3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20Cask at the Tin Goose, LHR T1, 25/01/13.
Clear copper golden with a thin bubbly white head.
Nose carries pale malts, light summer fruit, background caramel notes.
Taste comprises summer fruits, light malts, some hop presence, grain.
Medium bodied with moderate carbonation, some bitterness in the dry finish.
First time I’ve had this in 10+ years and you know what - it’s a well balanced simple bitter and perfectly drinkable.
I think this beer (in my mind) has picked up a stigma of being a dud because it is a default choice in the Shit Hole Arms (TM) and therefore I’ve had a number of bad pints over the years.
Better than some of the latter day twig offerings by some distance when well kept, which it was here !
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pours copper/amber with small short lasting white head. Light hop aroma. Sweet fruity taste, quite refreshing.
1.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
pint at random pub clears copper/amber. aroma is just of an average bitter. but the taste is pretty poor. thin mouth feel and tastes a little stale. very boring.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Nice bitter in the Southern English style, better than the bottled version, taste is full and malty with some fruit
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
(cask@The Summerfield) A medium dark amber, with a creamy off white head. Aroma/taste caramel malt, nutty, only slightly fruit hop undertones, body is medium and almost 0 carbonation. Used to like this many years ago, now tastes distinctly average for my palate.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
UPDATED: MAR 22, 2013 Soapy in texture and aroma, and soapy bitterness for its taste. Not too pleasant.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A nice medium brown session bitter. Quite plain with only a light hoppy finish.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at The metropolitan in London
Appearance: Cloudy golden with a off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Rotten fruit and bready
Taste: Tart citrus and herbal
I couldn’t finish a pint, not for me.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Handpull at The Bell (Cannon Street). Clear amber, small creamy beige head. Floral, sweet, mild alcohol, chewy, mild carbonation ... Look, it’s a frigging bitter, I am running out of ways to describe these. How in hell do you guys rate THOUSANDS of these?????
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Half pint from cask. Golden amber pour with a small white head. Light malty aroma with some toffee and a little fruity. Same aspects in flavour, medium sweet and bitter. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation. (offline rating from April 2012)
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