3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Conditioned: The beer pours somewhat copper coloured. It had a decent head, but it dissapated rather quickly. There was a mild citrus fruit aroma to it. They were also somewhat pronounced in the taste, but yet still rather subdued. Maltiness in the background. Very smooth. Pretty good, but not overly exciting.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: SEP 25, 2004 Rerate, cask at the Station Hotel, Ipswich: Aroma of English malt vinegar, hints of dishwasher liquid. Smooth flavour without too much character. Low on hops.
Original rating, 3.1: (Draught). I remember this one as a decent standard bitter, nothing remarkable.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask Conditioned. Regular at one of my locals, can't believe I've never rated it before. Bog standard session bitter, nothing outstanding nor disgusting. Sweetly malty but very bland.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
UPDATED: FEB 28, 2004 Cask Conditioned: Light and doesn't taste of much. Pretty nasty bitter, not helped by the obvious poor conditions it was kept in by the landlord.
July 21, 2002 (Keg)
A pretty average standard bitter. Drinkable, but not great.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: FEB 1, 2005 Probably my favorite mass produced bitter, maybe because it was my first in the UK. Easy drinking, good lunchtime beer. Requires a well kept cellar, as was stated. Quite often drunk in the Moonraker in Crawely.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Excellent drinkable bitter that needs to be kept right. Always excellent in my local where they take a lot of trouble over it. Very clean, with light hoppiness and malt. An easy bitter that deserves more praise
1.6 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 8/20
Dark copper. Sweet and mild. One dimensional.
1.3 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 6/20
Lightish flavours, to bland and boring for me, light flavours and light alcohol level, make for a dull and boring beer, i got sick of seeing this crap on tap in London, don’t bother with this one.
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