2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle, from House of Wines, Lincoln, May 2008. Quite pale golden colour. Yeasty and slightly barnyard aroma. Sharp and clean with a rather gassy mouthfeel. Some citric notes in the flavour but a bit low on malt body. Serviceable supping beer but doesn’t stand out from the crowd (other than being rather pale for a bitter). Not sure the hop combination works perfectly but would need more of them to make a definitive judgement.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
[Cask at the Bacchus Hotel, Sutton-on-Sea] mber, large white head, slight fizz. Very light flavour throughout with mild farmyard hints, a little lemon and a rather sour finish. Poor.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at The Green Man, Stamford, Lincolnshire. Gold with a small white head. Sweet biscuity malt aroma. Ginger cake sweetness, some citrus , and a hoppy finish. Served a little warm, but otherwise very good.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle@BlindTastingSession. Aroma of grass, peat, leather and a hint of citrus. Sweet and bitter start, but sweetness diminishes leaving quite some hop bitterness. Hint of peat, leather and green peppers. Not bad but peat and Golden Ale does not compete IMO.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cloudy golden with tiny off white head. Sweet fruity aroma with caramel notes. Sweet fruity aroma with toasted malt, citric and hoppy notes. Ends bitter.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@GBBF2008. Golden colour, small head. Aroma is wooden, fruity and a bit grassy. Flavour is quite much the same along with sour and acidic fruits.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at GBBF 2008. Good golden colour with a large white head. Loads of citrus in the aroma. The flavour is very much of grapefruit, that leads to a medium dry finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: OCT 20, 2008 Bottle @ home. [ Courtesy chris_o ].
[Batch #394]. Clear yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate yeasty, barnyard. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. (130508) 5-2-6-2-10</br>
Cask (handpump) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, dusty, old malt, resin notes. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. (080808) 6-3-6-3-11</br>
2.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
[CASK: Font Bar, Manchester 13/04/07] Not bad, but just a middle range IPA. Not very special. Strong citrus flavour and pretty perfumy to.
2.2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle conditioned. From High Spirits in Cleethorpes. Hazy amber gold, thin white head and low condition. Nasty aromas of sugary homebrew and yeast, quite hoppy and dry in the mouth with some piney citrus hop notes and a touch of hazelnut, slight sweetness in the finish but otherwise quite dry and hoppy.
|
