2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Sampled cask conditioned at Oliver Twist, Stockholm, Sweden.
Copper coloured. Flowery, bready, soapy aroma. Sweet and gently malty with jellyish mouthfeel. Smooth, somewhat fruity and lightly roasty with low bitterness. Reminding of an irish ale.
2.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
JDW, Rochester 2010. Malty taste with sweet spots. Dry palate. Modest hops. Drinkable strong session bitter.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
First tasted this in Coanes, Johnstone in August 1993. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear garnet red in colour with a creamy off white head. Strong aroma of berry fruit in the long aroma. Creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Mixed malts give a rich maltloaf base with juicy raisins and dates evident. Spicy hop resins give a bitter edge to the slightly metallic aftertaste, along with hints of boiled cabbage. Fruit continues into the malty finish with molasses and a touch of liquorice. A good old fashioned session ESB.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On cask at JDW, Stone. Pours ruby red with a off white head. Malt, dark fruits, well balanced with hops. OK.
3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Fairly standard bitter this one, tastes like the traditional bitters the old big breweries use to make, no strong stand out flavours and quite forgetable
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ The Angel, JDW, Angel N1. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@The Bree Louise, London. Deep copper colour with small off-white head. Aroma is caramel malts, some mild grassyness as well as toffee and some fruity and floral hops. Flavour is quite much the same ending in a quite smooth but bitter way.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Hint of caramel and honey in the aroma. Copper colour with a thin white lace. Flavour of honey, maple syrup. smooth rich texture.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Oadby. Copper with a small foam. Aromas are lightly malty with some berry fruitiness. Some molasses with herbal and floral notes. Flavours are thin chocolate and roast malts with not a great deal of hops on the finish. Has the character of a mild rather than a premium bitter.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: AUG 23, 2010 Cask, The Banker’s Draft (JDW), Sheffield, Beer For Every Year Crawl- not on the official itinerary, but somehow we ended up in a couple of Spoons, as you do. Clear chestnut, cream lid. Sesame, berries, wax crayon aroma. 6. Still and berry-hinting; caramel and blackcurrant over digestives. Not bad, but ’Special Reserve’ is pushing it.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at the Plough & Harrow (JDW), Hammersmith. Golden amber with a cream head; malty aroma; malty flavour - slightly fruity; then a sweet caramel finish. A very average bitter, under-hopped but drinkable.
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