3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20Cask@GBBF2011. Deep amber colour, small off-white bubbly head. Aroma is fruits, mild earthy notes as well as some slight bitter wooden notes. Flavour is bittery fruits, wood and some herbal notes along with mild caramel malts.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask gravity at Six Bells Woodchurch. its got a bit of orange fruit. Some drying hop. Some marmalade. Its ok. Marmalade flavour is pleasant.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask-conditioned at the Cornubia, Bristol 4/8/2012. Copper coloured with a decent, off-white head. Sweet, caramel and berry fruit aroma with a sightly tart edge. Flavour was also sweet and bready, with a moderately bitter finish. Ok.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at the John Logie Baird (JDW), Hastings. Dark amber with a ring of white head; malty aroma; caramel malt flavour with some sour fruit; and a biscuity finish. Nothing special about this.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Copper to brown with no head. Quite flat and lifeless on the palate, very cold, slightly tart, fruity and surprisingly thin. Not good.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask at the Sir Michael Balcon (JDW), Ealing. Brown with very little head. Initially sweet palate with a touch of currant, but then woody and a bit tart.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Society Room, JDW. Hazy copper colour, off-white head. Nose is caramel malts, light fruity, bit of vegetables. Flavour is caramel malts, little citrus, slight stickyness. Fairly dry finish.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask at JDW in Surbiton. Enoyable fruity aroma. Surprisingly sweet and malty, with a fruity finish that can come through a touch tart and acidic. Not great.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, tart apples, sour malt fruity. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat. [20110803]
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at GBBF ’11. A mix of flavours: vine, tobacco, sweet malt. OK. Warmish mouthfeel. Reasonable.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (GBBF2011, Wed)
Pungent fruity hops. Simple bitter. Slick palate, peachy. Hoppy taste, yes, but I find it boring. Not so ’ESB’ or premium - just a bitter.
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