3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled, from The Drink Store, Dublin. Clear pale amber, rich head. Floralhay aroma. Fairly sweet with light-medium body and rounded, vital mouthfeel. Rich on english hops. Sweaty hay-like bitterness. A nice bottled bitter.
3.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Golden with thin white head and steady stream of bubbles. Dusty blackcurrant and farleys rusk on the nose with some heather honey. sweet and grassy, bitter spike, then dry malty finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Nice golden, hoppy pale ale. Light, bitter, a bit one deminsional but still very drinkable.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ PorterHouse, Dublin.
Orange opaque, pas de col.
Arôme avec de bonnes notes de citron et d’orange ainsi que de houblons fleuri.
Un palais qui est léger, fleur de houblon, citronné et fruité; abricot avec une faible carbonnation. Herbeux avec qcq notes de levure et épices. Malt pale, une bière facile à boire et qui serait peut être meilleure en bouteille.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the FFTMC beer festival, Oxford, 26.03.11 Pours light amber with a tiny white head that in fact is more just a light film. Good clarity another good looking beer, however this one (on the bar) was just a tiny bit warm. Lacking a little zest, old fashioned taste there is a sort of licking dusty walnut shells flavour to this, maltiness, its ok. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Porterhouse Temple Bar. Dull amber. Simple earthy, caramelly aroma. Earthy, caramelly with some herbal hop. A little bit of acidity late. Decent bitter.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned at The Bell, Banbury. Amber with white head. Malty, yeasty type bitter with a distinct nutty character, or should that be nuggety? There is a baked malt note with a doughy foreground, some hop but quite indistinct. it’s reasonable without getting interesting.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAR 9, 2011 Cask conditioned @ Porterhouse Temple Bar. Nice coppery hue with no head though, looks flat and gassy, maybe the glass was not so clean? Aroma of sweet nutty malts. Soft palate. Spicy flavor profile of gingerbread. Not the most exciting brew in the world but so nice to have a cask ale for a change in Ireland, and this one is fine to drink. 6-2-7-3-13
At a restaurant in Hilden...gold with nice lace. The balance is great-sweet, juicy malts and lovely floral fruity hops, smelling more herbal. 7-3-7-3-14 (changed to this rating because I don’t think it was served as well at the Porterhouse)
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Clear yellow, medium white head. Aroma of lemon peel and malt. Taste is malt, straw, light spice. Not bad.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle in Oslo bar, Galway. Appearance: light orange with a small white head. Aroma: Slight grassyness, mild marijuana, damp cardboard & malt. Flavour: initially grassy but with a gentle lemon undertone, nice buscuitness too with a dry finish. Nice summer ale.
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