1.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 1/20
Huge light tan head. Deep red body with small particles in it. Aroma
is spicy wooden acidity. Taste is deep acidic salty metallic
vomit-like. This is seriously infected. Yuck, yuck, YUCK! Not just
undrinkable, but unsippable, even. Needs to be rerated, if I dare.
(0.5l bottle. Weird that KnutAlbert bought his bottle one the same day in the same shop and gave it 3.9. Talk about bad luck!)
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle conditioned from Beer & Spirits, Knaresborough, N.Yorks. Brown amber with white head. Darkly roasted malt note with an astringent bitterness. Quite a fruity note to follow giving a fullness to the beer. Reasonable.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[500ml bottle, The Bottle, York] Dark brown pour with a decent white head. Aromas of malt with some caramel sweetness. Some hops on the palate, which is similar to a best bitter. Decent amount of fruit in there, before the bitter finish. Drinkable [22122008]
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured brownish with a little sludge at the bottom. Maple nose and taste. Decent all around. Rated 2/16/03
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
10th April 2008
Manages to be both in your face malt and hops with an odd sour tea flavour. Not well joined up!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at the Knights Templar JDW, Bristol December 2006. A reddish beer with little head. The aroma combined fruity malt with a whiff of citrus. Flavour-wise, it began with red fruit and ended with pleasant hoppy dryness. Well-balanced and enjoyable.
2.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Slightly peppery, meaty nose. Pours cloudy brown with visible big carb and a quickly disappearing head. Flavour is malty but sour with a lingering sharp finish. Not impressed.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle conditioned. Color is dark / mid brown, very much like a cola with a beige head. The bitterness / hopiness do not come very fresh ! Strange beer !!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Handpump at the Beer House, Manchester 11/12/2001
Mid brown colour with citrus aroma. Fruity with a slightly dry full hop finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JAN 10, 2007 Very fruity bitter, full maltiness blanaced by lots of hops. Long dry finish. I wouldn’t midn a case of this in my cellar!
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