3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
cask at Angleterre Helsinki 300308 ,030408
color:dark brown transparent nice airy head
Scent:fresh roasted malts
Taste: crispy, delicious combination of roasted malts and hops. Rating made about first tasting few days later it tasted as old real ale was drinkable not vinegar but not so delight any more
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampled at home tasting. Amber Town pour with small off white head. Malt, dark fruit and slight chocolate aroma. Flavour sweet fruit, chocolate, coffee flavour. Light body and low carbonation.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
50cl bottle shared by Kermis.
Thin white head. Clear amber pour. Coffee in the aftertaste.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Originally had this in a bottle thanks to Eugene. On cask at The Haymarket. Pours a dark brown colour with a fair, light tan head, Aroma of roasty malt, brownies and caramel. Flavours of coffee, roasty malt and burnt toast. Mild carbonation and CO2 prickle. Very nice.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask @ The Drum & Monkey. Dark brown color, medium head. Fruity malt aroma. Fruity flavour. Hoppy aftertaste. A very average beer.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask in Argyll Arms. Ruby red dark brown stout with medium creamy stout Head. Nose is pruney, ale fruity, bit of roasted malt. Taste is plumy and pruney, with the fruit dominant. Fruity ale notes. Bod is medium and light for a stout, more like a dark ale. Touch of dryer roasted notes on the finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at the 2nd East Croydon Beer Tasting, thanks to Leighton. It pours deep brown, with a ruby highlights and thin off-white head. The nose is caramel, red grape, wine and chocolate. The taste is roasted malt, caramel, blackcurrant, blueberry, metal and filter coffee, with a dry, roasty finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Decent.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled from bottle at Scopeys 2nd East Croydon Beer tasting. Amber colored beer with a small off-white head. Smell lightly roasty, lightly sweet. Taste sweet, lightly roasty. Low to medium carbo, medium body.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: NOV 14, 2011 A- Roasted chocolate and coffee with dried fruit
A - Dark with thick cream coloured head
T - Light sweet, iodized with roasted bitter
P - Full and creamy
O - Good full flavored beer
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at The Eagle & Child, Oxford. Dark brown with cream head. Smooth, rich and roasty, fully flavoured malts, some charcoal and ashy wood. Good stuff.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: OCT 16, 2011 Dark brown pour with a medium, off-white head. Aroma has dark malts and subtle fruits. Medium sweet flavor, dark fruits, decent roasted malts. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Short roasted malt finish, slight dryness, more dark fruits. Nice beer. (3.5) Bottle at the East Croydon Beer Tasting, October 2011, thanks to me. Pours clear, dark brown with a big, off-white head. Light roast nose, some cocoa. Subtle wood. A bit light in character overall. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Mild toasty sugar finish, very faint roast. (3.3)
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