2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.
Light unclear light to medium amber orange color with a average, fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, caramel, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. (070808)
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask@GBBF2008. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is wood and fruits with some mild earthyness. Flavour quite much the same. Not bad, but very boring.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cloudy amber with tiny off white head. Sweet aroma with caramel and grassy hops. Flavor likewise with a mild bitter finish.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at The Queens Head in Stow-on-the-Wold. Very drinkable bitter. Balanced malt and sort of grassy/floral hop. (Note from 10/11/2008).
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Conditioned at The Fox, Gt. Barrington, Oxon. Amber to gold beer with white whispy head. Smooth malty, biscuit body with a little plum, moving through to a floral but rounded hoppy bitter finish. All you could want from a best bitter.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Fox Inn, Great Barrington, Glos’ 02-09-06. Classic english bitter served in a lovely pub and beautiful village, pours amber coloured was nice and malty and just the right level of bitterness, my only criticism was that it was a tad on the warm side otherwise a very good beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JAN 12, 2010 Cask-conditioned at the Black Horse, Naunton, Gloucs 9/9/07. A vivid amber colour with a moderate off-white head that left a lot of lacing down the glass. Pronounced malty aroma without being cloying. Easy drinking with a hint of toffee followed by a decent bitter finish. This offered a huge amount for a 3.6% bitter - probably the best sub-4% ABV beer I have experienced [4.3]. Re-rate: The Royal Oak, Andoversford, Gloucestershire. I have read on many occasions that Donnington beers are highly variable, and this was the proof. The BB on this occasion was a standard bitter, inclining towards the malty and with a bitter finish. It still looked good but was nothing like as memorable as at Naunton. [3.1]
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at Red Lion, Little Compton, Oxfordshire, where there is a lovely cottage garden in which to enjoy your beer. Beautiful mid amber colour with a small head. Rich, malty aroma. Sweet malt and hoppy taste with a thinnish body and a medium bitter finish.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@Rugby Beer Festival, 2006. Dark amber beer with a very weak and watery aroma and a plain and lightly dry flavour with a hint of caramel. Overall a plain beer.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask @ Queens Head. Deeper orange copper, light bodied, tea flavor, mild fruitiness, little flavor
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