2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle 500ml.@ ChrisOs.
[ Vintage BBF 1205 ]. Clear medium yellow amber colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, oxidide, cardboard, caramel, plum - dried fruit notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, oxidide - cardboard, caramel, dried fruit. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110801]
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Bronze with a medium head. Low caronation and well bottled. Slightly fruity with some bitterness.For some reason I expected a run of the mill bitter but what I got was much better than this. Rather nice.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
BB 2005 bottle. Amber with a small off-white head. Fruity and grainy aroma with a dusty touch. Dry and fruity flavour, clearly hurt by the age
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle at ChrisO and Ruth’s - Thanks. Clear amber - white head. Toasted, light roasted, berries, nutty, caramel, medium malty, light hoppy, bitterness, grassy, zesty, amber malts.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ Chris O’s. Thanks guys. Pours clea dark golden with a small white head. Fruit, marmelade and grain. Medium and smooth palate. Dry end.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Golden colour, small head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some mild caramelly and earthy notes as well. Flavour is malty, nutty and quite bitter fruity and wooden notes as well. Well balanced.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at The Great Western Hotel, Exeter. A dark golden beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of plums, caramel, and a bit of spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, toffee, and a a bit of bread, leading to a soft finish.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
@ Jamaica Inn. Dullish amber. The aroma is vague caramel, earth and spice. Fairly bland with earthy slightly astringent bitterness, and a somewhat slick caramel finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Gog & Magog (JDW), Plymouth. Golden amber with a tight cream head; grainy aroma; creamy, grainy flavour with some jammy fruit. A plain straightforward bitter.
2.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Toffee aromas. Toffee apples with hints of banana and a sweet finish. Quite plain.
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