3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sweet caramel malt aroma with plenty of toasted notes and some fruity esters in the aroma. Clear, copper coloured body is topped by a low, off-white head that recedes to thick and lasting ring. Dried fruit, caramel malts and fairly strong finishing bitterness with some floral hop tones. Somewhat grainy aftertaste. Medium body with lively carbonation that prickles the tongue and cheeks. Bottle (BB 012007, Tucker’s Maltings).
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle, Tucker’s Maltings, Newton Abbott, Devon.
Very angry pour. Like a mushroom cloud the head lifts up a good inch and a half out the lip of the pint glass and holds there, fuelled by the madness below. The body an orange copper and just off bright. The aroma has wonderfully bright citrus fruit, Valencia, tangerines, grapefruit, orange zest, rose water, light camphor and eucalypt and just a little honeyed grain. Very soft mouthfeel (go figure!), well rounded, meaty in body and bountiful in flavour. More citrus, the aroma dominating the palate; its tangy, fruity and juicy and near bursting with esters. Floral, grassy and herbal back with a welcome hop bitterness to the swallow that sees it peak and drop off all hops in the aftertaste. Malty mid-palate equally as fresh as the hops, grainy, sweet and cereal like, balancing this out well. I loved it, from first sip to dreaded last. Goes down just as good as it warms. A wonderfully refreshing bitter that showcases the malt and hops with artisinal respect. Lovely! (50cL, BBE 10/12)
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Amber colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is wooden, toffeeish, slightly strange notes as well. Flavour is a bunch of fruits, some toffee, wood and also some slight floral notes. The flavour has kept surprisingly well considering the BBE was in 2007!
1.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20
Bottle 500ml.
[ Vintage BBF 0107 ]. Clear medium amber colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toffee, butter, cardboard. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, medera, cardboard, toffee. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110617]
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Amber gold with a beige foam. Aromas are chocolate and biscuit malts. Lightly nutty with ripe pear. Flavours are sweet malts with yeast. Weetabix with sweet lemon and grapefruit. A decent malty, fruity brew. Spicy with a lightly herbal finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle, bought at Tucker’s Maltings. Copper colour, large head. Very hoppy and fruity character with a malty background. Very nice indeed!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle purchase from Tuckers Maltings online. Poured a nice clear copper colour with small white head. This was a jolly decent hoppy, fruity and malty beer quite full bodied tasty, very good.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Copper coloured with a slim white head. Hops, malts and fruit in the aroma. Fruity, malty then quite hoppy bitter taste. Quite crisp, medium bodied and a fair amount of carbonation. It pleases me.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Quite bitter but with no real sharpness.
Lacks complexity and depth. Bland and rather dissapointing.
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