2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
2nd August 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! On tap at the Sun Inn, Kelvedon. Smooth and slightly creamy ale. Darkish in colour. Supposed to have a bitter finish but not so. Slighty treacly. Inoffensive.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask handpull, The Crown, Nuneaton. Coppery, thin beige rim. Good mulled soap and nuts aroma. Malt and yeast interest, soapy orange hop, linger of cereal and hazelnut, powder of choc. Pretty good.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pint on tap at The Birbeck, Leyton. Dark, caramel colour, small head. Very bitter, tending to sour taste. Too heavy in the hops? Did give it a slightly lemony flavour. Different.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pint pulled at the Horse & Groom in Caulcott (Oxforshire), a dark amber - nearly brown - with a light tan bubbly head. Aroma contains some light molasses with some sharp fruit. A very smooth palate again (big ups for the H&G), more molasses flavours, but nice and light - not too rich. And though the finish was a little sharp, overall this is delicious.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
A Mes rate: Cask at whatever the hell Fullers have called the Head of Steam now. How dare they! Some things that I like about this and some that dont, Caramel nose with more of the same plus a little toffee and some dusty malt in the flavour. Little thin in the palate with a bitter biscuit finish. Nice colour though. Almost a 4.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask handpump at the Swan in the Rushes, Loughborough. Brown colour with a creamy white head, good lacing. Fruity malty aroma. Malty nutty taste. Light,smooth mouthfeel. Goodish bitter.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Appealing mahogany brown colour. Too much butterscotch and raw malt in the aroma. Sweetish malty palate. All a bit underdeveloped, but OK. Cask (handpump), Market Porter, London SE1.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Malty biscuit aroma. Amber with a beige head. Raw malts, bit hoppy. Med bodied. Drinkable but not great.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned - handpump - Market Porter Borough London (RB London Xmas Crawl 2004). A mid brown coloured beer with a sweetish fruity malty aroma. The beer is thin with sweet, malty notes. Average
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned at the Market Porter, Borough Market, London..
Fruity, bitter beer. Rather average.
Sampled on the Ratebeer London Meetup & Pub Crawl, December 2004. With Silktork, Chris_o, Maeib & Kook.
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