3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ The Harp, London. RBESG 2011. Pours cloudy golden with a small off white head. Yeasty and fruity nose. Very yeasty flavor with fruit, grain and caramel. Dry and really bitter flavor. A bit rough.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (RBESG 2011, London) at The Harp. Fresh fruity, caramel, ok hoppy, spicy, peachy, tangerine, light body, peppery, yeasty, light hoppy, grassy.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
14th July 2011
Chelmsford Beer Festival. Hazy gold beer, small suddy white head. Light semi dry palate. Sweetish malt, slightly wheaty in character. Sweetish orange, mild marmalade. Finishes semi dry with a little carbonated bite. Nice sweetish saison. Goes down easy.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Rai d’Or, Salisbury. A golden beer with a thin lazing white head. The aroma has notes of pepper, lemon, and a bit of malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of lemon, black pepper, hay, and a bit of malt, leading to a dry finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at CP&K. It pours hazy golden yellow, with thin foamy white lace and low carbonation. The nose is full of pepper, herbs, orange and yeast. The taste is tangy orange, lemon, bread, herbs, wood, pepper, yeast and grass, with a long peppery finish. An interesting beer, but there is too much pepper for my liking.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Akkurat.
Pours a bit hazy with deterget looking bubbles.
Very nice combination of a UK cask beer and a Saison! Nice hop finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUL 9, 2011 Cask gravity, Derby Summer BF 2011. Misted gold/white halo. Banana, coriander, dusty perfumed aroma. Really good soft perfumed character. Nothing like an English as claimed. Thick and peppery, big fruity esters. No funk or horse or anything but then saison is a broad church, and this is a proper saison. Excellent.
3.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Craft Beer Co. opening night. This version has some ginger in it. There is a touch of ginger in the taste. Easy drinking and refreshing.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: AUG 16, 2011 Cask conditioned handpump Southampton Arms London. A hazy yellow coloured beer with a good white head and lace. A funky peppery beer. Authentic saison like flavours and especially yeast work. A good long finish. Nice hops. Very tasty indeed. Good work. Score 3.9
Subsequent rating scored 3.8. Score unaltered
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hand pulled at the Southampton Arms, London. Very dry. A weisse flavour, sort of, but restrained. Paste, chalk notes, some slight lemon. Very dry. Nice.
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