3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Handpump at the Balck Horse, Darwen 26/03/2006
Poured lively with a large white head. Mid brown amber coloured with some fruit flavour. Bitter and dry wheaty finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
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Gravicask at The Junction Tavern. Must point out that this was probably a little past its best. Amber colour. Malty aroma. Very little happening in the mouth. Bitter hops on the way down. Dull but nothing out of order about it.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask hand-pump at the Waggon & Horses (JDW), Alfreton, Derbyshire. A slightly hazy mid-brown colour with a cream head; earthy malty aroma; smooth and silky in the mouth with a good grapefruit finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpulled) at the Flowerpot, Derby. Promising debut from another new Derbyshire brewery; ruddy brown body, no head, thin feel but some good dusky fruits in there. Just a few steps away from greatness, which is very impressive for a first commercial brew.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
hand pulled at the Wellington, Birmingham. Ruddy chestnut Bitter, with a nice beige, foamy head. Fruity, flowery hop. Fresh, grassy, approaching-Summer feeling. A little watery and spread out, but a good quencher. nice finish with elderflower to this great first output.
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