3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From cask at Bree Louise. pourese hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is clear grapefruity. Distinct hoppy and crisp bitter initial flavour. Dry and fruity throughout. Hoppy and citrusy towards the finish. Ends dry and bitter.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask Conditioned handpump Bree Louise London. (One of my twelve lost (for now) notes, so this is as well as I remember). I was expecting good things from this and it delivered, even at The Bree Louise. Wish I’d not lost my notes but it will be a pleasure to revisit this. Wonderfully hoppy and with a good body, Wonderfully balanced and superbly drinkable. Although the body helps give the ABV away, the alcohol is never intrusive.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On cask at the Evening Star, Brighton. Pours golden yellow with a thin beige head. The nose is pine, lime, floral, varnish and some farmyard towards the end. The taste is hay, grass, pine, varnish, lemon and orange peel with some honey lingering towards the long bitter finish. It is medium bodied with a slightly sticky mouth-feel. Well balanced and easy to drink - great stuff!
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Cask at CPK. Pours a clear, light amber with a soft, off-white head. Big, hoppy nose, very resiny and citrusy, bits of grapefruit. Great flavor. sweet with honey and burnt sugar, with lots of bitterness of leaves, earth, pine and more citrus. Medium in body with fine to average carbonation. Lightly warming, mildly sticky finish, sweet but overrun with hops. Almost American in its hop characteristics. Really, really good.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
February 2008
A pint in the Rake. Pleasantly hoppy without being your face. Smooth palate. Very drinkable. Ed from the Rake correctly identified 4 of the 6 hops by smell alone - respect!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ Bree Louise, Euston NW1. Pours a golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity hoppy bitter citrus flavor. Has a fruity hoppy bitter finish with hints of citrus in the aftertaste.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask - Planet Thanet Festival 2010, Margate. Golden orange colour with a fine and bubbly off-white head. Cracking citrus fruit aromas with a sweet floral edge and so crisp on the nose. Piney and citrussy with a great bitterness, some earth and a pithy quality. Medium body with soft carbonation and a lasting boozy mouthfeel.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. Orangeish golden colour, with mediumsized fluffy head that settles into a small tight foamy and leaves some lace. Aroma is fruity, floral, grassy and a bit nectary with some slight caramel malts. Flavour is grass, fruits, wood and some mild nectar. Wellbalanced, and hides the ABV rather well.
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