2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned at The Woolpack, Banbury. Amber brown with white head. Fairly typical Cottage bitter, dosed with caramel, sweetish mid coloured, malty with just a hint of hops in the mix. Quite a dull beer unfortunately.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
I must admit I didn’t have as many misgivings about this beer as my companions, although I wouldn’t call it exactly good. It had a rather pronounced herbaceous nature - nettles and hay. There was a sharp edge, but I didn’t find it that unpleasant. Not undrinkable. Mid gold colour. Cask (handpump), Ale Wagon, Leicester (RB Leicester pub crawl).
1.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Hand pulled at the Ale Wagon, Leicester (RB crawl). This tasted a bit wrong - so much so that for a moment I thought it might be an English Gueuze... Sour, vinegary, warm, sweet. Quite possibly off.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask Conditioned and on hand Pump at The Ale Wagon in Leicester. On 22nd Jan 05 during the Rate Beer Leicester meet/crawl. No sparkler.
A mid amber brown colour.
Very sharp / tangy taste & quite harsh.
Probably not at it’s best. Unfortunatly i had a pint rather than a half...
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Cask conditioned - handpump - Ale Wagon Leicester (RB Leicester Crawl). A golden coloured beer with a bit of a sour aroma including some off nasty vinegar notes. The taste is on the sour side, and is clearly not on full form. There is a bit of a sour cherry taste hiding in there, which probably shouldn’t be.
|
