2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (handpump) @ Alehouse (formerly the Hobgoblin), 2 Broad Street, Reading, Berkshire, England RG1 2BH.
Clear medium yellow amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, toffee, butter. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120502]
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@The Alehouse, Reading. Reddish amber colour, small white head. Aroma is toffee, mild diacetyl, some berries and mild grassyness. Flavour is caramel, fruits, some sweet hoppyness as well. Quite crisp.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Volunteer Arms, GBBF 2011. Pours a clear copper amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
[Cask at the Belle Vue, High Wycombe] Amber with a small white head. Light in flavour but with a decent hoppy mouthfeel, this is a decent, crisp easy drinking session bitter with a dry finish. Went down nicely.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned handpump Temple Bar Brighton. An amber to ruby coloured beer with a white bubbly head and lacing. A fruity beer with good berry notes. Aroma is thin but it’s a perfectly pleasant sweet beer with good drinkability.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask conditioned at Far From the Madding Crowd, Oxford. Amber with no head. A tart, perfumed, insipid bitter, quite difficult to get through. Rather unfortunate.
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