3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Gravity cask at the Battersea Beer Festival, 7th Feb 2008. Reddish amber with a slight malt aroma. Very bitter tasting, with an iron tinge that does make you think of blood! Long dry finish. Good for those of us who like a hoppy pint.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle the in-laws picked up for me at the brewery. Ribena red; sloppy, with a beige swirl of head. Seriously inviting aroma; ripe blackcurrant, pollen and coffee. Juicy, well balanced flavour with tangy hedgerow and floral hops, just-crushed milk chocolate Hobnob notes, dry roasted, liquorice. Something of the flavour profile of a black IPA. Not a hint of dead admiral, or even brandy. Quite a beer.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned Handpump Wig & Pen Northampton. A mid brown coloured beer with a whitish head. really good bready malts with strong fruity hops in this. verging on a US amber in many ways. The cascade is excellent here. A lovely body for a sub 4%er but the brandy probably helped with that although I couldn’t taste it. Superb flavours and excellent balance.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, gravity dispensed, at the Cambridge Beer Festival. Deep reddish mahogany in colour with a trace of white head; fruity aroma; rich and full fruity flavour; then a dry finish. Rather like a porter, despite trhe low ABV.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
500ml bottle: Still and syrupy looking without much of a head to it at all. The nose is lightly fruity but nothing to write home about. In the mouth it sweet caramel then slightly eggy yeast and a woody hint of spice and a dry finish. The aftertaste contains maybe a hint of that brandy warmth in the finish? It’s actually alright. A bit watery and still for me though.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Southampton Arms, Gospel Oak. No head, mahogny-coloured. Chocolate, apples, caramel and a dry finish.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ GBBF 2009. Pours a clear dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. FRuity malty and slightly hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty bitter finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear dark red amber color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, light nutty, light to moderate hoppy, citrus, orange. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090805]
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma has fruit, malt, caramel tea and a hint of currants. Fruity and toffee malty flavour, with medium bitterness.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at GBBF 2009 ... copper ... washing up liquid nose ... soft dulll frui malts ...
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@GBBF2009. Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is sweet wood, mild syrup, caramel and some slight notes of roast. Flavour is the same, being quite strong on the wooden side. Nice bitter finish.
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