3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the brewpub. Pours dark clean red with a small tanned head. Aroma is fruity and malty bready. Taste of red berries, fruity sweet , light bitter end.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled. Amber colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, mild sourness as well as some herbal notes. Flavour is caramel, some fruits, mild tart wooden notes and quite mouthdrying.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, The Salmon, Leicester. Amber brown with a thin head. Aromas are biscuit and toffee with light aniseed and herbal notes. Raisins with traces of banana. Leafy hops with candy sugar and autumn fruits. Flavours are weetabix malts with leafy, nettle hops and spices. Light citrus and apple fruitiness. Spritzy on the palate with hints of ginger. Nice.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
BC. Murky copper with a fast-diminishing, honeycombed white foam. Aroma pure Belgium; Brett-like sour, rhubarb and custard, gooseberry, cinnamon- actually something of a ringer for Orval. Redcurrant and ash flavour with flecks of TCP, yeasty red apple peel acidity and more Orval-like bite and Bazooka chew. Some earth and clovey spice. Fizzing carbonation. Typically weird English BC bitter where the yeast and conditioning overpower the hops and malt...still, an enjoyable brew-big thanks to the folks for bringing it me back from Driftwood Spars.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Reddish colour. Loose, thin, attractive head. Earthy, caramelly aroma. Toasty with lots of sweet, caramelized sugar.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ brewpub. Coppery with scant lace. Aroma of bready, toasty malts and melba toast. Lovely roasty finish. Softy clean lovely session beer.
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