2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Straw coloured with a thin white head; weak citrus aroma; thin and grainy body with some grapefruit flavour and a sweetish finish. A rather feeble attempt at the style.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tasted this in the Last Post, Paisley (JDW) in April 2010. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear gold in colour with a thick white head. Strong
tropical fruit salad note in the juicy aroma. Creamy smooth mouthfeel and good lacing throughout. Pale malt base delivers a peaches & cream flavour almost like Harviestoun Ptarmigan 85/ with hints of toffee and bananas. There is no citric fruit notes in this. Slight hint of floral hops in the brief aftertaste. Finish is sweet and fruity with peach melba notes really evident. Starts to fade quickly though. A decent session Golden ale and well recommended.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ The Monks Retreat, 163 Friar Street, Reading, Berkshire, England RG1 1HE.
Clear medium amber to orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, light to moderate hoppy, citrus - grapefruit - peel notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100429]
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
12th April 2010. Clear gold beer. Light dry palate. Even malt with some tepid orange hop and a touch of sulfur. Finishes dry.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Handpump at the Penny Black JDW, Northwich 16/04/2010
Hoppy aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and floral with some citrus flavour. A hint of dryness in a creamy bitter finish.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hand pulled cask at the Moon and Sixpence (JDW) Hatch End. Amber gold with a thick white collar. Clean biscuit malt with good balancing hops. Unspectacular but the best I’ve tried under under the revived Davenports label.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
amber creamy white head ...light fruit hop ... wishy washy front ... followed by dry bitter lemon .... ok but not me
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
The baron, Hinckley. Golden amber with a spotting white slick. Negligible rub of old hop and caramel aroma. Still as squash with very little discernible flavour, not even the usual Highgate sugary stuff; dribble of watered down citrus, maybe pear and caramel. Totally passed me by. Pretty bad.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask-conditioned at the Staple Hill Oak (JDW), Bristol 12/04/10. Gold with a slight white head. Sweet malts, a touch of citrus fruit and short, dry finish. Ok.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Counting House, JDW. Hazy golden colour, dense white head. Aroma is citric hops. Flavour is hoppy, citrus, fairly bitter, soft malts. Well drinkable. Finishes with some strange sourness.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Pilgrim’s Progress (JDW), Bedford, in Spoons Spring Festival ’10. Gold. Sweet malty aroma with hints of pineapple. Rather dull muddled taste, but ultimately it’s rather satisfying beer ordinaire. Some bitterness. Quite liked this. It reminded me of beers I drank long ago.
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