3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned @ Giddy Bridge (JDW), Soton. A well balanced rounded bear. Berry toffee aroma with earthy straw hops. Uncomplicated flavours to make a good session on.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask handpull at Westgate, JDW, Canterbury. Chestnut colour with bubbly beige head. Slightly yeasty, bit thin in mouth, but good red berry malts, bit sweet. OK bitter
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned & on handpump at the Babington in Derby, on 11/02/05.
Light brown colour.
Quite a bitter one, dry-ish, very hoppy but also a bit farty...
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, Honest Lawyer in Scunthorpe. Amber gold, off white head and gentle condition. Low fruity malt in the nose, sweet and fruity with a suggestion of blackberry in the mouth and lingering into the finish. Some gentle hop bitterness also noticable at the end.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Clear reddish brown, good head formation. Mildly roasty aroma. Sweet fruity malt flavor, mildly roasty, some chocolate, modest bitterness in the finish.
2.8 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: NOV 8, 2006 Oct, 2004. Medway Fest. A pleasant soft best bitter with fruit and toffee notes. Gentle red berries. [3.3]
Oct, 2006 The Buccaneer, Eastbourne. Flat, dull, uninteresting. Everything blurs together. [2.4]
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at The Roebuck, Drayton, Oxon. Dark red brown colour with a bubbly head. More a brown ale than a bitter, sweet maltiness with a fruity nutty background. A little bitterness on the finish, another pretty good beer from Exmoor, one of my favourite Micro's.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tasted cask conditioned. Nut brown in colour. Fruity and mild with nutty aroma. Medium bodied with low bitterness.
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