4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Handsworth Old Boys/Bridge Trust Cricket clubhouse, Birmingham. An unexpected and clearly underrated pleasure! Charming amber colour, with a tantalising and stable frothy head, which leaves a Dulux coating on the inside of the glass. Deliciously fresh, with caramel and biscuit to start, which feels full and chewy in the mouth. The second half is long and genuinely bitter - crispy and moreish. Very balanced and quaffable. Excellent.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
5th September 2009
Cambridge I think! Clear amber beer. Dry crisp palate. Nicely balanced. Tea like malt. Just a little bittering hop coming through at the end. Decent.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Charlies.
Clear orange coloured with a small white head.
Fruity aroma of caramel, bread, hops and grass.
Fruity flavour of caramel, hops and grass with notes of grape fruits.
Dry hoppy finish.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
unclear caramelly light brown, smooth beige head. Mild aroma. Flavor is malty, grainy, bitter hoppy, not the usual bitter, flavor is more like a less roasted guinness. Some sugary sweetness towards the end. Untraditional
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
[Cask at the Hobgoblin, High Wycombe] Anber, slight white heaad. Toffee malt with orange fruit. Nothing spectacular, but it’s quietly comforting and mellow. One of the better mass-market bitters.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
First tasted this in the Coach & Horses, Rotherwick in August 1982. A fantastic ale in a fantastic pub back then, sadly this is a recent review. Sampled this in the Saltcot, Saltcoats (JDW) in November 2010. Cask, handpump dispense. Crystal clear orange amber in colour with a thin creamy white head. Thin resiny mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts gives a basic digestive biscuit base with a touch of woody redcurrant fruit. Strong hop resins impart a dry bitter aftertaste which carries through into the bitter sweet finish. An ok session bitter but although this was in perfect condition, it was a shadow of its former self from ’82.
3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Auburn, chestnut brown appearance. Toffee aroma. Taste is medium sweet with a slightly bitter aftertastw.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Bon Accord. Amber colour, off-white head. Nose is light caramel, bit of vegetables. Flavour is light malted, caramel and vegetables. Not too well.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
A - Apple with a touch of caramel
A - Medium amber with thin soapy head
T - A touch sweet with less bitter
P - Medium and almost soft
O - So many bitters, all the same flavor
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask in Wood, Marylebone. Pours orange/light brown. Medium head. Nose is caramel, little grass, bit of citrous. Taste is very well balanced. Caramel, subtle fruit hops and citrous. Really smooth drinking and very balanced on the palate. Could drink this all day.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at GBBF 2011. Clear amber. Fruity with notes of raspberries and white grapes. Dry and bitter finish.
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