1.2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 3/20 Borresteijn (2757) - Amsterdam, - JUL 23, 2009
RBESG Sheffield, Smithfields Hotel Manchester, cask. Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma is sweet, grassy, vegetables, fruits. Flavour is the same, light bitter finish. Very thin. This was imo the worst of the lot. Indeed of Champions, that’s what you are if you can chug a pint of this for breakfast.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 DJMonarch (9152) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - NOV 10, 2009
Cask Handpump at the Smithfield Hotel, Manchester 20/07/2009
Pale fruity and hop aromas. Clear golden coloured and hoppy grapefruit flavour with a crisp and slightly bitter malt finish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 Nightfall (1263) - Hamburg, GERMANY - AUG 21, 2009
Cask (handpump) @ Smithfield Hotel, Manchester, England. @ [ RBESG 09 ]. Probably the owrs bitter of the day. Amber color, tiny white head. Faint hoppy, a bit sour. Blah.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20 asheft (2072) - Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 11, 2009
[cask @ RBESG 2009]
Green apple candy aroma. Almost clear dark gold with a white ring. Candy/oxidized flavour with sour base malt, very low bitterness, and thin and watery. Low carbonation, almost clean finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 cgarvieuk (8651) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - JUL 30, 2009
Cask (handpump) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 5JZ.... golden amber ... wattery hop .... ligth fruit.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20 fonefan (24928) - VestJylland, DENMARK - JUL 29, 2009
Cask (handpump) @ Smithfield Hotel, Manchester, England. @ [ RBESG 09 ] Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090718]
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20 DonMagi (5599) - bantervile, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND - JUL 27, 2009
Cask in the smithfield hotel, manchester. Alround rating: Treakle, sweet pale malts, bit of fruityness which seems to be off the fact its going off. No hops and massivly out of condition.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 bierkoning (8109) - La Tropica, NETHERLANDS - JUL 23, 2009
Cask @ Smithfields Hotel Manchester. Blonde. Citrusaroma. Thin. Malty with a citrus flavor. Low on hops, only a hint of grass.
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