3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned gravity dispense Olde England Northampton 25/02/13. A golden beer with a nice white bubbly head. A fairly straightforward lightly hoppy beer. A nice malt backbone for itsstrength. Has a sweet edge at the end but it’s perfectly decent.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at The Market Porter. Clear golden, small head. Fruity aroma, medium bitterness. Standard bitter.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at The Weighbridge, Alvechurch, Worcs. Pale greenish gold with white head. Light, malty fruity beer, looks like there has been a change of recipe with this one. A touch sweetish perhaps, soft, petals, easy, perhaps a little too light. Good.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
BC from The Wine Cellars, Lutterworth. Pours foggy brown with a noisy but ephemeral fizz of suds; surprising berry-flavoured bubblegum esters on the snout, which also includes suggestions of clove, red apple, Highgate-like Allsorts....and dung. A touch rustic as always but some really decent dry roasted-like malts shining through; hedgerow and slightly peppery hop, chocolate digestives. Recovers some condition (and points for appearance) with all the gunk thrown in, Belgian style. Overall: well-balanced, lingeringly nutty bitter worth checking out.
|
