2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A copper coloured session bitter from a new brewery. Not as interesting as Fugeletou’s Wat Pasture (q.v.). Marked sulphur aroma. Dry, but a bit thin, and not packed with flavour. Not bad as a session beer and, as ST says, it may not have been in peak condition. Cask (gravity), Peterborough Beer Festival.
2.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle conditioned. Copper bronze colour with no head. There is not much aroma, however the taste is very malty and fruity with a hint of nuts. The finish is malty and a little dry.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Copper with a nice head. The aroma has notes of fruit and the flavour is slightly fruity with notes of caramel and an OK bitterness. The ABV is low, but is has a lot of taste and it would be a great session beer.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Handpump at the Crescent, Salford 26/08/2004
Amber golden colour and sour fruit flavour. Some dryness in a lasting malt finish.
1.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Bottle conditioned from High Spirits in Cleethorpes. Hazy bronze, no head and low condition.Initial nasty chemical phenolic nose which subsides to leave gentle toffee malt, quite full and fruity in the mouth with some nutty notes and a rough maltiness but little in the way of hop balance. Nutty and malty in the finish.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Oxford Beer Festival, UK Backlog 22 Oct 2004
Quite sulphury though still quite drinkable. Detected some shades of boiled veggies at the end though.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask@St Albans BF. Just a regular, slightly below average bitter. Grainy, wtaery mouthfeel, not much happening, but drinkable.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Lacks aroma, bit of malt but nothing else. Copper in appearance. Boring flavour, though balanced. Thin-med body. Ok.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned - gravity - St Albans Beer Festival. A mid brown bitter with a bit but not much fruit in the aroma. Some berry fruit in the taste but overall a bit thin and unexciting but then it is only 3.8%
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Peterborough Fest. Sulphury aroma. Slightly acidic. Slight chocolate. A decent session bitter. One of the few beers at the fest that may not have been in good condition.
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