3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the Smithfield Hotel, Manchester 22/06/2003
Golden colour and very fruity with some alcohol and sourness. Lasting malt hop finish.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask, Wetherspoon's Watch House, Lewisham. Good condition. A dirty gold colour. Sweetish with some soft but tangy hops; quite earthy but with citric tones. Malt becomes cloying in the finish. Some honey flavours up front - but on the whole quite muddy. Not great.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
I remember the name being 'Swift Hound'not 'Swift Hand', but my writing isn't so clear anyway, so i guess this is the beer. Sweet toffe-ish start, thin to medium bodied, with some bitter hop in the finish, uncomplicated, but enjoyable. Had this one on cask aswell.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Conditioned, at the Wenlock Arms.
Dave says to me so ‘so what nest then?’. I say ‘I’ve had everything on mate’. He says ‘wait just a ??? minute, I’ll be right back’. Down the cellar stairs the saint goes, to return with tomorrow’s spoils. The man is a saint. It was lovely and golden, just settling down pale ale. Fresh, crisp, pale looking. Fruity but nicely so. This was turning out to be a very civilised afternoon at the Wenlock’.
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