3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity) @ The 16th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2010, Reading, Berkshire England.
Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, nutty, light roasted and chocolate. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, roasted, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100429]
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask@Market Porter
This is 4.5%. Clear copper color, small beige head. Light nose, just some sweetish hoppyness. Light palate. Light woody hoppyness leading to dry finish. Boring ESB, maybe that 5.2% was better.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
[cask at the 2009 Scottish Real Ale Festival] Strong Scottish ale, pours dark with very little head. Taste is fruity, but more pruney than blackcurrant. Good balance of malts in there as well, plus an additional smokiness - the tasting notes suggested it would be a "perfect beer for fireside drinking with cheese and oatcakes". I don’t think you can argue with that, it was even pretty good when drunk around a rickety table on a Friday afternoon [28062009]
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Justice Mills (JDW), Aberdeen. Murky chestnut brown with a dense cream head; toffee aroma; creamy in the mouth with biscuity malts anddry hops; slightly smoky finish. Not a bad pint.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: FEB 1, 2010 Cask at Scottish Real Ale festival 2009 ... copper ... light smokey fruity nose ... fruity malts ... little toffee ... juicy light bitterness ... with some hop in the background ...
cask cloisters ...copper ... tan foam head ... light toffee malt ... rich woody toffee ... great depth ...
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