3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. At Volo Cask Days 2009. Clear gold pour with a solid white head. Floral hop and slightly sweet canola grain aroma, quite pungent and fresh - the taste follows, with an odd bit of acetone harshness, but still plenty of fresh cereal grain - and a really welcome funky dry hoppiness kicks in after a few seconds, this is surprisingly bitter. Chewy, bitter mouthfeel, decent carbonation, with a long grainy/herbal-acidic finish. The acetone sharpness detracts a bit, but overall a solid brew.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
[2568-20091031] Cask. Fresh grass soap hops aroma. Clear, medium orange body with a quick white bubbly head. Soapy orange grass hops flavour is a little bitter. Medium body. Wow, great balance overall if you ignore that soapy quality.
(Cask Days @ Volo; Toronto, ON)
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(At St. Urho’s Pub) Poured amber and clear with medium sized, sparse, bubbly and long lasting head. Aroma contained strawberry juice, malts and lightly hops. Medium bodied and dryish palate with very low carbonation. Tasted of malts, molasses, hops and bitterness, Malty aftertaste.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Volo Cask Days 2009. A perfect English IPA. Nice hoppy aroma. Golden with stand-on-guard white head. Great balance, with understated hops, some citrus. Creamy mouthfeel. Easy drinking.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Days 2009 @ Bar Volo, Toronto, ON: Pours amber, good beige head for a cask. Citrusy hops strong in the aroma, they seem to stand alone. That seem citrus hop note comes through in the flavour, lighter than possibly expected (unless you took a glance at the IBUs) but little malty sweetness to balance. It’s good, but happy to note some of our local Ontario brewers had IPAs that I enjoyed more.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
2009-10-31. Orange amber body with a small beige head. 3+ Mild pleasant aroma of fruity hops, light citrus. Flavour is similar, light fruity citrus, modest bitterness throughout. Average palate is just a touch light for my preference. Quite quaffable, pleasant. Cask at Volo Cask Days 2009
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Clear orange of color with an off white head. An aroma of grapefruits, citrus, grass and weak malty. A flavor of malt, grass and citrus.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ The Wharf, Aalborg. Pours a clear copper colour with a white head. Sweet, hoppy aroma with malt in the background. Flavour is dry with a bit of citrus hops and some pine thrown in as well. Bitter hop finish. 27-09-09.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask: Orange-golden, small lacy off-white foam, solid dry hoppy nose, balanced by a distinctive juicy-malty background; robust - mainly dry - bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied; lingering dry hoppy finish, rounded by fruity-malty influences. Fine Fullers quality, as usual........
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Royal Standard, Croydon, Surrey, England on 29th September 2009. Amber colour with whitish head leaving a little lacing. Sweet, malty with hops quite moderate. Some fruitiness and a slightly sweet, textured finish on soft carbonation. Whilst not tasting like IPAs I have drunk in the States or elsewhere, it is nevertheless a reasonably drinkable strong ale.
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