2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned @ Guide Dog, Soton. Initially fruity hop but doesnt really last well enough for me to consider it hoppy. Tasty biscuity malt but left feeling a bit sweet with the hop bitterness being a bit lacking.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pint pulled at The Bricklayers Arms in Putney (London), dark amber with a filmy white head. A rich burnished malty aroma. A little grainy with a sweet malty aroma. A bit thin.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark copper in colour with a citrus hop scent. Bitter, with a slight dryness and a hint of carbonation. Difficult to get the taste, but earthy/soils and maybe some roasted nuts. Subsequent mouthfuls were sweeter. Hint of metal in the aftertaste but not bad.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Merton Summer Beer Festival 05-07-07 Had a little snifter of this on the Thursday it had settled very well. Poured a mid brown colour with small white head. Whilst there there was a definite hoppiness to this it wasn’t quite as pronounced as I had anticipated. I enjoyed this beers simplicity there was a nice soft toffeeness to it and the hops gave it a reasonable bitterness a good easy drinking beer that I would happily have a session on but how I wish I’d have got the Chimera IPA a stunning beer in my opinion.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at Merton Beer Festival ’07. Chestnut colour with slight head. Darkly roasted malty beer despite the hint at hops in the name, some toffee notes and and a little vanilla. There are hops on the finish, giving a twangy dryness, its a reasonable beer.
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