3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask handpull at The Berry, Walmer. Dark brown colour wiht lasting beige head. Now this I do like. Good proper brown bitter with good roasty notes. It’s a malty toasty beer. Really rather good. Can;t complain about the beer quality or condition at this pub. Definitely decent. OK.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at the Cleveland Arms, London. Pours clear amber with a soft, foamy white head. Malt aroma with some faint, earthy hops and light nuts. Very sweet flavor with caramel, light fruits, dark malts and citrus, floral bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes sweet with mild plum, raisin and bready malts, plus some modest hops. Solid.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, King’s Head, Carlisle. Heavily malted, bittersweet dark red brew. The finish is clean, flavour is smokey and nutty, with a hint of toasted oats. Some dryness towards the end.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Amber brown with a small off white head. Earthy malt aroma, tending towards chocolate. Taste is nutty, earthy, and solid, full of the autumnal promise of compost and leaf mould. Mid bitter finish. Good, but why do they have to misrepresent this beer as the produce of the fictitious ’Dales Ales’?
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Wenlock Arms on 8th September 2009. Clear copper with diminishing white head. Malt/roast/cookie flavours to the fore with some floral hop. Slightly textured mouthfeel and a dryish finish.
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