2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask - Fat Cat, Norwich. Amber in colour with a small white head. Fruity maltiness in the aroma, though nothing particularly discernible. Green apple flavours, some stale malts and dusty hops with an earthy hop finish. It seems a bit confused and muddy. An ok mouthfeel, light carbonation and a slight finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
First tasted this in Coanes,Johnstone in May 1992. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear russet in colour with a thick creamy white head. Slight note of green apple in the short aroma. Thin mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a robust chewy digestive biscuit base with soft toffee and apple flavours. Dusty hop resins impart a metallic tang to the long aftertaste. Finish is sweet and malty with butterscotch notes coming through. My favourite in the Felinfoel portfolio and an excellent session ale for watching the rugby.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
On cask at Red Lion, Pontrhydfendigaid. Pours ruby with a smooth white head. Malt, sweet treacle with a sulphur linger. Average.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the Old Barn in Wraxall. Amber body with a small white head. Fruitier on the tongue than your average English style Bitter with an apple flavour predominating. Bittersweet hop finish. Smooth mouthfeel with light carbonation and medium body. Pleasant enough.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
(cask) clear amber colour with a ruby tinge and a frothy white head. subdued aroma of grain and buttered popcorn. flavour is the same, slightly meaty, with light notes of dark berries and herbal hops. light to medium body with soft carbonation.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
cloudy amber looks flat with a thin head.Has a sweet and malty aroma. Has a liquorice/treacle taste.
1.7 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Draught at Wetherspoons. Darkish amber colour with decent white head. Sulphurous aroma and it’s the predominant characteristic in the flavour. Thin bodied. Think Marston’s Pedigree, only not quite that awful.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Clytha Arms, Gwent 11/05/09. Chestnut coloured with a lacy, off-white head. Big malty, aroma with plenty of red fruit and a hint of spicy caramel. The flavour also began with plenty of sweetness, a hint of sulphur and and a decent bitter finish. Served in excellent condition and good stuff.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
pours a clear dark amber with a large foamy dirty white head, good lacing.
smell is of malt, sweet caramel, earth, roasted nuts, touch of hay.
taste is malt, butterscotch, touch of citrus, a little watery on the backside, few hops, just a touch of roasted nuts.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask (Kitty’s, Helsinki)
Red healthy head. Seriously sour malty aroma, alas seems to be because we’re at the end of the barrel. It’s metalic body is fruity sweet, I’m sure I’d like this, so will re-rate if possible.
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