2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask (handpump) at the Great British Beer Festival Day 2, August 2009. Amber colour. Not much condition. Sweetish. Some acetone in the aroma. A slight sour edge to the flavour. I like Felstar as a brewery and although their beers can be a little hit and miss, the majority are usually hits for me. However, on this showing, I wasn’t too impressed with this one. I wonder whether something might have gone wrong with the conditioning. Flagged for re-rate..
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at GBBF 2009, 5th August 09. Hazy amber. Grassy hop nose and similar flavour. Very hoppy for a UK bitter and it works - loads of flavour for a 3.4% beer. A perfect session beer for hopheads. An aside: I went to school in Felsted but back then I generally drank cheap vodka!
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, overripped apples. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat. [20090805]
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Handpump at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 05/08/2009
Caramel malt aroma. Golden amber coloured and a little sweet on the palate with a crisp malt finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A Mes rate. Gravicask at GBBF.
Pale amber coloured, very thin off white head. Fruity and herbal with some faint caramel from the malt and just a lick of hops. Sweetish finish. Had better from Felstar but it’s not offensive.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Golden body. Mild fruity hops in aroma and flavour sustained by earthy malts. Rather low hop rate. Smooth on the palate. Thin bodied. Drinkable, but anonymous (Sampled from gravicask at GBBF 05.08.2009).
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at GBBF 09 ... amber ... light grassy lemon hop nose ... soft fruitness.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask@GBBF2009. Pale ambery colour, small head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some hops, mild notes of herbs as well. Flavour is pine, mango, wood, some earth as well as some slight metallic notes.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@GBBF 2009.
Clear amber color, no head. Woody hoppy aroma. Woody hoppy flavor. This is also a bit caramelly. Aftertaste is a bit on sweet side too. Decent body for 3.4% beer.
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