3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: APR 16, 2011 Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Amber to copper with slight head. Malty, mid roasted flavours, sweet grain some fruit, kiwi fruit came to mind. Overall just a little dull. 5, 3, 6, 3, 11
15/04/11 re rate at The White Horse, Oxford - dark amber, rich maltiness, much better condition than at a Spoons, full and very drinkable. 7, 4, 8, 4, 14
3.3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cast @ Great Expectations : clear light brown. Low hop & malt aroma. Sweetness biscuity malt, low bitterness. Not much in the way of hop flavour but ok balance. Better than expected!
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Generic honey amber body beneath a listless head. Sweet Fruitpastille initial notes. Biting hop biscuit but little else thereafter, some diluted lemon/lime vibe in there but nothing approaching the tease from the aroma. Not much exuberance from a celebratory ale. (Cask, ATP curated by Jeff Mangum, during Boredoms)
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
JDW, Rochester. Autumn 09 Spoons Fest. A fruity, clean and dry session bitter. Orange juice and some wetness. OK, but this came after two more assertive beers, so perhaps suffered in comparison.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
A Sim rate (cask at Marquis of Cornwallis): Smells of old men and soggy wood. It smells of the Wenlock, pretty much. Tastes of sheer diacetyl..yuuuuuum. Bitter citric woodiness. So not impressed.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Handpump at the Bankers Draft JDW, Sheffield 14/11/2009
Floral aroma. Small white head. Copper coloured fruity and malty with a crisp and slightly dry lasting malt finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Copper coloured with a dense white head; nutty malty aroma; sweet malt flavour, but rather thin; dry and nutty finish. An unexceptional bitter.
3.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Handpulled cask at the Monk’s Retreat (JDW) Reading. Amber with an off white head. Dry malts with woody notes and some fruity hops in the finish.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask, JDW, Carlisle. Rich, fruity beer, that came across stronger then the 4% abv. Plenty of body and flavour, with quite a strong aftertaste, that lingered fairly well.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned handpull at Postal Order, JDW, Worcester. Chestnut colour lasting beige head. It’s alright, bit of biscuit on a normal bitter. Bit of yeast character on aroma. Not much hop on finish. Some toffee, some biscuit.
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