2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; hazy golden yellow pour with thin white head, floral aroma with sweet malts, bitter hop taste some sweet malts, OK.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Malty and slightly cloudey golden ale, both in aroma and in its taste. Next to no head.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (Tivoli (JDW), Cambridge)
Slightly mashy graininess, quite fruity. A little sticky, but also smooth. Carbonation low. Grainy and mashy, a bit stodgy and porridgy. Just about adequate as a bitter.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask by handpump at Counting House, Glasgow - deep golden with a slight haze, creamy off-white head, good lacing, sweet malty aroma with bit of fruit, caramel, almost sickly sweet, fruity, creamy texture, clean finish
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Hand pulled cask at Wembley Spoons. Gold with a thin white head. Sweet malts with a touch of diacytl. Not much going on in the hop department. Dull.
2.6 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Lord Wimborne (JDW) Poole; amber with a thin yet dense white head; this had a very offputting aroma of cleaning products, very probably because Wetherspoon’s dishwasher wasn’t working properly; reminder to self: when in the High Street always go to the Brewhouse or Blue Boar, as Poole’s shabby Wetherspoons is a false economy; thankfully the taste wasn’t similarly destroyed (if I held my nose): sweet malts and fruit (bitter lemon and orange) with a bitter hop bite; very dry; quite a thick mouthfeel; like a thicker version of their Jurassic; not a write-off, but unfortunately this beer was more than likely ruined by the pub that served it - I’ll have to give it another try some time in the interest of fairness.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Wheatsheaf, Borough 4 Nov 12. Gyldenbrun. Litt uklar. Lavt skum. Svak fruktig aroma. Smaken tørket frukt. Litt parfymert. Søt ettersmak.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, half-pint shared with Finn at The Wheatsheaf pub. Crystal clear, golden body Spotty lacing. Subdued aroma of mid-sweet fruits and earthy malts. Herbal hops and bread-like malts in flavour. Mild bitter ending. Decent partner to the Sunday Roast (London, 04.11.2012).
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle 500ml.
Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, pale malt, light sweet malt, light to moderate hoppy. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, pale malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120813]
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask at GBBF 2012. Pours a deep golden colour with a bit of haze, light fruity aroma, taste is sweet malt and some fruit.
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