3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.
Clear medium brown amber colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, licorice notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110429]
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. at Mytchett Beer Festival 2012. Pours a deep red ruby colour, the aroma is all fruit, the taste again is soft malts and loads of fruit with a dry bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Euston Tap, London. A deep red/brown coloured pour with a medium beige head. Hoppy, fruity aroma. Tastes hoppy, fruity, malty and some caramel notes. A decent drop.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap @ The Draft House. Pours reddish mahogany with a creamy beige head. Aroma is malty, bready, a bit nutty, piny and citric. Flavor is a bit acidy, roasted, malty, fruity and caramel with nice bitter hoppyness. Thin body. Finishes watry bitter.
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
JDW, Greenwich. Robust malty ale - good use of crystal malts and a healthy but not aggressive dose of hops. Good stuff.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. A deep red beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma is dominated by fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of fruit, malt, and caramel, as well as citrusy hops, leading to a bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Plough and Harrow (JDW), Hammersmith. Poured reddish amber with a dense cream head; some pine resin to the aroma; smooth creamy texture, with some sharply bitter pine and grapefruit to start then a fuller, sweeter, fruity flavour developing; the finish is dry and well-hopped without being over the top. Well balanced.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JAN 25, 2011 Served through a sparkler at JDW Ealing (Sir Michael Balcon) 26/5/10. Pours a chestnut red-brown, hoppy and vinous notes on the nose, taste is strongly bitter, a little nutty, a little raisiny, but rather flat and one-dimensional - thanks presumably to the sparkler. Re-rate on 25-1-11, on gravity at the Roebuck, Richmond Hill. A little hazy, chocolate and baked apple nose with herby hops, then roast caramel and nuts on palate, sweetish roasty bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From cask at the Market Porter. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a small tan head. Aroma is solid hops fruity with a light roasted note. Fruity hoppy and toffee caramelish to light roasted malt base. Fruity and bitter flavoured finish.
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