3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Copper with white head. Soft smooth beer, fruity and reasonably rich malts. Almost a mild in style and flavour. Sweet toffee notes in the finish, decent enough without getting exciting.
3.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Brewed once before (September 2007), this beer was produced purely for this Springs (2011) Wetherspoons Beer Festival.
Browny, red in colour with a well formed cream coloured head, which provided some good lacing.
Floral hop aroma, with some nut hints thrown in.
Easy drinking blend of Cascade, Fuggles and Styrian Golding hops giving a pleasant dryness to the aftertaste.
Hope they brew it more often.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the Waterhouse JDW, Manchester 27/03/2011
Some malt aroma. Amber coloured fruity and a little rich on the palate with a hint of bitterness in a lasting malt finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
30th March 2011
JDW Fest. Clear amber beer, small white head. Clean palate, just a little dry. Balanced plain malt and very mild hops. Slightly minerally. Not a bad beer but utterly standard stuff.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. A standard English bitter - reddish amber with a dense cfream head; aroma of red fruits; full, fruity, malty, flavour with some dry biscuit, then some fresh green hops adding a light bitterness.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask, The Francis Newton, Sheffield, UK. Amber with a slight ruby hue. Tan thick head. Faint caramel aroma. Bright flavour, sweet with an immediate transition to bitterness.with more caramel at the end.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Staple Hill Oak (JDW), Bristol 1/04/2011. Deep amber with a decent, off-white head. Very easy drinking premium bitter with caramel and fruity malts leading to a moderately bitter finish. Good.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
pint, JDW Moon on the Square, Basildon, Essex. Perfectly drinkable bog standard British bitter. Brown, thirst-quenching but given that it is a 4.5 ABV a little thin and watery.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From cask at Cross Keys. Pours clear and golden deep amber to orange with a small white head. Aroma is roasted malty and slight breadish. Roasted and caramelish. Bitter, malty and breadish. Dry finish.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: APR 2, 2011 Cask @ The Carron Works JDW, Falkirk. Mild malty aroma & flavour. Medium brown colour with good head. Very bland & watery.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Hand pump cask, half pint at JDWs Willow Walk. Nitro creamy, beige head before sipping. Clear copper coloured body. Faint citric aroma. Taste of citrus and sweet malts. Foamy in the mouth. Basic British bitter (London, 22.03.2011).
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