2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask at the GBBF. Golden with a small white head. Grainy malt aroma with grassy hops and a touch of apple peel. Sweet and thin grainy flavour
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle; 13/04/12; smooth mouthfeel; some citrus fruit, a hint of caramel; let down by a strange herby and not especially pleasant undertone throughout; a shortish bitter finish
3 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
This beer has improved since I first tasted it, when it came out. Nice deep off white head over a dark copper beer. Aroma is malty sweet, something carried through into the taste...actually the maltiness is accentuated in the taste. Lightly but pleasantly hopped, it drinks like a bitter from home. Not too strong and more palatable than it used to be.....starting to drink like a decent British bitter
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
I have tried this bottled and from the cask and review the bottled version here: Pours a clear copper with little head to speak of. The slightest carbonation means this is not too lively. Key aromas are malted barley, hay-like sweetness. A modest level of bitterness and little alcohol kick makes for a fairly delicate taste and the aftertaste is distinctly malty. I can’t help comparing this (quite favourably) to the Brakspear "double dropped" bitter, which I also enjoy. Overall a good bitter, especially taking the low alcohol content into account.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
UPDATED: FEB 29, 2012 Cask at GBBF 2011. Amber colour with a white head. Hoppy citric nose. Medium sweet flavour, a bit thin mouthfeel.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Amber color, off-white head. Slightly citrus fruity nose, some grassy hop action. The taste is sweet with a dry bitter finish. The mouthfeel’s light and a bit watery. There’s a strange jammy tang to this bitter that I’m not feeling. A slightly less than average bitter.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium amber colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, smoke - plastic notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110802]
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (GBBF2011)
Mashy fruity aroma. Massive bold fruity taste, some sour fruits in with the mashiness, and raw doughy breadiness. Big extremes - super fruity, but too grungy and sour too.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours clear dark copper with no head. Caramel, grass and corn. Medium bodied. Dry end.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@GBBF2011. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, earth and some sweet spicy and resiny notes as well. Flavour is quite much the same with some slight toasted and nutty notes as well. Nice bitter.
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