2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20Cask @ JDW, Victoria Station. The pour’s deep amber with a tiny white head. The nose is of brown bread, some twig, sweet nutty malts and shoe polish. The taste is mildly astringent toffee, twig, more sweet chewy malts. Mildly grassy finish. A bit pissy, some lemon peel and red apple. Light body, soft carbonation. Overall, this tasted a bit cheap and harsh. This isn’t a beer I’d quickly return to.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask ; Devon ; UK ; Caramel,cereal,hay and grassy aroma ; Amber color with minimal head ; Medium sweet and medium bitter taste ; Lighter body ; Not bad.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask by handpump at The Hengler’s Circus, Glasgow - amber ale, slight haze, creamy off-white head, very mild sweet malty aroma, creamy toffiness with slight flowery dry hopped finish
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask handpull, The Felix (JDW), Nuneaton, 13/11/12. Slim-lidded, slightly misted bronze. Oddly dank aniseed aroma with toffee. The not-especially-enticing dankness continues on the palate which softens into more pleasant cream and digestive biscuit. Cannot believe the hops are Aussie.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From cask Counting House. Pours clear golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and toasted malty. Bitter, fruity and light. Bitter and light fruity finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Slightly hazy amber with a dense cream head; malty aroma; soft malty taste with some apricot jam fruitiness and a biscuity body; there’s some gentle bitterness and a dry finish. Quite a satisfying beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
9th November 2012
Playhouse Spoons, Colchester. Light haze on this amber beer, little cream coloured head. Palate is light with fine carbonation. Semi dry. Sweetish malts, some banana ester underneath. The hops are semi sweet with peach and tangerine with a touch of spice. Interesting and satisfying.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, Last Plantagenet, Leicester. Hazy golden brown with an off white foam. Aromas are toffee with stewed apple and pear. Earthy hops with hints of soap and yeast. Flavours are weetabix malts with lemon and light mixed tropical fruit. Stewed apple with light spices. Dry and a bit flat to finish. Lacks focus.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
cask at Sorder ... copper ... thin tan lacing ... soft toffee fruis ... soft malt nose.. soft fruits ... dull toffee malt ...
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
UPDATED: DEC 3, 2012 Slightly clouded golden ale with a small head and its nose is mild malts. Some sweet taste but not much.
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