2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Pint at Bodega, Newcastle. I’d already had two good IPAs before this so I think it suffered a bit in comparisson. Standard IPA golden pint, small white head. Taste is fairly sweet, and very little in the way of hops, distinctly watery finish. Lacking any real punch or flavour.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask, Ship and Mitre, Liverpool. Very disappointed by this. Amber gold colour with a thin white head. Insipid aroma which was light citrus and soapy and really very hard to detect. Flavour was very tedious, muted hop and caramel malt. Just nothing interesting happening here. Lacking in any charm and a bit of a chore to drink.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, bought @ Thorups Ølkælder, Århus.
Pours hazy golden with a small, staying, creamy, white head. Sweet wet hoppy aroma, light maltiness - quite bready. Fine, creamy mouthfeel. Nice flavours, elegantly hoppy, dry, flowery feel, some bready malts and a little caramel. Actually quite a nice beer.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Gravity cask at Swindon Beerex08. Lovely aromas of vanilla and cereal, Flavours of milk chocolate and cereal with some balancing bittering hops. A different beast to the bottled version by the sound of it.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Clear golden with a healthy head. Spicy and bready aroma. Good bitterness, rye bread flavours. Not bad.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle (in NZ), pours a slightly hazy amber with a white foamy head. Buttery malt on the nose with a fruity tang. The malty palate is again buttery, but becomes much more bitter and hoppier through the swallow. Like yalnikim say, probably a bit past its best.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at Aarhus Ølfestival 2008. Clear copper colour with a small white head and some lacing. Aroma and taste of fruits and caramel with a slightly hoppy finihs.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sample at Aarhus beerfestival. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt and hops with a bitter finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tasted 02/05/2008 (don’t know where May Day went...). Pours a bright gold with an airy white head. Laces nicely. Muted nose of mineral and yeast, slightly floral spicy hops. Stewed caramelly malt flavour suggests it’s a little past its best but the spicy hop flavour and very firm herbal bitterness keep it drinkable. Seems like a very pleasant Best Bitter that just didn’t get the best journey to me.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cockney Pub, Aarhus, DK, 260408
Bottle
Hop bitter finish. Light and round. Some citric notes
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