3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Merchants Inn, Rugby, 03/04/13.
Very lightly hazed golden with a decent sized off white head.
Nose carries notes of grain, pale malt, orange, sugars, caramel.
Taste comprises caramel malt, bread dough, light citrus notes, orange twang.
Medium bodied with a little oomph, soft carbonation, dry finish with a trace of booze.
A respectable enough ESB.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottled 500ml (BB 06/2014)
Murky brown color, small off-white head. Nutty caramel aroma, also fermentation aromas. Medium-bodied. Caramel, toffee, grassy, diacetyl, Finish has some bitterness.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled (from The Fat Cat, Norwich). Amber colour, small slightly off-white head. Aroma is nutty, caramel and crystal maltyness and some mild yeastyness. Flavour is caramel, wood, some mild leathery notes.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpump) at the Queens Head, Chelmsford on 3 February 2011. Amber colour. Initial impression is sweet and rather malty with quite jammy fruit. However, some assertive sharp hops come through strong in the middle and it ends much more dry, bitter and balanced that the initial impression suggested. Tasty stuff.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned handpump The Pub Leicester. An orange/gold coloured beer with a white head. Bready malts and oatcakes in the aroma. Very bitter in the mouth with citrus notes. Big bodied and with burnt toasty notes. Bit too much going on really as the hops and the burnt bits don’t really balance. Interesting though.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Cask Pub & Kitchen, London on 9th January 2010. Orange gold with thin disappearing yellow white head. Rounded. Hoppy citric notes and a touch of orange zest. Toffee malt aroma. Increasingly dry bitter finish. Smooth mouthfeel. Satisfying beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask - The Fat Cat, Norwich. Pours amber with a fine, disappearing off-white head. It’s called Marmalade for a reason: dry orange peel aromas and a dry grassy hop note. Again, a juicy yet dry twang of bitter marmalade on the tongue, which succeeds in holding you over until the next sip. Dry and refreshing, bitterness is different and a change of pace. Softish palate, medium body.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
29th May 2008. Smooth and fairly flat ale. Repressed fruit balances finely with the malt. Okay but would not want loads.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Golden with a small white head. Aroma of orange peel, fruity and floral. Dry and hoppy flavour.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, Gravity at Banbury Beer Festival, Oxon, 08-05-09 Pours mid amber with a white bubbly head, its in very good nick, really clear, looks great. Aroma is pure ’Chivers Old English Thick Cut Marmalade’ Taste is more of the same though a little thinner, alcohol is also present on the nose. Very fruity but good sweetness throughout, nice stuff. A7 A5 F7 P3 Ov14 3.6
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