2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask, The Crown, Nuneaton. Dusty gold, not much head. Heavily buttered aroma. Buttered sultana flavour, honey. The customary blandness. Very tired but drinkable.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned handpump Great Eastern Brighton. A brown beer with an off-white puddle of head. Too warm, malty and blighted with a little diacetyl. Sweet caramel notes. Tastes chewier than it should. Not the best.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask@Kitty´s, Helsinki. Poured slightly hazy amber color with a soapy white head. Slight malty and fruity aroma, melon. Flavor is fruity and quite hoppy, with a bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at The Cambridge Blue, Cambridge. Amber with a white head. Looks lovely (a rare 5 for appearance), and it was beautifully served. Grainy malt aroma, tending to the sweet chocolate end of the malt taste spectrum. Autumn leaf malt taste. Slight bitterness. A hint of the homebrew here, but this beer is none the less pleasing for that. Really enjoyed it.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Twickeham BF 07. Dark amber with small head. Aroma is nutty / fruity / hoppy. Taste is fruity / caramel / slightly cloying. Drinkable.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask, Market Porter, London, 22 July) Colour is dark amber with little head. Nose is malty and nutty with a distinct hint of hazel nut. Taste is malty and nutty (still hazel nut), with some fruittyness emerging towards the end. Rather dry finish with a balanced amount of dusty hops. Not bad, but not really exciting.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask Handpump at the GBBF, Kensington Olympia 05/08/2005
Golden coloured fruity and hoppy. Some bitterness and dryness in a lasting finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask handpull at Yew Tree Inn Barfrestone. Hazy deep copper colour with thin disappearing head. Quite nice strawberry fruit and caramel aroma. Quite rich like most Cottage beers. Fine if not too exciting
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask@The Red Lion, Isleworth. Slightly infected, butterscotch/diacetyl sourness. Some toffee, unpleasnt, thin mouthfeel.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Gravity @ Battersea Belch. A tangy session bitter - sweeter than normal, which makes it a bit cloying for any prolonged drinking. Served in reasonable condition. Acceptable.
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