3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 23/03/2011. Easy drinking with some caramel, bready malts and a touch of ash, before a moderately bitter finish. Ok.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
The Francis Newton, Sheffield, UK. Cask. Medium gold, very faint aroma of resin. Mellow, smooth with a spiced hop finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the Penny Black JDW, Northwich 23/03/2011
Some spiced aroma. Small beige head. Bronze amber coloured fruity and a little spicy with a coriander flavour. A hint of dryness and roast in a bitter malt finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
The Baron. Dense-lidded gold, lace like milk. Aroma of swimming pool water, thistle, varnished table and mown grass. Slick, low carbonation mouthfeel, mown grass, green sap, a lick of rusty lawnmower blade. Shampoo and red apple finish. Slightly dismal and a touch metallic, but in its defence not in top nick. Touch of creamy malt. Elgoods trying to be hoppy? Certainly a challenge, but does improve towards the bottom of the pint pot..
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Amber with slight head. Wet mouldy paper note, we thought Sphagnum moss, dull, not great condition, Spoons finest.
2.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 7/20
Hand pulled at the Briar Rose, Birmingham. Oh dear, something went wrong here. Either bad condition or bad beer, but this vinegar fest was tart enough to make me leave most of the half pint untouched. The thing that makes me worry is that this still seemed fairly beerlike, with a bold, boring malt structure which registered as my lips drew back over my teeth.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
From cask. Pours dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is dry grassy and slight herbal. Bitter, herbal and grassy initially flavoured. Bitter and grassy finish. Dry and simple hoppy.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Spoons fest, Montagu Pyke. Pours a nearly clear amber, with a small off white head. Toffee, honey, light caramel and some yeasty esters.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Counting House, JDW. Dark golden colour, medium off-white head. Aroma is caramel malts, bit of toffee. Flavour is caramel malts, some hops, bit of toffee. Pleasant palate.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Oadby. Golden with an off-white foam. Aromas are biscuit and grain with grassy hops and yeast. Crisp citrus. Flavours are biscuit malts with very grassy hops and piney, grapefruit bitterness. Slightly floral with yeast and woody notes. Dry on the aftertaste. Decent.
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