2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle from Aldi, Aylesbury, Bucks, consumed 13-01-09 Pours reddy to copper in colour with an off white head. There is a reasonable tanginess to this, a slight metallic tinge which I’m sure that I detected in the one of these Aldi/Batemans beers that I had the other day. Some furry dryness, a little bitterness. Its better than expected but that’s not a ringing endorsement. A5 A4 F6 P3 OV11
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Chestnut coloured with an off-white foam. Aromas are toffee with earthy, nutty notes. Spicy with some chocolate undertones. Flavours are chocolate and toffee malts with some vinous fruit. Earthy and peppery with a flat soda water finish.
2.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JAN 13, 2011 Oct, 2008 As XB English Ale. 500ml bottle from Aldi. Ruby coloured ale. Apple notes. Fairly dry. Some nutty notes and a bit of chocolate. It’s an OK beer, but it lacks character, and is largely indistinguishable from any other British bottled ale. Quite drinkable - good hop integration, though the malt is a little flat. [2.7]
Jan, 2011 As Finchley’s Ales India Pale Ale. Touch of barley sugar. Few hops. Crisp carbonation. Very clean. Typical British regional brewery bottled ale. It’s drinkable. But you’re not going to get a hard on. [2.6]
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Clear chestnut capped with a stable off-white head. Nose not unpleasant boiled sweetness, Werthers, caramel, musty aroma hops. Mouth marzipan, caramel, assertive bittering hop, chalky Yorkshire softness. Lingers bitterly. Not bad.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled, 500ml, pasteurised from Aldi, Banbury. Copper brown with white head. Approached this with trepidation, but it turned out to be not bad at all. Heavyish darkly roasted malts, ok a little tinny, sharp, with a vegetal, boiled hop note, but deep, toffeish malt. Fairly decent.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled for Aldi. Deepish copper, thin white head. Rich powerful nose of malt & fruit, full bodied with a malt dominated palate. Hoppy bitters appear on the finish. Good beer.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle under the Aldi label. Bronze and medium body. Some maltiness with a lingering bitter finish. Pleasant.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
50cl bottle from Aldi, Alfreton. Copper with a thin white head; roasted malt aroma; rich chewy malt flavours but rather stewed; lacking any real finish. Not bad for an own-label.
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