3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned @ Humble Plumb, Soton. Fruity aromas dominate with lesser sulphur and leafy hops. In the mouth malt flavours become more noticeable with some earthy hop flavours preventing the whole from becoming too sweet.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Charlies.
Clear amber coloured with a small white head.
Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, hops and bread.
Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, rad, hops and eucalyptus.
Hoppy finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
First tasted this in the Black Lion Hotel, Richmond in April 1991. Cask, handpump dispense. Dark copper red in colour with a thick creamy white head. Short note of burnt toffee in the nose. Thin but creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a rich maltloaf base with syrupy dates and raisin fruit. This fades to give a drier note of liquorice in the mouth. Spicy hop resins add a pleasant bitter bite to the long aftertaste. Finish is dry with molasses and a hint of marnalade. An enjoyable ESB.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
On cask at the Counting House in Glasgow. Pours a red - orange colour with a thin beige head. A little sour apple aroma with caramel and barley also. Similar flavours with a long musty lemon, hay and wet cardboard linger. A foamy mouth-feel and moderate bitterness. Mild carbonation with light CO2 prickle. Quite sharp and musty. Not sure if this is intentional?
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Tram Depot, Cambridge, UK on 13th August 2011. Copper with whitish thinning head and some lacing. Initial sweet berry flash. Malty and a little fruitiness in aroma and liquid taste. Cooked veg - broad beans cabbages - along with grassiness. Spicy kick. End taste bittersweet, upper mouth citrus and some bitterness linger.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask handpump at The Wheatsheaf (I think) Edith Weston, Rutland 14.05.11 Copper in colour , I think, though I never described the colour. Malty tasty bitter, loads of toffee, bit chewy but bags of flavour. Nice bitterness, a good beer, really liked this , cannot believe I hadn’t rated it. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.5
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Society Room, JDW. Orange colour, off-white head. Aroma is light caramel malts, bit hoppy. Flavour is light malted, caramel, bit hoppy and slightly sour. Mild bitter finish. Average.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. The Globe, Leicester. Medium white head, clear brown body. Excellent lacing. On the nose is toffee, caramel, hop bite, biscuits, alcohol, nuts. Tastes sweet, but with a bitter finish. Dry finish, silky on the palate.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@The Tram Depot, Cambridge. Amber colour, small creamy longlasting head. Aroma is sweet malty, fruity, wooden and quite bready. Flavour is much the same along with some herbs and spices.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
pint at The Anchor in Hathern. Better than I expected after reading the reviews here. Thanks Dave! See you next month hopefully. I can thank you personally then.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
JDW, Rochester. Autumn 09 Spoons Fest. O yes! This is my sort of beer - a sweet toffee malt with hops dancing all the way through - intertwined and varying all the time - an interchange of beauty. From intense malt to a hop burn on the last load.
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