3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity dispense) at Pigs Ear Beer Festival, day 2 (beer #5) on 1 December 2010. Amber colour. A bit hazy but lots of condition. Loose but lasting white head. Another fairly standard bitter. Quite astringent bitterness lingers into the aftertaste.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
50cl bottle. Pours golden/orange with steady to frantic bubbles and a nicely proportioned head, The nose has oranges and a little toffee. The taste is of malt and some tangy toffee. The palate has a medium body, medium texture and a fairly clean finish. Overall, it’s another bitter, very drinkable but not particularly distinguished.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAY 29, 2012 On cask at The Bow Bar. Pours a golden colour with a decent white head. Aroma of caramel, yeast and grassy hops. Similar flavours with mild carbonation (5,4,5,2, 14). Also on cask at Cloisters. Pours a golden colour with a fair white head. A big caramel aroma upfront with lemon and grassy hops. Similar flavours and a little sour with mild carbonation and an oily mouth-feel.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (gravity) @ 27th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2010, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England
Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, roasted, caramel, earthy - damp stain, plastic notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, plastic notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20101201]
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (gravity) @ Paisley Beer Festival 2011. Golden colour, some off-white bubbles. Aroma is hoppy, citrus. Light malted. Flavour is citric, followed by dry biscuit. Slightly bitter finish.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
i could tell pouring it it was going to be flat
forgot about bottle conditioning so i poured yeast into glass
looks like cloudy apple cider, smells hoppy
nice, not too powerful
not much flavour-wise. just a session ale w/ decent hops
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle from Dobbies, Aberdeen. It pours a cloudy orange colour with a very thin white head and very low carbonation. The nose is sweet orange, lemon, yeast, caramel and horlicks. The taste is wood, smokey, tangy orange, lemon and lime zest, leading to a light bitter finish. It’s fairly thin, uncomplicated and inoffensive. A fairly drinkable bitter.
2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
2nd December 2010
Pigs Ear. Slightly hazy amber beer, ghost of a white head. Light semi dry palate. Zero carbonation. Mild tangy orange. Some green vegetables and some dry semi sweet malt. Just about drinkable.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUN 7, 2009 Cask Aberdeen Beer festival 07 ... Golden yellow ... light hoppy nose ... a fairly standard light fruity bitter nice enough but no real character... 3.1
Cask at aberdeen beer festival 09 ...amber ... sweet fruity hop nose ... juicy but dry hop ... bitter builods ... quite fruity with a dry linger 3.4
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