2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at JDW The Penny Black, Bicester, Oxon 04-11-07 Mid amber in colour with a bubbly white head, lacking in aroma. Unexciting bit wishy washy and watery for its abv some bitterness and a sugary finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tasted this in the Esquire House, Glasgow (JDW) in November 2007. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear orange amber in colour with a thin white head. Strong aroma of caramel, long in the nose. Thin mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt complex gives strong digestive biscuit with soft toffee and satsuma fruit notes. Strong hop resins gives wet leaf mould to the brief aftertaste. Finish is malty with sweet orange present. A decent session bitter.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
16th November 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Spoons Winter Fest. Astonishingly sweet toffee and cream followed by unsubtle red fruit, particularly strawberry. One of the most unusual and sweet bitters I’ve ever tasted. Possibly a brewing fault. Who cares? Tastes amazing!
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Hazed amber with no head, very cold. Maybe this Spoons is playing a game with its old pump clips, this was ok, some bitterness some distracting caramel but otherwise dull.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask handpull at Willow Walk, JDW, London. Copper colour with thick beige head. Fruity bitter. Nice malts. Bit of caramel. Fruity standard bitter, great condition. Nice and creamy with tart dry finish
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ The Pommeler’sRest, JDW, Soutwark. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Sweet fruity malty aroma with hints of caramel and hops. Sweet malty caramel flavor with some fruity hints. Has a malty bitter hoppy finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A Mes rate: Cask at Baker Street ’Sporks.
Bright amber with no head. Aroma of straw, tobacco and hops with a little sweet malt. Wheaty, yeasty flavour wiith some bready notes. Slightly earthy too, hence the name? Lightly hoppy on the finish with grows nicely as it lingers.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Counting house at wetherspoon beer fest. Aroma has quite a bit of buttery corn syrup dycetl, with grassy hop. Taste is like corn flakes with grainy malts, and quite sweet. Noit well balanced or that tasty in any way.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the William Morris (JDW), Hammersmith. Amber with a cream head; fruity malt aroma; unusual pineapple fruity sweet flavours; short hop burst then a sweet finish. Different.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (handpump), Sir John Oldcastle (JDW), Farringdon. Amber colour. Loose white head. Very restrained aroma. Couldn’t really pick out anything in particular. Dry malt and earthy hop on the palate. Very dry, but not especially bitter. Clean mouthfeel. Respectable enough but pretty straightforward and a tad dull.
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