3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at The Woolpack, Banbury. Pale amber with white head. A step up for Cottage (Rick will enjoy this!) slightly perfumed and relatively hoppy in an oily, tea ish sort of way. Perhaps a little flabby, but still a decent Premium bitter.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask-conditioned at the Staple Hill Oak (JDW), Bristol 30/10/10. Deep amber in colour with a billowy, off-white head. Aroma of oranges, floral hops and diacetyl. Flavour was sweet, with butter scotch cystallised citrus fruit and juicy hops, before a dry, slightly sulphurous finish. Ok.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the Ship & Mitre, Liverpool 02/03/2008
Floral hop aroma. Golden amber coloured fruity and a little pale with a crisp and slightly bitter full malt finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (handpump) at The Edgar Wallace, Strand. Golden amber colour with a thin white head. Slightly cloudy. Toffee, with a hint of diacetyl on the nose. More caramel on the palate, backed up by some decent resinous hop character. Light, herbal bite on the finish. Drinkable enough but tasted a little tired to me. I’m sure the diacetyl wasn’t intended.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
The Greyhound, Sutton Stop, Coventry. Deep gold lidded with white. Didn’t know what style to enter this under, so I’ve let the hops decide. Lip-smacking juicy American citrus, wet dunked biscuit and tea-like malt. Dense, citrussy and floral. Mandarin cheesecake with full hop back-up. Nice.
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