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.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
<i>Cask Conditioned at J.D. Watherspoon - The Shakespear’s Head, London</i>
Hazy deep amber color; compact head. It has some caramel aroma, but very light. Caramel flavor, with traces of chocolate. The mouthfeel tends to be dry at the end, and watery, and the chocolate is rising. Common.
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
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Willow Walk, JDW, Victoria SW1. Pours a clear copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty and slightly hoppy aroma with some hints of caramel. Fruity malty slightly earthy hoppy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with some hoppy hints in the aftertaste.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich (JDW) 15/11/2004
Mid brown colour slightly strong in alcohol. Fruity with a full malt finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
cask at JDW edinburgh ...copper ... light sweet malt nose ... light fruity toffee malts ... medium body ...ok if a bit plain.
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.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, The Highcross, Leicester. Amber brown with a small head. Aromas are malty with earthy hops and berries. Some cream and spices. Flavours are vinous with sweet malts. Dry, peppery hops with more fruitiness towards the finish. Not very bitter on the finish. Decent.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, third pint glass at JDW real ale festival at Standing Order in Edinburgh. Bubbly surface over an amber coloured body. Floral and fruity aroma. Rounded flavour of fruity hops leading to a modest bitter ending. Dry and smooth in the mouth [11.11.2008].
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]
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