing; copper gold colour. Aroma is cinnamon and floral hops. Taste is cinnamon, floral, vanilla, some mild citric hop bite, good bitterness, very sessionable, well balanced and what strikes me is how overpowering the aroma is. This is a strong effort. Cheers.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at The Cresent, Salford. An amber beer with no head. The aroma has notes of ginger and cinnamon. The flavor is sweet with notes of ginger and cinnamon. The body is light.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
12th November 2008. Clear amber brown beer. Initially has a fruity start and shows just a touch of malt. Then a cooling aromatic cinnamon blossoms in to a semi dry and sweetish finish. Nicely judged cinnamon and a deft touch for a spicy beer.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Willow Walk, JDW. Victoria SW1. Pours a clear copper color with a small off-white head. Has a malty spicy cinnamon aroma. Fruity malty and spicy cinnamon flavor. Has a fruity warming finish with some hints of cinnamon in the aftertaste.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (gravity) @ The Crescent, 20 The Crescent, Salford, Manchester, England M5 4PF.
Clear medium orange color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing head. Aroma is moderate to heavy spicy, cinnamon, light to moderate ginger. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy spicy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090123]
1.5 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Cask at Penderels Oak, Holborn 15 Nov 08. Red/brown colored. No head. Sweet aroma of cinnamon. The cinnamon dominates throughout. Unvaried and not too good.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
cask at JDW dundee ... copper ... sweet spicey malt ... WOW lots of cinamon but quite balanced in the beer... fruity malts.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask in the new crown. Alround rating: Red flaming balls being teabagged, however a sweet nutty bitter is constantly being poured over them to stop the sack from overheating.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask handpull at Humphrey Bean JDW, Tonbridge. Having not liked the blueberry, I approached this with trepidation. Copper colour, thin off white head. Cinnamon hits you straight off on the aroma. Now, I like cinnamon, but not sure how it will work in a beer. Its got a lot of cinnamon in the flavour, a spicy bitter finish. The spice seems pretty well integrated. Bit too sharp on the end. Its not terrible, but Im unlikely to drink it again.
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