2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pale amber colour. Something a bit wheaty in the aroma, with a whiff of sulphur too. The palate is dry and quite clean, there is a little too much undeveloped malt in the background. The finish is not as crisp as I would for a beer in this style - juicy, but a touch flabby. Overall, reasonable. Cask (gravity), Catford Beer Festival.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
First tasted this in The Three Judges, Glasgow in April 2004. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear pale amber in colour with a thin white head. Dry dusty hops and lemon peel in the short aroma. Thin resiny mouthfeel and superb lacing throughout. Pale malt base gives citric grapefruit flavours with a biscuity background. Dusty lemony hops add a dry bitter bite to the short aftertaste. Finish is on the tart bitter side with grapefruit peel evident. An ok session bitter for the summer.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Aroma is sweetish lightly honey malts with some floural hops. Taste is similar though weak, which is a bit disapointing, maybe past its best? Seems like more of a golden/blonde to me.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpulled) at the Wellington, Birmingham. Pale gold, sweet hops to the nose, dry bitter for the finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
1. Cask Handpump at the Helter Skelter, Frodsham 10/01/2004
Amber golden coloured and slightly pale. Some dryness in a bitter lasting finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Friar Penketh, Warrington (JDW) 09/11/2004
Golden with some sour fruit. Bitter with a slightly dry pleasant malt finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at East Cliff Tavern, Folkestone, Kent
Gold in colour, creamy fullness in mouth, nice interesting hoppy dry finish. I liked this and supped a couple of pints with ease
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
[Cask at GBBF 2004] A hazy orange beer with a small beige head. The aroma is sweet hoppy and very light. The flavor is boring with a dry slightly bitter finish.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned @ JDW, Soton. Aggresive piney hops. A touch thin could use some more malt body to balance.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned at The Cricketers, Ipswich. This beer is brewed with organic hops and malts. Colour is golden, slightly hazy. Moderate hoppy/fruity aroma. Relatively light bodied, grapefruity hoppy bitterness from start to finish. Nice.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask@Catford Beer festival. Typical English bitter/pale ale. Balanced combo of eargthy hops and toffee/bready malt, medium bitter, it tastes of its ingredients.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Catford Fest. Gravity. Raw pale malt aroma. Dry, crisp, fruity - some hops in the finish. Acceptable.
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